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Movies that feel like The Ghost Writer (2010)

If you loved The Ghost Writer, the closest films we have are The Girl in the Fog (2017), The Hidden Face (2011) and Exam (2009). All three share The Ghost Writer's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, ARROW and AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

🍅 84% Rotten Tomatoes7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roman Polanskitensetwisty
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If The Ghost Writer hit the spot, these will too

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The Girl in the Fog
2017 · dir. Donato Carrisi
🍅 75%6.8mystery · thriller · crime

Both land tension and twists at once

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Ghost Writer does

A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.

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The Hidden Face
2011 · dir. Andrés Baiz
7.3thriller · mystery

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

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Exam
2009 · dir. Stuart Hazeldine
🍅 61%6.7thriller · mystery

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.

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Red Sparrow
2018 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 45%6.6thriller · mystery

Common ground: central intelligence agency (cia)

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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Kahaani
2012 · dir. Sujoy Ghosh
🍅 100%8.1mystery · thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · dir. Tomas Alfredson
🍅 84%7drama · thriller · mystery

Both rooted in London

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Ghost Writer does

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.

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Identity
2003 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 63%7.3mystery · thriller

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

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The Da Vinci Code
2006 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 25%6.6thriller · mystery

Thriller of the same temperament

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

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All the President's Men
1976 · dir. Alan J. Pakula
🍅 95%7.9drama · mystery · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: politics

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

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The Secret in Their Eyes
2009 · dir. Juan José Campanella
🍅 89%8.2mystery · thriller · drama

Both know what they want from mystery

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

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Salt
2010 · dir. Phillip Noyce
🍅 61%6.5action · mystery · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: central intelligence agency (cia)

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

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Joint Security Area
2000 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 88%7.7drama · thriller · mystery

Both play thriller straight

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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