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Movies that feel likeThe Guest (2014)

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

If you loved The Guest, the closest films we have are The Vanishing (1988), A Haunting in Venice (2023) and Non-Stop (2014). All three share The Guest's twisty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Hard Day (2014).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Adam Wingardtwistytensekineticmelancholy
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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The Vanishing
1988 · dir. George Sluizer
🍅 96%★ 7.6thriller · mystery

The same mix in both: twists, then tension

The difference: Trades the momentum of The Guest for an angle of its own

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.

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A Haunting in Venice
2023 · dir. Kenneth Branagh
🍅 75%★ 6.5mystery · thriller · crimeHulu

Both are built on the same subject: grief

The difference: Easier on the momentum than The Guest

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

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Non-Stop
2014 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 62%★ 6.9action · thriller · mysteryStarz

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

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Unknown
2011 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 56%★ 6.8action · mystery · thriller

Kinetic mystery, and it commits to that

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

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A Hard Day
2014 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 82%★ 7.2crime · thriller · mystery

Common ground: murder

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Guest does

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

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

Both lean on twists more than on thriller

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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Solace
2015 · dir. Afonso Poyart
🍅 24%★ 6.4thriller · crime · mysteryPrime Video

Action with a pulse of melancholy, in both cases

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

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Flightplan
2005 · dir. Robert Schwentke
🍅 36%★ 6.3thriller · drama · mystery

Tense mystery in both cases

Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believes Julia was ever onboard. And now Kyle, desperate and alone, can only count on her own wits to unravel the mystery and save her daughter.

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Eagle Eye
2008 · dir. D.J. Caruso
🍅 27%★ 6.6mystery · thriller · actionPrime VideoParamount+

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.

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Suicide Room
2011 · dir. Jan Komasa
★ 6.6drama · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

Two things both keep coming back to: high school and bullying

Moody, dark, and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school, after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based "suicide room," where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.

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Cell 211
2009 · dir. Daniel Monzón
🍅 98%★ 7.6action · thriller · dramaNetflix

Melancholy action, and it commits to that

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

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Anatomy of a Fall
2023 · dir. Justine Triet
🍅 96%★ 7.6thriller · mystery · crimeMax

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

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