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Movies that feel likeThe Hypnotist (2012)

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.

If you loved The Hypnotist, the closest films we have are Hyena (2015), The Silence (2010) and Neighboring Sounds (2012). All three share The Hypnotist's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mystery Road (2013).

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Hyena
2015 · dir. Gerard Johnson
🍅 78%★ 6.2crime · drama · thriller

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

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The Silence
2010 · dir. Baran bo Odar
🍅 87%★ 6.9crime · thriller · drama

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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Neighboring Sounds
2012 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 91%★ 7.1thriller · drama · crime

Both lean on grit more than on drama

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

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Easy Money
2010 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 85%★ 6.7drama · thriller · crime

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.

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Mystery Road
2013 · dir. Ivan Sen
🍅 91%★ 6.7thriller · crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

Tense crime in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into western than The Hypnotist does

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

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The Wild Goose Lake
2019 · dir. Diao Yinan
🍅 91%★ 6.7crime · drama · thriller

Drama built on grit, twice over

A gangster ends up making a mistake that causes every gun on both sides of the law to point at him. While on the run, he comes across a mysterious woman who might get him out of trouble or make things worse.

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The Unjust
2010 · dir. Ryoo Seung-wan
★ 6.5crime · thrillerNetflix

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: Trades the stillness of The Hypnotist for an angle of its own

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.

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Elize: Shadows of a Woman
2026 · dir. Vellas
★ 7.4thriller · crime · dramaNetflix

Contemplative crime in both cases

In this retelling of a real case, a former escort discovers her wealthy husband's infidelity and struggles to cope as betrayal poisons their marriage.

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Red Rock West
1993 · dir. John Dahl
🍅 95%★ 7crime · thriller

Thriller in the same key

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

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The Yellow Sea
2010 · dir. Na Hong-jin
🍅 88%★ 7.3drama · thriller · crime

Cut from the same drama cloth

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

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Holy Spider
2022 · dir. Ali Abbasi
🍅 82%★ 7.3thriller · drama · crime

Both working the same crime territory

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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36th Precinct
2004 · dir. Olivier Marchal
🍅 100%★ 7.1crime · drama · thriller

Both know what they want from drama

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.

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