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Movies that feel like The Imposter (2012)

If you loved The Imposter, the closest films we have are Changeling (2008), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Zodiac (2007). All three share The Imposter's twisty and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Peacock Premium and Netflix Standard with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Bart Laytontwistygritty

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If The Imposter hit the spot, these will too

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Changeling
2008 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.7crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Biography runs into missing child in each of them

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8thriller Β· crime Β· mystery

Investigation sits at the heart of each

The difference: Plays it as thriller more than The Imposter does

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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Zodiac
2007 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.7crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to investigation

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

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Brick
2006 Β· dir. Rian Johnson
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.1drama Β· mystery Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: disappearance

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

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Wind River
2017 Β· dir. Taylor Sheridan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.7crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty where it counts, gritty underneath

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

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Murder on the Orient Express
2017 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· drama Β· crime

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

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Eastern Promises
2007 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· crime Β· mystery

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

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The Batman
2022 Β· dir. Matt Reeves
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.8crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Documentary built on twists, twice over

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

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Nerve
2016 Β· dir. Henry Joost
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· adventure Β· crime

Both trade on grit more than on being mystery

Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

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Enola Holmes
2020 Β· dir. Harry Bradbeer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· mystery Β· crime

Cut from the same mystery cloth

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

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Se7en
1995 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.6crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both are crime through and through

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

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Death on the Nile
2022 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.3mystery Β· crime Β· thriller

Mystery approached the same way

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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