Movies like Derailed
Derailed (2005) is a thriller movie directed by Mikael Håfström. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Firm (1993)
★ 6.7 · 2,435 votes · Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
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2. Acrimony (2018)
★ 6.7 · 424 votes · Drama, Thriller
Faithful wife Melinda, who is tired of standing by her devious husband Robert, is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed. That's when she lost it, and now she cannot let it go.
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3. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7.0 · 4,618 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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4. The Girl on the Train (2016)
★ 6.4 · 6,201 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
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5. Nocturnal Animals (2016)
★ 7.4 · 8,525 votes · Drama, Thriller
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
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6. Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.4 · 589 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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7. Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
★ 6.5 · 1,287 votes · Drama, Thriller
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
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8. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
★ 6.5 · 3,149 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
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9. Gone Girl (2014)
★ 7.9 · 20,535 votes · Mystery, Thriller, Drama
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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10. Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5 · 969 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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11. Eastern Promises (2007)
★ 7.3 · 3,875 votes · Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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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