31 Best Movies Like The Good Son ...

31 Best Movies Like The Good Son ...

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1. Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

1h 39m Drama Crime 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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2. Misery (1990)

1h 47m Drama Thriller

Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

3. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)

1h 50m Drama Thriller

A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.

4. Single White Female (1992)

1h 47m Thriller

Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.

5. Joshua (2007)

1h 45m Drama Thriller Horror

The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.

6. Thicker Than Water (2019)

1h 30m Thriller TV Movie

It has been a year since Paige and Nathan Petrovic tragically lost their teenage son Zach. Nathan and daughter Addie have slowly been putting their lives back together. Paige, however, remains consumed by grief and withdrawn, and is unable to work. In order to supplement Paige's lost income, the family decides to rent out their spare bedroom. Surprisingly, life starts to look up for Paige once their new tenant Brandon Wilson enters the picture.

7. Poison Ivy (1992)

1h 28m Thriller Drama

A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family.

8. Hush (1998)

1h 35m Drama Thriller

Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection for Helen, and, despite her Southern smile, she's starting to act strangely. As Helen tries to create a happy home life, Martha attempts to divide the family so that Jackson will become hers alone.

9. Final Analysis (1992)

1h 57m Drama Thriller Romance

Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.

10. Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)

1h 33m Thriller Drama

A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.

11. The Crush (1993)

1h 29m Drama Thriller

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

12. The Messengers (2007)

1h 30m Mystery Thriller Horror

When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

13. Daddy&`s Girl (1996)

14. Home Movie (2008)

1h 17m Drama Horror Thriller

Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack & Emily to run, play and imagine. Documenting this lifestyle change, David decides to film every holiday and special family event. To the Poe's horror their home movies reveal an increasing malice and evil within their children and by Valentines Day, the children's sadism has turned to a blood lust for human prey.

15. Sliver (1993)

1h 48m Drama Thriller

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.

16. Funny Games (2007)

1h 53m Crime Horror Thriller Drama

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

17. Orphan (2009)

2h 3m Horror Thriller Mystery

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

18. Mother's Boys (1993)

1h 33m Comedy Horror

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.

19. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

1h 59m Crime Drama Thriller Horror

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

20. Breakdown (1997)

1h 35m Thriller Drama Action

When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.

21. Reservation Road (2007)

1h 42m Drama Crime Thriller

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.

22. Cape Fear (1962)

1h 45m Drama Thriller

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

23. The Comfort of Strangers (1990)

1h 47m Romance Drama

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

24. Fatal Secrets (2009)

1h 28m Thriller

"BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, seems to have it all - except the right guy in her life. Her friends urge her to "get back out there." But they don't yet know about Scott - a charming man with a secret background whose true colors paint a streak of pain and fear through Julia's life. When Scott's effect on Julia reaches the breaking point, she and her friends take matters into their own hands... and underestimate the consequences. The outcome forces all of them into a desperate situation. Everyone pays the price.

25. Roman (2006)

1h 32m Drama Thriller

Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives in another apartment in his building complex. When a chance encounter with the young woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn of events leading to the girl's murder. As he teeters between deranged fantasy and cold reality, Roman's struggle to hide his grisly secret is further complicated by an eccentric neighbor named Eva (Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely attraction to Roman and forces herself into his dark and tortured world.

26. The Temp (1993)

1h 39m Drama Mystery Thriller

A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.

27. Tangled (2001)

1h 40m Drama Mystery Thriller

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.

28. Along Came a Spider (2001)

1h 44m Crime Mystery Thriller Action

After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, Alex is lured back into action. Teamed with the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

29. Guilty as Sin (1993)

1h 47m Drama Thriller Mystery

Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

30. Devil&`s Pond (2003)

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