Movies like The Tenth Circle (2008)
The best movies like The Tenth Circle (2008) are Where the Truth Lies (2005), Inside Out (2005) and Adoration (2009). If The Tenth Circle hooked you with its tv movie and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Good Son (1993)6.8/10 from 1,100 votes
- NewestDisappearance at Clifton Hill (2020)Released 2020
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside Out (2005)
Families in an idyllic suburban neighborhood are taunted by a mysterious doctor who moves in to town and spins a web of psychological chaos that changes their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Adoration (2009)
For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Wife's Nightmare (2014)
Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnother Man's Wife (2011)
After a traumatic car accident, a couple and their daughter decide to spend a short vacation in a cabin in the woods. While trying to rebuild their lives, the constant reminder of the woman who they overwhelmed remains indelible in the minds of the mother. Things get complicated when a kind and handsome neighbor decides to accompany them in their sleep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
A Daughter's Nightmare (2014)
A college student suspects that a nurse may harm her lonely, widowed mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Mother's Nightmare (2012)
A seductive teen becomes vindictive when her boyfriend tries to end the relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLies in Plain Sight (2010)
“Lies in Plain Sight” tells the story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal companion who helped Sofia through her tough adolescent years. When Eva suddenly commits suicide, Sofia rushes home to her father, Hector (Benito Martinez), and Eva’s parents, Marisol (Rosie Perez) and Rafael (Yul Vásquez), to find answers. But the more she delves into Eva’s life, questioning her past boyfriends Ethan (Chad Michael Murray) and Christian (Christoph Sanders), the more Sofia realizes that their childhood was actually filled with dark, disturbing secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Stay (2013)
A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Across the Hall (2009)
Convinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWicked (1998)
A cul-de-sac in an oppressive suburb becomes a literal dead end for wife and mother Karen Christianson when she is brutally murdered in her own home. In the wake of the event, Karen's teenage daughter Ellie begins to exhibit bizarre behaviors as she slowly acquires her mother's demeanor and mannerisms. Meanwhile, Karen's husband Ben nurtures a less-than-innocent interest in the family's sultry live-in nanny, Lena.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHidden Away (2013)
A woman and young daughter escape her abusive husband by faking their deaths. Eight years later she is happily living in the upscale Palm Springs with her now-17-year-old daughter. When her husband discovers they are still alive, he tracks them down and spies on them to learn all about the new life they've created until he can exact his revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Student Seduction (2003)
Christie Dawson always wanted to be the "cool" teacher. But her world is shaken up after a pupil's crush spirals out of control and he sexually assaults her. Suddenly, her colleagues, neighbors and even her hubby are wondering whether she crossed the line and tempted her student. But school isn't out for Christine just yet she's gonna fight back, and big time!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Secrets of Eden (2012)
Based on Chris Bohjalian’s New York Times best-selling novel, “Secrets of Eden” centers on Stephen Drew, an adored small-town minister, and the brutal and sadistic murder-suicide of Alice and George Hayward, the town’s most beloved parishioners. Dark secrets begin to surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
The Business of Strangers (2001)
A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe River King (2005)
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was being badly bullied, Abel suspects that a dangerous schoolboy initiation has gone horribly wrong and he secretly solicits the help of a sympathetic teacher, Betsy. He is warned off the investigation by his boss, as the school is a generous benefactor to the Police benevolent fund. Abel, however, cannot let the case go, not only because his own brother committed suicide years before, but also it seems that the spirit of the dead boy is leaving them clues as to what really happened that night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisRunaway (2005)
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael works at a convenience store where everything starts to come together for him. But as Michael falls in love with his beautiful co-worker, Carly, his past begin
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
The Good Son (1993)
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPeacock (2010)
A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKept Woman (2015)
Jessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her suspicions rest. The danger escalates when Simon lures her inside his home and imprisons Jessica in his secret bunker, meticulously decorated in the idealized style of the 1950s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristina's House (2000)
A teenage girl is plagued by bizarre occurrences and deaths related to her new home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMissing at 17 (2013)
A woman tries to save her adopted daughter from a criminal, with help from the girl's biological mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020)
Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisHalf Light (2006)
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEscape from Polygamy (2013)
Recently-widowed Leann and her 17-year-old daughter Julina move into an isolated polygamous compound, where the freethinking Julina meets like-minded Ryder, son of the religious compound’s charismatic Prophet, Ervil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Adjuster (1991)
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBond of Silence (2010)
A widow must pierce the veil of secrecy uniting a group of teens and their parents in order to find out how her husband died. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
Conspiracy (2008)
A Gulf War veteran with PTSD heads to a small town to find his friend. When he arrives his friend and his family have vanished and the townsfolk afraid to answer questions about their disappearance. He soon discovers that the town is owned and controlled by one man, and he doesn't like people asking questions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSomething Wicked (2014)
A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from their past collide with sinister forces of the present...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Tenth Circle?
The closest matches to The Tenth Circle are Where the Truth Lies (2005), Inside Out (2005) and Adoration (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Tenth Circle?
People who watched The Tenth Circle most often go on to Where the Truth Lies (2005), Inside Out (2005) and Adoration (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Tenth Circle?
The Good Son (1993), rated 6.8/10 by 1,100 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Tenth Circle?
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Tenth Circle?
Yes: Where the Truth Lies (2005), Inside Out (2005) and Adoration (2009).
How are movies similar to The Tenth Circle chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Tenth Circle, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.