Movies like Possessed (1947)
The best movies like Possessed (1947) are Leave Her to Heaven (1945), A Woman's Face (1941) and Secret Beyond the Door (1947). If Possessed hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedLeave Her to Heaven (1945)7.5/10 from 298 votes
- NewestMy Cousin Rachel (1952)Released 1952
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Woman's Face (1941)
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Beyond the Door (1947)
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDishonored Lady (1947)
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Great Flamarion (1945)
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Caught (1949)
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Man of Her Own (1950)
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRuthless (1948)
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
The Unsuspected (1947)
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeception (1946)
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Letter (1940)
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoontide (1942)
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Reckless Moment (1949)
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoman in Hiding (1950)
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Conflict (1945)
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey Won't Believe Me (1947)
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Locket (1946)
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Cousin Rachel (1952)
A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn This Our Life (1942)
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOf Human Bondage (1934)
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Red House (1947)
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeyond the Forest (1949)
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Waters (1944)
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Danger Signal (1945)
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then staging her death to look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
A Stolen Life (1946)
When a woman’s twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNone But the Lonely Heart (1944)
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleep, My Love (1948)
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Possessed?
The closest matches to Possessed are Leave Her to Heaven (1945), A Woman's Face (1941) and Secret Beyond the Door (1947). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Possessed?
People who watched Possessed most often go on to Leave Her to Heaven (1945), A Woman's Face (1941) and Secret Beyond the Door (1947).
What is the highest-rated movie like Possessed?
Leave Her to Heaven (1945), rated 7.5/10 by 298 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Possessed?
My Cousin Rachel (1952) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Possessed?
Yes: Leave Her to Heaven (1945), A Woman's Face (1941) and Secret Beyond the Door (1947).
How are movies similar to Possessed chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Possessed, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.