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Movies like Dogs Lie (2012)

The best movies like Dogs Lie (2012) are Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025), Canary Black (2024) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). If Dogs Lie hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)

    A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Canary Black (2024)

    Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Barefoot (2014)

    The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Hallam Foe (2007)

    Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Unfaithful (2002)

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Bone Lake (2025)

    A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  8. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Hungry Hearts (2015)

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Twin Falls Idaho (1999)

    Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly. Into their world comes a young lady, who turns their world upside down. She gets involved with Blake, and convinces the two to attend a Halloween party, where they can pass themselves off as wearing a costume. Eventually Francis becomes really ill, and they have to be separated. They then face the physical and mental strains that come from their proposed separation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The List (2023)

    After her fiance sleeps with a celebrity on his free pass list, Abby Meyers, with nothing but five names and a fantasy shared by millions, sets out for Los Angeles to sleep with someone from hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  12. California Suite (1978)

    The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  13. Nightwatch (1997)

    A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Head Over Heels (2001)

    Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  15. John and Mary (1969)

    John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  16. Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

    Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardize their happy ending before it even begins.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Frank and Penelope (2022)

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. In Secret (2014)

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Secret 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Love at First Bite (1979)

    Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may be in love with Cindy too.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Dogs Lie?

The closest matches to Dogs Lie are Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025), Canary Black (2024) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Dogs Lie?

Start with Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025), the closest match to Dogs Lie.

What is the highest-rated movie like Dogs Lie?

Rosemary's Baby (1968), rated 7.8/10 by 4,582 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Dogs Lie?

Bone Lake (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Dogs Lie?

Yes: Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025), Canary Black (2024) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).

How are movies similar to Dogs Lie chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dogs Lie, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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