Movies like Door Lock (2018)
The best movies like Door Lock (2018) are Forgotten (2017), Memoir of a Murderer (2017) and Recalled (2021). If Door Lock hooked you with its thriller and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedForgotten (2017)7.9/10 from 1,431 votes
- NewestThe Ugly (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanForgotten (2017)Also in Korean
Forgotten (2017)
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMemoir of a Murderer (2017)
A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRecalled (2021)
Soo-jin, who lost her memories due to a horrible incident, starts suspecting her husband. She is confused between reality and illusion, truth and lies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIntruder (2020)
Seo-jin is a widower still grieving his wife's death. Then he receives the news that his long-lost younger sister, Yoo-jin, who went missing 25 years ago, has turned up. Unlike the rest of his family, who welcome her into their arms, Seo-jin feels that Yoo-jin is a stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Buy the Seller (2023)
Soo-hyun, who has recently moved into a new house, buys a used washing machine through a second-hand app but finds out it doesn’t work. Annoyed by the seller’s irresponsibility, she leaves a comment calling the seller a con man, and reports it to the police. Little does she know that the seller is a psychopathic serial killer who uses an online second-hand market to lure his victims. Her comment renders his hunt for a new victim all but impossible so she becomes his next target. She starts receiving obscene phone calls, countless unwanted food deliveries, and strange men knocking on her door looking for a good time. A trip to the sender’s address proves deadly serious when the police and Soo-hyun find a man’s dead body.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Witness (2018)
An ordinary man witnesses a cruel murder and becomes entangled in circumstances out of his control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBedevilled (2010)
A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Vanished (2018)
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHide and Seek (2013)
Sung-soo has everything a man could want: a beautiful wife and children, a comfortable home and luxury car, and plenty of money in the bank. When he learns that his estranged brother, Sung-chul, has gone missing, haunting memories of their troubled past urge him to visit his brother’s apartment in search of answers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chronicles of Evil (2015)
A detective accidentally kills a man and disposes of the body to protect his career. The next day he sees that someone has hanged the corpse from a crane for all to see. He takes charge of the murder investigation to protect himself and find out who did it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlind (2011)
A blind witness and a runaway help the police find the suspect in a hit and run until the culprit realizes that they are close on his trail. The killer tracks her down and Soo-ah realizes that in order to save Gi-sub she would have to risk her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ugly (2025)
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMissing You (2016)
A girl who lost her father to a serial killer, a detective and a killer are intertwined in a chaotic relationship and are met with an unprecedented series of events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDevils (2023)
Having lost his colleague who was also his brother-in-law to a serial murderer two years ago, homicide detective Jae Hwan is unable to contain his hatred toward the murderer and dives headfirst into hunting the brutal killer. Jae Hwan finally comes face to face with the murderer Jin Hyuk but in the heat of the chase, they get into an accident. Waking up in a hospital, Jae Hwan realizes his body has been switched with that of the murderer. To protect his family and uncover the secret of this body switch, Jae Hwan begins a desperate chase.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Lingering (2020)
When Yoo-mi seeks out her mother's friend at a hotel to drop off her younger sister, she falls into unexpected mystery and horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery
Office (2015)
To nab a sales manager who's at large after murdering his family, a detective investigates the man's colleagues, who seem to be hiding something.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 12th Suspect (2019)
Set in a teahouse in Myeong-dong, Seoul right after the end of the Korean War, The 12th Suspect follows the suffocating psychological showdown that takes place between a detective and the 11 suspects who find themselves caught up in a murder case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
The Culprit (2019)
Someone brutally murders Young-hoon’s wife. A hair sample was found on his wife’s body and the detectives use it to trace it back to his friend Joon-sung and locks him up. Seemingly becoming a murder’s wife overnight, Da-yeon asks Young-hoon to testify on his behalf but when he doesn’t show up for the trial, she goes to visit him at his house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
A Hard Day (2014)
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Beast (2019)
Two rival detectives with different methods try to solve the murder of a missing girl after discovering her mutilated body in the tidelands of Incheon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMother (2009)
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome Sweet Home (2021)
A story that follows a family of four leading harmonious and contented lives. When a mysterious visitor starts residing in their basement, their lives are turned upside down as strange events begin to occur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Fatal Intuition (2015)
Desperate for revenge, a young man enlists the aid of a medium to help him track down his sister's killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisPerfect Number (2012)
A brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Place Called Silence (2024)
Chen Yutong, a girl's middle school student, was bullied at school, but her mother Li Han was unable to save her daughter from the "hell." Everyone around her turned a blind eye, and a collective silence brewed greater violence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConfession (2022)
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and confesses to her that a car accident on the day before may be connected to Se-hee's murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMidnight (2021)
A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeep Trap (2015)
A man invites a young couple to vacation on a remote island to help reignite their faltering relationship. He initially seems to be a good host but the couple starts to suspect that his true intentions are much more sinister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Unlocked (2023)
A woman's life is turned upside-down when a dangerous man gets a hold of her lost cell phone and uses it to track her every move.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Door Lock?
The closest matches to Door Lock are Forgotten (2017), Memoir of a Murderer (2017) and Recalled (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Door Lock?
People who watched Door Lock most often go on to Forgotten (2017), Memoir of a Murderer (2017) and Recalled (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Door Lock?
Forgotten (2017), rated 7.9/10 by 1,431 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Door Lock?
The Ugly (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Door Lock?
Yes: Forgotten (2017), Memoir of a Murderer (2017) and Recalled (2021).
How are movies similar to Door Lock chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Door Lock, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.