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10 Best Movies Like In a Lonely Place

If you loved In a Lonely Place, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Two Jakes

The Two Jakes

1990★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Drama & Romance & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happen...

#2
Secret Window

Secret Window

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swipe...

#3
Sea of Love

Sea of Love

1989★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colle...

#4
Human Desire

Human Desire

1954★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in pa...

#5
Someone to Watch Over Me

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Thriller & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her....

#6
House by the River

House by the River

1950★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In a Lonely Place for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the m...

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