Films like Gone Girl
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines Gone Girl, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A heavy, layered thriller: morally murky and emotional. Best if you like depth over escapism. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of troubled leads, injustice and vengeance and deep rivalry, plus tags such as criminal lawyer, missing wife and murder suspect.
Here are 15 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Gone Girl (2014).
- 1
Shutter Island (2010)
Film8.2
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and deep rivalry. Common ground: whodunit, psychological thriller, investigation.
- 2
Memento (2000)
Film8.2
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: whodunit, psychological thriller.
- 3
Mystic River (2003)
Film7.7
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of injustice and vengeance and deep rivalry. Common ground: whodunit.
- 4
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Film7.8
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: whodunit.
- 5
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Film8.3
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and dark, with themes of troubled leads and deep rivalry. Common ground: psychological thriller.
- 6
Chinatown (1974)
Film7.9
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of injustice and vengeance and deep rivalry. Common ground: whodunit.
- 7
Se7en (1995)
Film8.3
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and dark, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: whodunit, investigation.
- 8
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Film7.9
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: marriage crisis, psychological thriller.
- 9
The Housemaid (2025)
Film7.3
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also intricate and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological thriller.
- 10
Film7.3
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of injustice and vengeance and deep rivalry. Common ground: disappearance, investigation.
- 11
Cape Fear (1991)
Film7.3
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: psychological thriller.
- 12
Zodiac (2007)
Film7.5
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of deep rivalry and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: whodunit, investigation.
- 13
Identity (2003)
Film7.2
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: whodunit.
- 14
Get Out (2017)
Film7.6Lighter option
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also dark and intricate, with themes of troubled leads and injustice and vengeance. Common ground: disappearance, missing person, psychological thriller.
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Deep Red (1975)
Film7.8
Why it's like Gone Girl: Also weighty and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: whodunit.
Boxlist compares Gone Girl with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Gone Girl?
- Picks with a similar feel include Shutter Island, Memento, Mystic River and L.A. Confidential. Each shares part of Gone Girl's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like Gone Girl chosen?
- Boxlist compares Gone Girl with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.
- Is there a lighter film like Gone Girl?
- Get Out has a similar feel but scores lighter on Boxlist's weightiness scale.