
Movies that feel likeThe Gift (2015)
If you loved The Gift, the closest films we have are The Housemaid (2025), Gone Girl (2014) and Shutter Island (2010). All three share The Gift's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rojo (2018).
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If The Gift hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: psychological thriller
The difference: Trades the stillness of The Gift for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychological thriller

Tense and twisty in the same breath

Contemplative thriller in both cases

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Drama built on tension, twice over

Both lean on twists more than on thriller

Contemplative mystery, and it commits to that

Different title, same corner of the shelf

Same instincts, 5 years apart

Mystery built on unease, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Gift does

Common ground: married couple
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft
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