
Movies that feel likeThe Guilty (2021)
If you loved The Guilty, the closest films we have are Compliance (2012), The Guilty (2018) and The Housemaid (2025). All three share The Guilty's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is When Evil Lurks (2023).
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If The Guilty hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: psychological thriller and police officer

Common ground in both: police station and cellular phone trace
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychological thriller
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Guilty does

Both land stillness and tension at once
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Guilty does

Unsettling drama in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: Trades the stillness of The Guilty for an angle of its own

Both lean on unease more than on drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Common ground: police officer

Different title, same corner of the shelf

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