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Movies that feel likeThe Place (2017)

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

If you loved The Place, the closest films we have are Tunnel (2016), The Hater (2020) and A Hijacking (2012). All three share The Place's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Breaking Surface (2020).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%★ 6.8thriller · dramaPrime Video

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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The Hater
2020 · dir. Jan Komasa
🍅 87%★ 7.1drama · thrillerRent or buy

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%★ 7.1thriller · drama

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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Breaking Surface
2020 · dir. Joachim Hedén
🍅 100%★ 6.1drama · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

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Animals
2026 · dir. Ben Affleck
★ 7.1thriller · dramaNetflix

Tense thriller in both cases

When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.

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Juror #2
2024 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 93%★ 7drama · thrillerMax

One thread runs through both: moral dilemma

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.

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The Coldest Game
2019 · dir. Łukasz Kośmicki
🍅 17%★ 6.2drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
★ 6.3thriller · drama

Both are thriller through and through

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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Loving Adults
2022 · dir. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
★ 6.5thrillerNetflix

Both play thriller straight

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Place does

The thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband’s affair — and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.

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Red Dot
2021 · dir. Alain Darborg
🍅 75%★ 5.5thriller · dramaNetflix

Both know what they want from drama

On a hiking trip to rekindle their marriage, a couple find themselves fleeing for their lives in the unforgiving wilderness from an unknown shooter.

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Who Am I
2014 · dir. Baran bo Odar
★ 7.4thriller

Both working the same thriller territory

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

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Nowhere
2023 · dir. Albert Pintó
★ 6.3thriller · dramaNetflix

The drama is handled with the same confidence

A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to the child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.

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