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Movies that feel likeWho Am I (2014)

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

If you loved Who Am I, the closest films we have are Buried (2010), The Silence (2010) and Illustrious Corpses (1976). All three share Who Am I's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Hijacking (2012).

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Buried
2010 · dir. Rodrigo Cortés
🍅 87%★ 6.9thrillerPrime Video

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

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The Silence
2010 · dir. Baran bo Odar
🍅 87%★ 6.9crime · thriller · drama

Both are Baran bo Odar's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Who Am I does

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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Illustrious Corpses
1976 · dir. Francesco Rosi
★ 7.3thriller

Thriller built on tension, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

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

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Who Am I does

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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The Place
2017 · dir. Paolo Genovese
★ 7drama · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

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.

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

Both working the same thriller territory

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

Thriller of the same temperament

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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Fall 2: Deadpoint
2026 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 53%★ 5.7thrillerRent or buy

Both know what they want from thriller

On a perilous climb across Thailand's Mount Kwan, two climbers become trapped thousands of feet above the ground, where vertigo-inducing heights, sheer exposure, and impossible odds turn every moment into a fight for survival.

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

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

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

Thriller approached the same way

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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Foxcatcher
2014 · dir. Bennett Miller
🍅 88%★ 7drama · thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

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A Wednesday!
2008 · dir. Neeraj Pandey
★ 8.1drama · thriller

Both play thriller straight

Prakash Rathod, a retired police commissioner recounts the most memorable case of his career wherein he was informed about a bomb scare in Mumbai by an ordinary commoner.

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