Movies like Shock: 20 to watch next
If you loved Shock (1946) — a thriller and drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Shock most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like infidelity, amnesia and nurse. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Witness for the Prosecution 1957★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Rear Window 1954★ 8.3
Shares: Thriller, Drama
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Double Life 1947★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Where Danger Lives 1950★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The File on Thelma Jordon 1949★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Stream in India on Plex
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Whirlpool 1950★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Drama
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gaslight 1944★ 7.5
Shares: Thriller, Drama
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Stream in India on Plex
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No Way Out 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dial M for Murder 1954★ 8.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Blue Dahlia 1946★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Islands 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Drama
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Name Is Julia Ross 1945★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a new identity.
Stream in India on Plex
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Obsession 1949★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Spellbound 1945★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Midnight Lace 1960★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Clean, Shaven 1995★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family. He attempts to function in a world that, for him, is filled with strange voices, electrical noise, disconcerting images, and jarringly sudden emotional shifts. During his quest, he runs afoul of the law and an ongoing murder investigation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Madame X 1966★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Holly Parker, the wife of a wealthy diplomat, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who has been romantically pursuing her. She is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity in order to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men. Eventually returning to the city of her downfall, she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, Holly is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who has become a public defender. In the hope of protecting her family, she refuses to reveal her real name and is known to the court as "Madame X".
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Everybody's Fine 2009★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Witness to Murder 1954★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now