Movies like Tension: 20 to watch next
If you loved Tension (1949) — a thriller and crime film directed by John Berry — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Tension most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like infidelity, pharmacist and drugstore. 2 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The File on Thelma Jordon 1949★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Crime
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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The Dark Corner 1946★ 6.6
Shares: Crime
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nightfall 1956★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Killer Is Loose 1956★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game 2018★ 7.0
Shares: Crime
Crime-solving librarian Aurora Teagarden leaps headfirst into Lawrenceton’s latest murder investigation when her nephew Phillip and his college roommate go missing after the roommate’s girlfriend is found dead. Enlisting the help of her Real Murders pals, and the handsome college professor Nick Miller who just moved in across the street from her, Roe uncovers a kidnapping plot gone awry.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Widow 1987★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Blue Gardenia 1953★ 6.5
Shares: Crime
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hollow Triumph 1948★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller, Crime
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
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Double Indemnity 1944★ 8.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Glass Key 1942★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lady in the Lake 1946★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Crime
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Angel 1946★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lady on a Train 1945★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Thriller
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Footsteps in the Fog 1955★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Crime
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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An Inspector Calls 1954★ 7.2
Shares: Crime
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Obsession 1949★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller, Crime
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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Conflict 1945★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Whirlpool 1950★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Crime
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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Absence of Malice 1981★ 6.7
Shares: Crime
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Pushover 1954★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now