Movies like The Universal Theory: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Universal Theory (2023) — a mystery, thriller and drama film directed by Timm Kröger — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Universal Theory most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like narration, jazz singer or musician and black and white. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Caveman's Valentine 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Remember 2015★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ten Little Indians 1965★ 6.3
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Miroirs No. 3 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident. Living with Betty's family brings comfort, but Laura starts questioning their intentions as time passes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bear Island 1979★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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September 5 2024★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Eddie and the Cruisers 1983★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Last of the Dogmen 1995★ 6.8
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Execution 2021★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until he can take up his new position. Together with his colleague Dirk, he is sent on foreign assignments to West Germany. Franz soon has to use blackmail to get innocent people to talk. But his superiors go even further: GDR refugees and their relatives are targeted to be psychologically destroyed, forged letters, medical diagnoses, surveillance and wiretapping are on the agenda. However, this is more than Franz can bear: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Super 8 2011★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain 2017★ 5.8
Shares: Thriller, Drama
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he fights for survival....
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Insomnia 2002★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Movie Sphere+
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Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder 2017★ 7.1
Shares: Mystery, 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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Brothers Under Fire 2026★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Captain Jordan Wright's squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel. As Jordan tries to lead survivors to safety, war erupts between his squad and the cartel, forcing him into a battle to save his men.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Deadly Affair 1967★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Dark Valley 2014★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
The Alps, late 19th century. Greider, a mysterious lone rider who claims to be a photographer, arrives at an isolated lumber village, despotically ruled by a family clan, asking for winter accommodation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Smilla's Sense of Snow 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The House on Carroll Street 1988★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Mask of Dimitrios 1944★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now