Movies like Verity: 20 to watch next
If you loved Verity (2026) — a mystery and thriller film directed by Michael Showalter — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Verity most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on novel or book, psychological thriller and novelist. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Infernal Machine 2022★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mr. Arkadin 1955★ 6.8
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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Mindcage 2022★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Mean Season 1985★ 6.2
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cleaner 2007★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Cult Killer 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thirteen at Dinner 1985★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Invisible Man 2020★ 7.1
Shares: Thriller
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Blackwater Lane 2024★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to affect the gothic manor she lives in with her husband.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Rainbow 1989★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Like Minds 2006★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chief of Station 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Stream in India on Vrott Amazon Channel
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Crooked House 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bad Sister 2015★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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The Ritual Killer 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Mystery, Thriller
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Number 23 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Pale Blue Eye 2022★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
Stream in India on Netflix
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I Still See You 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Mystery
Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Veronica 'Ronnie' Calder receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Ronnie descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead—and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shades of Desire 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now