Movies Like Whirlpool (1950)

Whirlpool is a 1950 crime, drama, thriller film from Otto Preminger with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Perro callejero and The Great Hypnotist.

Crime Drama Thriller

Perro callejero

1980

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

7.9

MagicScore

The Great Hypnotist

2014

The famous psychologist Xu Ruining has a raising career, when he met the troublesome patient Ren Xiaoyan. The meeting is not easy as feeble-looking Ren is point by point against him.

6.6

MagicScore

The Woman in Green

1945

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

6.4

MagicScore

Slightly Scarlet

1956

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.

6.2

MagicScore

The Hypnotic Eye

1960

A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.

5.8

MagicScore

Fear in the Night

1947

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a mysterious woman breaks into a safe. It is so vivid that Vince suspects it may have really happened. To get the dream off his mind, he goes on a picnic with some relatives. When a thunderstorm forces his party into a nearby mansion, Vince discovers that the bizarre room does exist, and it means nothing but trouble.

5.3

MagicScore

Crack-Up

1946

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

5.6

MagicScore

On Probation

2005

Mariano is a psychologist who must fulfill community service after losing a lawsuit by a traffic accident. He is forced to provide therapeutic support to Alfredo, a policeman depressed over his wife cheating on him. Mariano is then accidentally involved in a double homicide investigation being conducted by Alfredo.

7.4

MagicScore

Marnie

1964

Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Mortal Transfer

2001

Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.

5.1

MagicScore

#11

Rings of Fear

1978

Angela Russo, a sixteen-year-old girl, is found dead in a river, having been fatally violated with a large blunt instrument. Inspector Di Salvo is assigned to the case and focuses his investigations on St. Theresa's, the exclusive school where Angela boarded. Three of the murdered girl's classmates, Franca, Paola and Virginia (who call themselves "The Inseparables"), receive threatening poems from an individual using the name "Nemesis." Bizarre "accidents" start to befall the girls: Franca is injured when someone causes her horse to bolt and Virginia nearly breaks her neck on marbles left at the top of a staircase. But Di Salvo is determined to find the killer, even if it means using unorthodox methods. He is aided by Angela Russo's little sister Emily, whose helpful clues lead to a boutique owned by a dubious character and a vice ring where "rich influential men pay well for teenage favours..."

5.3

MagicScore

#12

The Hypnotist

2012

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Shoplifters

2018

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

7.8

MagicScore

#14

Kids

1995

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

The Doom Generation

1995

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Kings

2017

A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

5.7

MagicScore

#17

Cherrybomb

2009

Teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

Straight Up

2020

Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that’s all talk and no sex.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Happily Mixed Up

2014

A psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients get together to find a way to make him feel better.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Whirlpool?

The top films similar to Whirlpool by MovieMagicScore are Perro callejero (7.9), The Great Hypnotist (6.6), The Woman in Green (6.4). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Whirlpool worth watching?

Whirlpool holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 88 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Whirlpool?

Whirlpool (1950) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney, José Ferrer, Richard Conte.

Where can I find more recommendations like Whirlpool?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Whirlpool

This ranked list pairs Whirlpool (1950), a crime and drama and thriller film from Otto Preminger, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gene Tierney take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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