Movies Like The Whisperers (1967)

The Whisperers is a 1967 drama, thriller film from Bryan Forbes with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Black Moon and In the Heat of the Night.

Drama Thriller

Black Moon

1975

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio.

6.0

MagicScore

In the Heat of the Night

1967

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

7.6

MagicScore

Whistle Down the Wind

1961

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.

7.1

MagicScore

Oh, Canada

2024

Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

5.8

MagicScore

The Life Ahead

2020

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

6.7

MagicScore

Charley Varrick

1973

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

7.3

MagicScore

The Town

2010

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

7.2

MagicScore

The Unsuspected

1947

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

6.6

MagicScore

Between Your Legs

1999

A radio-show assistant meets a budding screenwriter during a group-therapy session for sex addicts.

5.3

MagicScore

#10

if....

1968

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

A Taste of Honey

1961

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Northern Soul

2014

Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Hour of the Star

1985

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

A Letter to Three Wives

1949

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

Jakob the Liar

1999

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Sorcerer

1977

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

7.5

MagicScore

#17

The Big Bounce

2004

A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.

4.9

MagicScore

#18

The Bricklayers

1976

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.

7.7

MagicScore

#20

Restrepo

2010

Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides insight and empathy on how to win the battle through hard work, deadly gunfights and mutual friendships while the unit must push back the Taliban.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Whisperers?

The top films similar to The Whisperers by MovieMagicScore are Black Moon (6.0), In the Heat of the Night (7.6), Whistle Down the Wind (7.1). Each shares drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Whisperers worth watching?

The Whisperers holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 30 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Whisperers?

The Whisperers (1967) is a drama, thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Edith Evans, Eric Portman, Ronald Fraser.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Whisperers?

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

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About movies like The Whisperers

This ranked list pairs The Whisperers (1967), a drama and thriller film from Bryan Forbes, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Edith Evans 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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