| The Player (1992) | 7.5 | |
| Twisted (2013) | 7.2 | |
| A Thief of Time (2003) | 7.0 | |
| Bordertown (2007) | 6.0 | |
| Monster (2004) | 8.7 |
Protagonist as suspect movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant protagonist as suspect movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, suspense and detective films and TV shows about / with protagonist as suspect, murder, deadly, dishonesty, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, serial killer, danger and false accusation plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as protagonist as suspect: Nightwatch (1997), Boy 7 (2015), Twisted (2013), Monster (2004), Secrets & Lies (2014), Bordertown (2007), Gone Girl (2014), Basic Instinct (1992), Nightmare Street (1998), Non-Stop (2014).
Best films
New films
| No Postage Necessary (2017) | 5.3 | |
| Beastars (2019) | 7.6 | |
| Kingmaker (2022) | 6.8 | |
| Silent Hours (2021) | 5.2 | |
| Regression (2015) | 5.6 |
List of protagonist as suspect movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, police detective, protagonist as suspect, murder, dead prostitute, morgue, frame up, danger, riddles and clues, murder suspect, friend ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Hungary, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Sam regains consciousness in the middle of a crowded subway, he doesn't know how he got there, where he came from nor his own name. He franticly searches for his identity, using the contents of his backpack. Slowly but surely he realizes ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
memory loss, twists and turns, on the run, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, danger, murder, manipulation, who to trust, youth, young heroes, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A one-hour mystery full of twists and turns that follows Danny Desai, a charismatic 16-year-old with a troubled past who returns to his hometown after spending five years in juvenile detention. Immediately branded an outcast, Danny attempts to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, teen, detective ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
social misfits, teenage life, protagonist as suspect, homecoming, parents and children, starting over, haunted by the past, old friend, society, gain trust, murder, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
67K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Style:
psychological, anime, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, false accusation, doctor, murder, protagonist as suspect, guilt, mastermind, manipulation, choice, hospital, nihilism, investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe, czech republic
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, protagonist as suspect, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, family problems, disorder, loss of child, family in crisis, child killer, murder mystery, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The opening titles explain that American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, protagonist as suspect, murder, journalist, corruption, investigation, uncover truth, police corruption, serial killer, survival, sex slave, rape victim ...
Time:
90s, year 2006
Place:
mexico, latin america, chicago, usa
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, tense, costume drama ...
Plot:
murder suspect, media coverage, landlord, false accusation, police, murder, life is a bitch, dishonesty, lawyer, true crime, school teacher, accused of murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After saving her daughter from an accident Joanna wakes up in the hospital in an alternate world where nothing is as it should be. Someone else lives in her house, her daughter is gone and everyone calls her Sarah. The problem is Sarah is suspected ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
parallel world, memory loss, protagonist as suspect, hospital, uncover truth, life is a bitch, imaginary, siblings relations, paranormal phenomena, mistaken identity, sister sister relationship, mother love ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, airplane, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, danger, resourceful, terrorist, mind game, aviation, save the day ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, iceland, london
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
Style:
serious, surreal, dark comedy, dark fantasy, visual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, good versus evil, murder mystery, danger, vengeance, dark humor, supernatural ability, transformation, snake, devil, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, memory, police detective, vengeance, justice, police investigation, race against time, false accusation, conspiracy theory, danger, haunted by the past, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, erotic, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
swinger couple, wife swapping, mate swapping, swingers, sex, cheating on husband, murder, sexual content, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, lawyer, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel ...
Style:
mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, philosophical, neo noir ...
Plot:
virtual reality, alternate reality, cyberpunk, cyberspace, twists and turns, time travel, computer system, artificial intelligence, consciousness, parallel world, simulated reality, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, pasadena california
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A police detective follows a trail of evidence that eventually seems to lead to his trusted partner's ex-con brother who he helped put in prison years ago.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, detective ...
Plot:
false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, law enforcement, murder, serial killer, danger, who done it, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Jong-Woo (played by Sin Ha-gyoon) is a poor, beleagured taxi driver with a bad attitude, understandable given the kind of clients he has to deal with. So when one night, a polite, well-dressed man offers an outrageous sum of money to rent the taxi ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, protagonist as suspect, chase, uncover truth, frame up, investigation, manhunt, escapades, conspiracy, chases and races, truth, running ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, friendship, twists and turns, murder, obsession, police, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
442
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Karn and Wilby, racist to the core and high on the prospect of a Conservative Party victory, try to ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
racism, murder, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, injustice, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, social decay, police brutality, police corruption, wrongful arrest ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
england, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, France, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
casino, protagonist as suspect, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, single parent, murder, family relations, suspicion, lie, guilt, woman, car accident ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Police try to hunt down a serial killer in 1912 Buenos Aires.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, mind bending, detective ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, boy, pedophilia, murder, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, haunted by the past, coming of age, law enforcement, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Santi, a young high-school student with a serious physical reaction to sunlight, is forced by his health to move with his single mother to a shadowy, isolated village in the mountains of Spain where the inhabitants begin to reveal themselves as ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric, perverse, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mother son relationship, gory, teenage boy, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, life is a bitch, murder, haunted, woods, monster, supernatural horror, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, psychological, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
interspecies sex, murder, masked man, protagonist as suspect, psychopath, serial killer, danger, dishonesty, dangerous animal, police detective, false memory, businessman ...
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
490
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, frame up, dishonesty, legal investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, society, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, rebellion, legal, dishonesty ...
Place:
asia, vietnam, indochina
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder suspect, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, who done it, false accusation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, price of justice, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Is relevant?
111
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
femme fatale, mind game, legal investigation, protagonist as suspect, manhunt, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, rivalry, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
husband murders wife, amateur detective, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, infidelity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Troubled police detective Jack Lucas is falsely accused of a series of murders and must prove his innocence by catching the real serial killer.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, false accusation, murder, psychopath, frame up, investigation, car chase, mind game, protagonist as suspect, race against time, danger, dishonesty ...
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