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10 Best Movies Like Derailed

If you loved Derailed, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Butterfly on a Wheel

Butterfly on a Wheel

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point....

#2
The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

2016★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until ...

#3
Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional...

#4
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he...

#5
Third Person

Third Person

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship....

#6
The Gift

The Gift

2015★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derailed for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin....

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