Loved the style and story ofDeep Water? These films should quench anyone’s thirst for psychologicalthrillersfilled with lust and love. Recentlyreleased onHuluandAmazon Prime,Deep Wateris a gripping tale of a husband and wife unhappy in their marriage. While the wife brings a string of lovers into their lives, she ends up finding a lot of them going missing. The husband, too in love to get a divorce, is the prime suspect.
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Ultimately,Deep Watertakes viewers through a journey of trust from start to finish and is a rollercoaster in itself. So, after such an experience viewers can very easily be left wanting more of this style of film. Luckily there’s some out there that any fan ofDeep Waterwill adore.
8Gone Girl
Starring Rosamund Pike andBen Affleck,Gone Girlhas particularly similar themes and ideas surrounding the story. It again follows a husband and wife in an unhappy marriage. Only this time the wife has gone missing, and all eyes are blaming the husband.
It’s an incredible psychological thriller that leaves viewers guessing throughout, often believing the husband is innocent, then thinking he might be guilty. It’s a wonderful film in which Affleck plays the part that has particularly similar tropes to his character inDeep Water.So if fans can’t get enough of Affleck playing the slightly unhinged husband,Gone Girlhas to be one to watch.
7Fatal Attraction
Directed by the man who directedDeep Water,Adrian Lyne,Fatal Attractionis an older film than many consider to be one of the first and one of the best eroticpsychological thrillersever made. It’s also Lyne’s best-known film. Rightly so when considering the subject matter and the fantastic acting present throughout.
It tells the tale of a marital affair that quickly turns into an obsession which could be deadly if the protagonist doesn’t act quickly. Ultimately,Fatal Attractionis easily one of Lyne’s best creations, so any fan of the directing inDeep Watershould watchFatal Attraction.
6Knock Knock
WhileKnock Knockmay not be a particularly easy psychological thriller, turning more towards the horror genre, it still has the lust, manipulation, and desire thatDeep Waterpossesses. It also stars Ana de Armas andKeanu Reeves, which creates a dynamic no one could have expected, but everyone needs to see.
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Ana de Armas' acting performance inDeep Waterwas unbelievably good. She embodied the character perfectly and seems to perfectly capture the lusty wife who knows what she wants. This is what makesKnock Knocksuch a joy to watch. She plays the manipulative lusty woman who attempts to seduce Reeves, the loving husband. Perfect for any fan of Ana de Armas' performances.
5Unfaithful
Lyne seems to thrive in directing good erotic,psychological thrillersandUnfaithfulis nothing less than that. It derives from the bookThe Unfaithful Wifeand tells the tale of a wife having an affair with a stranger. After the husband gets suspicious, things begin turning ugly, just like they do in many of Lyne’s movies.
Unfaithfulis the kind of film where many can probably predict the ending, just likeDeep Water, but that doesn’t make it any less entertaining to watch. This film is a rollercoaster of emotions spanning from confusion, tension, and surprise, just likeDeep Water.
4Bound
Boundwas placed in the directing hands of two particularly famous directors, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, just before they createdThe Matrix. However, it still has their recognizable style and fantastic design embedded into this crime-filled neo-noir thriller in which two lovers plot against the gangster stopping them from being together in a wonderful heist.
It’s a couple of worlds away from the rich lives of the Van Allen’s but brings that problematic and almost forbidden love with something somewhere stopping them from being happy into the heartbeat ofBound. It’s messy, filled with love and lust, and is a joy from start to finish.
3Basic Instinct
As perhaps one of the most famous thrillers in the film industry,Basic Instinctis the perfect film to watch if the thriller aspect ofDeep Waterwas the more gripping theme present. However, unlikeDeep Water, the viewer will rarely be able to predict what will happen throughout this wonderful thriller. It’s perfectly unpredictable and surprising, becoming a wonderful guessing game on who the killer really is.
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It’s worth noting that this film does contain some graphic content and has aged relatively badly when it comes to thedepiction of bisexuality.
2Indecent Proposal
Starring Demi Moore andWoody Harrelsonand directed by Adrian Lyne,Indecent Proposaltells the story of a couple who may need to sacrifice their relationship to solve their financial troubles. It’s a wonderful erotic drama that is surprisingly romantic yet problematic at the same time.
The acting and the directing are second to none and will thrill throughout, which is typical for most of Lyne’s films. If the viewer enjoyed the directing style ofDeep Waterthen anything directed by Lyne will be a hit.
1Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shutis famous for many reasons.It stars Tom Cruiseand Nicole Kidman and is the last film that was directed by Stanley Kubrick before he sadly passed away. Therefore, it does have a sizable following. However, it’s not solely due to the director that this film has a following, it’s also due to the fact that it’s a great film.
It’s absolutely erotic and undeniably thrilling to watch, with its own sprinkling of madness in the form of a masked cult and the problematic relationship between a husband and wife. It feels dramatically similar toDeep Waterbut has a different twist that any thriller fan will love.
