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Movies like 5 Is the Perfect Number

24 films close to 5 Is the Perfect Number (2019) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.

Mr. Jones

2019

ominous · Drama, Thriller

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

ominous · Drama, Thriller

The Bad Seed

1956

ominous · Drama, Thriller

Le Samouraï

1967

ominous · Drama, Thriller

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

2016

ominous · Drama, Thriller

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

1985

ominous · Drama

The Rover

2014

ominous · Drama

The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure

2020

ominous · Drama

Dark Waters

2019

ominous · Drama, Thriller

The Stepfather

2009

ominous · Thriller

Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978

ominous · Drama

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

The Traitor

2019

Drama, Thriller · RAI Cinema

The Northman

2022

ominous

The Surfer

2025

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

The Third Man

1949

ominous · Thriller

An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy

2019

Drama, Thriller · RAI Cinema

Blood Ties

2013

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

ominous · Drama, Thriller

Sinister

2012

ominous · Thriller

The Debt

2010

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

Hotel Rwanda

2004

ominous · Drama

Drive

2011

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Secret in Their Eyes

2009

Close on feel, same era · Drama, Thriller

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