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Freya Hodgson

Fans of Netflix thriller I Came By will love these chilling mystery movies

Netflix thriller I Came By has left viewers on the edge of their seats since the gripping movie was released on the streaming platform on August 31.

The Babak Anvari directed plot follows politically motivated graffiti artists, Toby, played by George MacKay, and his best friend Jay Agassi, Percelle Ascott.

The duo regularly break into the homes of wealthy Londoners to scribe the phrase ‘I Came By’ on their walls to protest inequality in the city.

But Toby discovers a shocking secret when he breaks into the home of retired judge Sir Hector Blake, played by Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville.

After uncovering a terrifying secret, his actions not only endanger himself, but also the lives of Jay and his mother Lizzie, played by Line of Duty’s Kelly Macdonald.

The Netflix original film has quickly risen to the number one spot in the platform’s UK film charts - and viewers have taken to social media to show their support.

If you enjoyed I Came By, then make sure to check out these similarly chilling mystery movies.

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The Silence of the Marsh

Spanish thriller The Silence of the Marsh stars Money Heist’s Pedro Alonso as the cold, calculating, crime novelist known throughout the film only as Q.

The Marc Vigil directed film follows Q, a murderer who uses his own killings as a narrative device for writing his crime novels.

The gripping plot is based on a novel written by Juanjo Braulio.

The Angel

Based on Uri Bar-Joseph’s biography of Ashraf Marwan, The Angel is about a real-life Egyptian man who spied for Israel in the 1970s - a turbulent time in Middle Eastern history.

The thriller is a faithful account of the double-agent son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who helped avert a deadly escalation of the Yom Kippur War by passing secrets to Mossad.

The Angel is directed by Ariel Vromen, whose American-set thrillers include The Iceman and Criminal.

Shattered Memories

High school guidance counsellor Holly Dewitt, played by Elizabeth Bogush, wakes up in bed next to a dead man with her hands covered in blood - and it's her former lover Ray, Brad Schmidt.

Panicked and with no memory of what happened the previous night, Holly cleans herself up and flees the scene.

Desperate to prove she isn't a murderer, Holly works to unravel the events of the ill-fated night to uncover what happened.

Secret Window

While in the process of an ugly divorce from his wife (Maria Bello) writer Mort Rainey ( Johnny Depp ) relocates to a remote cabin in upstate New York for solitude.

The writer is confronted by John Shooter, a mysterious farmer who claims Mort plagiarised his work.

At first, Mort regards Shooter as mentally ill and ignores his accusations - but Shooter becomes increasingly vicious in his quest for retribution.

Johnny Depp stars as Mort Rainey in Secret Window (Getty Images)

Based on the Stephen King novel, Secret Window, Secret Garden, the plot follows the complex mind of a writer whose perception of reality has become distorted after experiencing a traumatic event.

Silent Hours

Silent Hours was released in 2015 and follows private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy, who finds himself as a suspect in the hunt for a sexual killer after three women are murdered.

Duval is forced to hunt down the real culprit of the brutal murders after being named the prime suspect.

The psychological thriller is written and directed by Mark Greenstreet and stars James Weber Brown, Indira Varma, Dervla Kirwan and Hugh Bonneville.

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