Movie

Nightcap

2000 · 101 min

A slow, unsettling psychological drama that simmers with quiet suspicion and domestic unease.

Overview: Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned she was almost switched with Guillaume at birth.

Search YouTube for the trailer

Stream in the UK

ARROW

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
family
deception
betrayal
identity
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

Titles like Nightcap

Movie

The Secret Woman

2026

A slow-burning psychological puzzle that keeps you uneasy as a woman pieces together a past that may be better left forgotten.

Tense, eerie · about family and deception · twist ending

Via: tense
eerie
family
deception
twist ending
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 119 min

Details In your watch list

The Secret WomanHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Torment

1994

A slow, suffocating slide into jealousy, watching a man's mind curdle until the sunny hotel feels like a trap.

Same director: Claude Chabrol · Tense, melancholic, slow-burn · about obsession and betrayal

Also: Same director: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
melancholic
obsession
betrayal
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 102 min

Details In your watch list

TormentHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Unfaithful Wife

1969

A cool, controlled study of jealousy and violence that tightens like a trap, leaving you uneasy and quietly complicit.

Same writer: Claude Chabrol · Tense · about obsession and deception

Also: Same writer: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
obsession
deception
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 94 min

Details In your watch list

The Unfaithful WifeHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Truthers

2026

A slow, uneasy homecoming where grief and suspicion blur together, keeping you quietly on edge as family secrets surface.

Tense, melancholic, slow-burn · about family and deception · twist ending

Via: tense
melancholic
family
deception
twist ending
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 106 min

Details In your watch list

The TruthersHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Love Is the Perfect Crime

2013

A chilly, slow-burning psychological puzzle that keeps you uneasy and guessing, with an undercurrent of erotic menace.

Tense, eerie, slow-burn · about obsession and deception · twist ending

Via: tense
eerie
obsession
deception
twist ending
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 110 min

Details In your watch list

Love Is the Perfect CrimeHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Blood Relatives

1978

A cold, methodical descent into a family's hidden rot, watching a detective peel back lies with quiet, mounting unease.

Same director: Claude Chabrol · Tense, melancholic · about obsession and family · twist ending

Also: Same director: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
melancholic
obsession
family
twist ending
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 100 min

Details In your watch list

Blood RelativesHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Not a Stranger

2026

A slow-burning domestic thriller that turns ordinary trust into a queasy, nerve-stretching game of suspicion.

Tense, eerie, slow-burn · about obsession and deception

Via: tense
eerie
obsession
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details In your watch list

Not a StrangerHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Third Lover

1962

A slow, chilly study of envy and manipulation that tightens like a vise, leaving a bitter aftertaste.

Same writer: Claude Chabrol · Tense · about obsession and deception · twist ending

Also: Same writer: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
obsession
deception
twist ending
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 80 min

Details In your watch list

The Third LoverHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Blurred Vision

2019

A slow-burning Danish thriller that tightens like a vice as domestic bliss curdles into paranoia and deceit.

Tense, slow-burn · about obsession and family · twist ending

Via: tense
obsession
family
twist ending
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 82 min

Details In your watch list

Blurred VisionHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

Veronica

2017

A quietly unsettling two-hander that keeps you leaning in, unsure who to trust as secrets surface.

Tense, eerie, slow-burn · about obsession and deception

Via: tense
eerie
obsession
deception
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 81 min

Details In your watch list

VeronicaHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Cry of the Owl

1987

A slow-burning psychological thriller that keeps you uneasy with its quiet obsession and escalating paranoia.

Same writer: Claude Chabrol · Tense, melancholic · about obsession and deception · twist ending

Also: Same writer: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
melancholic
obsession
deception
twist ending
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 102 min

Details In your watch list

The Cry of the OwlHidden from your suggestions.

Movie

The Flower of Evil

2003

A slow-burning, elegant thriller that simmers with buried secrets and moral rot beneath a polished bourgeois surface.

Same writer: Claude Chabrol · Tense, slow-burn · about family and betrayal · twist ending

Also: Same writer: Claude Chabrol
Via: tense
family
betrayal
twist ending
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Runtime: 104 min

Details In your watch list

The Flower of EvilHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

Stream

ARROW

Rent or buy

Apple TV Store
Amazon Video
YouTube

Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

Details

Genres: thriller, drama, mystery
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Written by: Claude Chabrol, Caroline Eliacheff
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon, Michel Robin, Mathieu Simonet, Lydia Andréï
Music: Matthieu Chabrol
Cinematography: Renato Berta
Runtime: 101 min
Country: France, Switzerland
Languages: French

TMDB IMDb Letterboxd Wikipedia Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Nightcap

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Nightcap

Where to watch in the UK

Details