Movies Like Even after a while

If you liked Even after a while (1988), a movie directed by Yasseen Ismail Yasseen, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
A Fall from Grace (2020)
★ 7/10
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
2
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
3
Red Corner (1997)
★ 6.3/10
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
4
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
5
Before and After (1996)
★ 5.9/10
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
6
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
7
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
★ 6.1/10
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
8
Faster (2010)
★ 6.4/10
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
9
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…
10
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
11
The Menendez Brothers (2024)
★ 7.2/10
Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.
12
Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
13
Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
14
Taken 3 (2014)
★ 6.3/10
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to…
15
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…
16
Twin Peaks (1989)
★ 8.5/10
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an…
17
The Life of David Gale (2003)
★ 7.4/10
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
18
Reptile (2023)
★ 6.7/10
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
19
Monster (2021)
★ 6.4/10
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
★ 6.8/10
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.