Movies Like The Midnight Man
If you liked The Midnight Man (1974), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Roland Kibbee and Burt Lancaster, 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.
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
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Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his…
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Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryPrivate investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAn unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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River's Edge (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to…
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Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerUndead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
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Harry Brown (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerIn 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
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Thursday (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryA former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerCarlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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Kiss the Girls (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mysteryForensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…
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Until Death (2007)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAnthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryReclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryWorking in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome…
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The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his…
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Psycho Killer (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryFollowing the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial…
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Asylum (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
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The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerVeteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
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Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerBen Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…