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Movies Like The Thief of Red Lips Fish

If you liked The Thief of Red Lips Fish (2003), a mystery movie directed by Napoleon Pang Chun-wai, 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. 1Ca$h

    Ca$h (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…

  2. 2The Commuter

    The Commuter (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

  3. 3Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  4. 4The Cheap Detective

    The Cheap Detective (1978)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

  5. 5Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…

  6. 6Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  7. 7Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  8. 8Breathless

    Breathless (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband Dale’s criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do…

  9. 9Sleuth

    Sleuth (1972)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery

    A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

  10. 10Cleaner

    Cleaner (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…

  11. 11All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  12. 12Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…

  13. 13Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  14. 14The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery

    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…

  15. 15Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also mystery

    The Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" . The gang possesses exceptional counterfeiting skills which makes it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of its…

  16. 16Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  17. 17The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  18. 18Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…

  19. 19The Black Book

    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

  20. 20Deception

    Deception (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's…

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