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Movies Like Ninth Life

If you liked Ninth Life (1991), a thriller movie directed by Ken Harrison, 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. 1Thursday

    Thursday (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    A 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…

  2. 2Blood Simple

    Blood Simple (1985)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them…

  3. 3Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…

  4. 4The Devil's Candy

    The Devil's Candy (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

  5. 5Extreme Prejudice

    Extreme Prejudice (1987)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…

  6. 6The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling…

  7. 7Dismissed

    Dismissed (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.

  8. 8The Prowler

    The Prowler (1981)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

  9. 9Killer Joe

    Killer Joe (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.

  10. 10The Getaway

    The Getaway (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

  11. 1152 Pick-Up

    52 Pick-Up (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and…

  12. 12Murder by Contract

    Murder by Contract (1958)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.

  13. 13Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  14. 14Maniac

    Maniac (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

  15. 15Road House

    Road House (1989)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than…

  16. 16Violet & Daisy

    Violet & Daisy (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

  17. 17Sweet Virginia

    Sweet Virginia (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

  18. 18The Return

    The Return (2006)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying…

  19. 19A Bluebird in My Heart

    A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.

  20. 20No Mercy

    No Mercy (1986)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

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