Movies Like Increasing Tension Between Me and the Possibility of Not Breathing as the Election Approaches

If you liked Increasing Tension Between Me and the Possibility of Not Breathing as the Election Approaches (2023), a crime movie directed by Bekir Efe Demetgül, 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
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
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.
2
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
3
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
4
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
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…
5
Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
6
The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
7
Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
8
The Night Strangler (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…
9
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
10
Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also crime
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
11
Murder She Said (1961)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
12
Absence of Malice (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells…
13
He Walked by Night (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
14
The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
15
Perfect Sisters (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
16
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut…
17
This Gun for Hire (1942)
★ 7/10Also crime
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new…
18
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
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…
19
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year…
20
Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.