Movies Like The Auteur Theory

If you liked The Auteur Theory (1999), a thriller and comedy movie directed by Evan Oppenheimer, 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
The Killer's Game (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thriller
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must…
2
Stretch (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and thriller
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
3
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive 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…
4
Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and comedy
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
5
Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
6
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
7
Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also thriller and comedy
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
8
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to…
9
Novocaine (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and thriller
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
10
Se7en (1995)
★ 8.4/10Also mystery and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
11
Over Your Dead Body (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thriller
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
12
Body Double (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies…
13
Narrow Margin (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they…
14
Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
15
The 51st State (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and comedy
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
16
In Darkness (2018)
★ 6/10Also thriller and mystery
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
17
The Mule (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and thriller
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the…
18
Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
Wes 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…
19
No Exit (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…
20
8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…