Movies Like Unbroken Smile

If you liked Unbroken Smile, a movie directed by Brittany Chrishawn, 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
Serpico (1973)
★ 7.5/10
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
2
Dick Tracy (1990)
★ 6.2/10
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
3
L.A. Confidential (1997)
★ 7.8/10
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
4
Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…
5
The Rainmaker (1997)
★ 7/10
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds…
6
Cover-Up (2025)
★ 7.2/10
He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
7
Q & A (1990)
★ 5.9/10
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
8
My Mom Jayne (2025)
★ 8/10
Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a new portrait of her mother Jayne Mansfield, an extraordinary and…
9
Dark Blue (2002)
★ 6.2/10
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
10
Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
11
The Independent (2022)
★ 6.5/10
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made…
12
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
★ 7/10
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
13
Relay (2025)
★ 7/10
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
14
I Am Heath Ledger (2017)
★ 7.4/10
The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.
15
To Kill a Tiger (2023)
★ 7.6/10
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his…
16
Detective Story (1951)
★ 7.1/10
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's…
17
Magnum Force (1973)
★ 7.1/10
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only…
18
The Girl in the Book (2015)
★ 5.8/10
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
19
The Crash (2026)
★ 6.8/10
A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
20
Monkey Man (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed…