Movies Like Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty
If you liked Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty (2008), a crime and thriller movie directed by Erik Richter Strand, 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.
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Fallen Angels (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerJakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca…
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and thrillerNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerFashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…
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Cop (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thrillerAn obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
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The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeBilly Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
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Death Wish (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and thrillerA mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also crimeDolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera…
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Marathon Man (1976)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crimeA graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerReclusive 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…
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The Dead Pool (1988)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerDirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick…
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Gotti (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeJohn Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…
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Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and thrillerGino 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.
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The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thrillerA police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crimeYorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit…
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerPrivate eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
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8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crimeA 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…
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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeVice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
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Payback (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thrillerWith friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless…
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The Courier (2019)
★ 6/10Also thriller and crimeEzekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after…
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.