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Movies Like The Silent Murder

If you liked The Silent Murder (1959), a crime movie directed by Hideo Sekigawa, 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. 1In Too Deep

    In Too Deep (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an…

  2. 2Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…

  3. 3McQ

    McQ (1974)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

  4. 4The Bone Collector

    The Bone Collector (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves…

  5. 5They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

  6. 6Blood Work

    Blood Work (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

  7. 7The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  8. 8The Organization

    The Organization (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…

  9. 9L.A. Confidential

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime

    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.

  10. 10Crooked House

    Crooked House (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

  11. 11Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  12. 12Voyeur

    Voyeur (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.

  13. 13Gang Related

    Gang Related (1997)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

  14. 14The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  15. 15Parker

    Parker (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of…

  16. 16The Getaway

    The Getaway (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

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

  17. 17Righteous Kill

    Righteous Kill (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…

  18. 18Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (1999)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing…

  19. 19Striking Distance

    Striking Distance (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.

  20. 20Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

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