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Movies Like Crazy Like a Fox

If you liked Crazy Like a Fox (2009), a thriller movie directed by Tony Abulu, 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. 1Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    ★ 8.1/10Also thriller

    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

  2. 2The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

  3. 3Woman of Straw

    Woman of Straw (1964)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

  4. 4Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  5. 5The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

  6. 6A Bluebird in My Heart

    A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.

  7. 7The File on Thelma Jordon

    The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

  8. 8Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

  9. 9Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder (1954)

    ★ 8/10Also thriller

    When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

  10. 10Vertigo

    Vertigo (1958)

    ★ 8.1/10Also thriller

    A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

  11. 11Match Point

    Match Point (2005)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and…

  12. 12Sudden Fear

    Sudden Fear (1952)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to…

  13. 13Gilda

    Gilda (1946)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

  14. 14Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  15. 15Family Plot

    Family Plot (1976)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

  16. 16Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  17. 17The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

  18. 18Quicksand

    Quicksand (1950)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up…

  19. 19Notorious

    Notorious (1946)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is…

  20. 20Niagara

    Niagara (1953)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is…

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