Movies Like Sweet Little Sixteen

If you liked Sweet Little Sixteen (1999), a drama and thriller movie directed by Peter Patzak, 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
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
2
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
3
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller
Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
4
Careful What You Wish For (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
5
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama
Private 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…
6
Greta (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.
7
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama
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…
8
Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
9
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
10
Colombiana (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante…
11
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thriller
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled…
12
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and…
13
Gang Related (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
14
Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
15
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv movie
Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises…
16
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
★ 7/10Also drama and tv movie
Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during…
17
Disturbia (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie…
18
Acts of Vengeance (2017)
★ 6/10Also thriller and drama
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
19
River's Edge (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to…
20
Kill for Me (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however…