Movies Like The Return of Dr. Mabuse
If you liked The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961), a crime and thriller movie directed by Harald Reinl, 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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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and thrillerClarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and mysteryAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
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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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Anon (2018)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and crimeSet in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles…
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fictionNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thrillerUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
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Mindcage (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerDetectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and…
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The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and thrillerWhen a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
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Possessor (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and science fictionTasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped…
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Zoe (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerTwo colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
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The Informer (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thrillerIn New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryAn Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
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Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crimeWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
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Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thrillerSingle father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crimeIn the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and crimeA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeAn interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…
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Shimmer Lake (2017)
★ 6/10Also thriller and crimeShot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crimeTop level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…
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God Told Me To (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fictionA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.