Movies Like The Thriller

If you liked The Thriller (2010), a crime and thriller movie directed by B. Unnikrishnan, 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
Under Suspicion (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and…
2
Killers (2010)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on…
3
Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10Also thriller and crime
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
4
Straight Time (1978)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
5
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and 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.
6
The Lazarus Project (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an…
7
Before and After (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
8
This Gun for Hire (1942)
★ 7/10Also crime and thriller
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new…
9
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.
10
Murder Mystery (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.
11
Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
12
Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…
13
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the…
14
Paranoid Park (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
15
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
16
Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
17
Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and thriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
18
Kurup (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
The Film is based on the infamous 'Charlie Murder Case' in the Indian State of Kerala where the main culprit Sukumara Kurup has been on the run for decades and is still not been caught. The story revolves around the…
19
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
★ 6/10Also crime and thriller
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater…
20
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
★ 7/10Also crime
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the…