Movies Like Dark Confessions

If you liked Dark Confessions (1998), a action and drama movie directed by Lloyd A. Simandl, 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
Sharky's Machine (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he…
2
Skin Trade (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also action and drama
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
3
The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
4
McQ (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also action and drama
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
5
Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
6
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
7
Needful Things (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and horror
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
8
Desperation Road (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
Ex-con Russell Gaines is attempting to rebuild his life with the help of his father, Mitchell. However, the arrival of Maben sends his new life into chaos, leading the pair to go on the run - as their violent pasts…
9
Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
10
Empire (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top…
11
Walking Tall (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
12
Destroyer (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and action
When Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.
13
In Too Deep (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
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…
14
Tales from the Hood (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and drama
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.
15
Waist Deep (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
An ex-convict gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
16
Seeking Justice (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also action and drama
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
17
God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also action and horror
Vice 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…
18
Lock Up (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also action and drama
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration…
19
Savaged (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
20
Blood Work (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
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.