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Movies Like The Line

If you liked The Line (2007), a action and crime movie directed by Michael Adante, 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. 1Oscar Shaw

    Oscar Shaw (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and crime

    After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…

  2. 2Indemnity

    Indemnity (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller

    An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

  3. 3The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…

  4. 4The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

  5. 5LaRoy, Texas

    LaRoy, Texas (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller

    Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

  6. 6Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  7. 7Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  8. 8Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and thriller

    A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

  9. 9No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  10. 10The Mechanic

    The Mechanic (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and crime

    Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…

  11. 11The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  12. 12The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  13. 13The Young Savages

    The Young Savages (1961)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.

  14. 14Deadbeat at Dawn

    Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.

  15. 155 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  16. 16Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  17. 17They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime

    After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

  18. 18Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  19. 19Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  20. 20The Thinning: New World Order

    The Thinning: New World Order (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.

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