Movies Like Jim Hanvey, Detective

If you liked Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937), a mystery and action movie directed by Phil Rosen, 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
Parker (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of…
2
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the…
3
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
4
Terror by Night (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and crime
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the…
5
The Killers (1964)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and mystery
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
6
The Killers (1946)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and mystery
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a…
7
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and romance
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
8
Man on a Ledge (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt…
9
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also action and mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
10
L.A. Confidential (1997)
★ 7.8/10Also crime and mystery
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
11
Death on the Nile (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crime
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
12
Get Fast (2024)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
When The Thief’s partner is kidnapped after stealing millions in cash from a merciless drug lord named Nushi, he reluctantly teams up with an angst-ridden orphan to rescue him. Nushi enlists her most trusted hitman…
13
Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mystery
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
14
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and action
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
15
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
16
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and crime
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
17
Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…
18
The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
An 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…
19
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and mystery
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
20
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as…