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Movies Like Bad Guys

If you liked Bad Guys (2008), a action and thriller movie directed by Rick Jacobson, 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. 1Indemnity

    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.

  2. 2Time 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…

  3. 3Oscar 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…

  4. 4Maniac

    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.

  5. 5The 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.

  6. 6The 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.

  7. 7The 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.

  8. 8No 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.

  9. 9Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and thriller

    After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

  10. 10LaRoy, 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.

  11. 11Each 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.

  12. 12The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  13. 13Deadbeat 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.

  14. 14The 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…

  15. 15The 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…

  16. 16They 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.

  17. 17Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and crime

    In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…

  18. 18The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and thriller

    After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through…

  19. 195 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.

  20. 20Pickup 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…

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