Movies Like Butterfly Smile
If you liked Butterfly Smile (2001), a movie directed by He Jianjun, 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.
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The Crossing Guard (1995)
★ 6/10Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.
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Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
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The Witness (2015)
★ 7.5/10A blind woman and a delivery boy attempt to solve a hit-and-run case the police have been unable to solve.
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Shattered (1991)
★ 6.2/10Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't…
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
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In This Our Life (1942)
★ 6.9/10An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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Mr. Right (2016)
★ 6.4/10A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
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Reasonable Doubt (2014)
★ 5.8/10When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the…
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Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
★ 6.3/10To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
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Run All Night (2015)
★ 6.4/10Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind…
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Something Wild (1986)
★ 6.6/10A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
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The Killers (1964)
★ 6.9/10A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Spring (2014)
★ 6.6/10A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
★ 7.4/10A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
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Blacklight (2022)
★ 6.1/10Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of…
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
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Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.