Movies Like In the Name of the Law
If you liked In the Name of the Law (1932), a crime and drama movie directed by Maurice Tourneur, 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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Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaA psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…
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Pasha (1968)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeSix months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through…
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True Believer (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaEddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…
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Only the Animals (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeFollowing the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to…
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Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and dramaA town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of…
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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeWhile on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
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36th Precinct (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaIn Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years…
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American Murderer (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaThe True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind…
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Case 137 (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaWhen Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man severely injured during a chaotic Paris demonstration and finds no police misconduct, the routine case hits close to home upon her discovering the victim…
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SK1 (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeThe hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers.
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In Her Name (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeIn 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski…
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Saint Omer (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and crimeA novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and…
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The Body of My Enemy (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaA man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce.
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The Dictator's Guns (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and crimeAn experienced skipper is hired to buy a boat from an American heiress in the Caribbean, but when the boat vanishes and bodies surface, he realizes he’s been framed for arms trafficking.
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The Color of Lies (1999)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaIn a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions…
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaTommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…
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Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeActress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…
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In His Shadow (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaAfter the death of their father, two half-brothers find themselves on opposite sides of an escalating conflict with tragic consequences.
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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and dramaInspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeFaced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.