Movies Like Das Schicksal der Lilian H.

If you liked Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1993), a crime and tv movie movie directed by Marijan David Vajda, 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
Presumed Innocent (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
2
Wicked Minds (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie
Holden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…
3
The United States of Leland (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…
4
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
5
Blood Simple (1985)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them…
6
Heaven (2002)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
7
No Night Is Too Long (2002)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and tv movie
A chance meeting, a stolen kiss and a sudden flare of passion sets a handsome young university student on a journey of betrayal, heartbreak and murder.
8
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
★ 7.8/10Also crime
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District…
9
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
Upon 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…
10
Cleveland Abduction (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and tv movie
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
11
Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10Also crime
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
12
Monster (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
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Desert Dawn (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and tv movie
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
14
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her…
15
Red Corner (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
16
The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also tv movie
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
17
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and tv movie
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…
18
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…
19
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
20
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
★ 6/10Also crime
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.