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Movies Like Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

If you liked Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Julian Jarrold, 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. 1Dolores Claiborne

    Dolores Claiborne (1995)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera…

  2. 2Jesse Stone: Sea Change

    Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during…

  3. 3Gotti

    Gotti (1996)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…

  4. 4Cop

    Cop (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

  5. 5The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

    The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were…

  6. 6Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs (1971)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and drama

    David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy…

  7. 7Marlowe

    Marlowe (1969)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery

    Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…

  8. 8Summer of Sam

    Summer of Sam (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

  9. 9A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

  10. 10Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and crime

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  11. 11Death Wish

    Death Wish (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

  12. 12The Outfit

    The Outfit (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…

  13. 13No Exit

    No Exit (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery

    Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…

  14. 14The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…

  15. 15True Confessions

    True Confessions (1981)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

  16. 16Darfur

    Darfur (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.

  17. 17The Courier

    The Courier (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and crime

    Ezekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after…

  18. 18Se7en

    Se7en (1995)

    ★ 8.4/10Also crime and mystery

    Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…

  19. 19Cleveland Abduction

    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.

  20. 20The Substitute 2: School's Out

    The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller

    When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…

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