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Movies Like The Insomniac

If you liked The Insomniac (2013), a mystery and drama movie directed by Monty Miranda, 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. 1Marlowe

    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…

  2. 2Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…

  3. 3Dolores 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…

  4. 4The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  5. 5Dear Mr. Gacy

    Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama

    A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

  6. 6The 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…

  7. 7American Gigolo

    American Gigolo (1980)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and…

  8. 8Walking 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…

  9. 9Lizzie

    Lizzie (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family…

  10. 10Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to…

  11. 11Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

  12. 12The Tenant

    The Tenant (1976)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

  13. 13In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and thriller

    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.

  14. 14Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  15. 15Death 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.

  16. 16A 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…

  17. 17Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller

    Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

  18. 18Body Double

    Body Double (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery

    After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies…

  19. 19Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  20. 20A History of Violence

    A History of Violence (2005)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

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