Movies Like Mystic River
If you liked Mystic River (2003), a thriller and drama movie directed by Clint Eastwood, 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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Finestkind (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaTwo brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaWhen 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…
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Boy A (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaFreed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed…
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Sleepers (1996)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaTwo gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Primal Fear (1996)
★ 7.7/10Also crime and dramaDefense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds…
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Boston Strangler (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and mysteryReporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
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The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaWhen his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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Just Cause (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryA Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crimeWhen an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
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Death Sentence (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaNick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no…
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Back Roads (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaA young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
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Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crimeSam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
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The Number 23 (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryAnimal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaDolores 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…
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The Girl on the Train (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and mysteryRachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something…
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52 Pick-Up (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thrillerHarry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and…
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Changeling (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also crime and dramaLos Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her…
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and crimeA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Dark Places (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mysteryA woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and crimeRusty 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.