Movies Like Mr. Brooks
If you liked Mr. Brooks (2007), a crime and thriller movie directed by Bruce A. Evans, 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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Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crimeWes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his…
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The Boston Strangler (1968)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerBoston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is…
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Psycho Killer (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeFollowing the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial…
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Green Room (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerMembers of a punk rock band and a tough young woman are forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
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A History of Violence (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crimeAn average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
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The Stepfather (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerSeemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon…
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also crime and thrillerTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also thrillerGrindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crimeThe 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…
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The Echo (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerAn ex-prisoner moves to an old apartment, where one gets to see in the middle of a domestic problem between a police officer, his wife and his daughter. When he tries to intervene, he will be caught in a mysterious…
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Maniac (2012)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerPrivate 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…
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Dolores Claiborne (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also crimeDolores 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 Devil's Rejects (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeThe murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
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The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerAfter the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his…
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerReclusive 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…
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerFashion 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…
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The Hitcher (1986)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerOn a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking…