Movies Like Cruel

If you liked Cruel (2017), a crime and horror movie directed by Eric Cherrière, 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
Without Apparent Motive (1971)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.
2
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…
3
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…
4
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
5
Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and horror
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
6
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
7
Fear in the Night (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled…
8
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the…
9
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder.
10
The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
11
Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
12
He Ran All the Way (1951)
★ 7.2/10Also crime
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
13
Trap (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and horror
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
14
Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
15
The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
16
Madhouse (1974)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after spending years in a mental institution, but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
17
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
When a priceless crown is stolen during a benefit gala held by the Lawrenceton library, Aurora and the Real Murders Club must investigate who would kill to get their hands on it.
18
Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night…
19
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
20
Saloum (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.