Movies Like Five Minutes to Live

If you liked Five Minutes to Live (1961), a crime and thriller movie directed by Bill Karn, 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
Small Time Crooks (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
2
Heist (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young…
3
Intrusion (2021)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.
4
Cash on Demand (1961)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and thriller
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
5
Out of Time (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force…
6
Niagara (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is…
7
Take Shelter (2011)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
8
Fear of Rain (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal life, without exposing their own tragic secrets, and the only person…
9
The River Wild (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose…
10
Excess Baggage (1997)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
11
Suspicion (1941)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that…
12
Takers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When…
13
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
14
Saving Silverman (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
15
Quick Change (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio…
16
Dead of Winter (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young…
17
The Gift (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
18
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and crime
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
19
Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10Also thriller and crime
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
20
Sommersby (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he…