Movies Like Crime in Paradise
If you liked Crime in Paradise (1959), a thriller and drama movie directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren, 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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Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaIn 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…
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerCarlton 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.
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Nothing but the Truth (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thrillerWhen reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail…
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Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and dramaA man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and his colleagues but they soon discover that somebody's motivations are…
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Until Death (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerAnthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
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The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerVeteran 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…
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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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Murphy's Law (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
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Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerA man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not…
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The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerWhen 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…
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Exit Wounds (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerMaverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…
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Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerPolice Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during…
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Close Range (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerA stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
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Malone (1987)
★ 6/10Also thrillerErstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.
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Marlowe (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaMysterious 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…
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El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerA man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.