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Movies Like The Finder

If you liked The Finder (2001), a crime and thriller movie directed by Frank Shields, 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. 1The Stranger

    The Stranger (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crime

    Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them — and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations…

  2. 2The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and 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.

  3. 3Man on a Ledge

    Man on a Ledge (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime

    An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt…

  4. 4Ransom for a Dead Man

    Ransom for a Dead Man (1972)

    ★ 7.3/10Also tv movie and crime

    A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.

  5. 5Family Plot

    Family Plot (1976)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller

    Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

  6. 6Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and tv movie

    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.

  7. 7Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and crime

    A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.

  8. 8Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and tv movie

    Former detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.

  9. 9John Q

    John Q (2002)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime

    John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a…

  10. 1016 Blocks

    16 Blocks (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

  11. 11Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

    Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and tv movie

    Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.

  12. 12The Organization

    The Organization (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…

  13. 13Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder

    Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and crime

    When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, Tess unofficially teams up with Detective Logan O’Connor to find the…

  14. 14A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and crime

    Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once…

  15. 15Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

    Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also tv movie and crime

    Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main…

  16. 16Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and thriller

    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…

  17. 17The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  18. 18Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

    Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and tv movie

    Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill.

  19. 19Prince of the City

    Prince of the City (1981)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and crime

    New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello…

  20. 20Heart of Stone

    Heart of Stone (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.

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