Movies Like 1 Buck

If you liked 1 Buck (2017), a drama and thriller movie directed by Fabien Dufils, 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
Tightrope (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Wes 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…
2
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
3
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
4
Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
5
Harry Brown (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and drama
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
6
Killer Joe (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
7
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him…
8
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Carlton 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.
9
Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
Fashion 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…
10
King of New York (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on…
11
The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
After 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…
12
Killing Zoe (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thriller
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services…
13
Small Engine Repair (2021)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie.
14
Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they…
15
8MM (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…
16
Clubbed (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller
An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.
17
Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…
18
Close Range (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A 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.
19
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Reclusive 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…
20
Wonderland (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the…