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Movies Like Dead on Arrival

If you liked Dead on Arrival (2018), a thriller movie directed by Stephen C. Sepher, 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. 1Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  2. 2The Racket

    The Racket (1951)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

  3. 3Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  4. 4D.O.A.

    D.O.A. (1949)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his…

  5. 5Panic in the Streets

    Panic in the Streets (1950)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt…

  6. 6The Dark Past

    The Dark Past (1948)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

  7. 7Conflict

    Conflict (1945)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

  8. 8Suddenly

    Suddenly (1954)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household…

  9. 9Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

  10. 10Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    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…

  11. 11No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  12. 12Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  13. 13Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

  14. 145 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  15. 15The Man Who Cheated Himself

    The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

  16. 16The Street with No Name

    The Street with No Name (1948)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the…

  17. 17Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  18. 18T-Men

    T-Men (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Two T-men, U.S. Treasury agents, go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.

  19. 19Criss Cross

    Criss Cross (1949)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

  20. 20Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

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