Movies Like Birdland
If you liked Birdland (2018), a crime and mystery movie directed by Peter Lynch, 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
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime and mysteryA mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
- 2
All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and mysteryAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
- 3
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and mysteryTwo veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
- 4
Killer Heat (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also crimeAn expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
- 5
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and mysteryUpon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
- 6
Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and mysteryIn the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…
- 7
Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and mysterySingle father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
- 8
The Locksmith (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and crimeA thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an…
- 9
The Virtuoso (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeDanger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
- 10
Inside Man (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeBased on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
- 11
Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and mysteryA stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
- 12
Trap House (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeAn undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their…
- 13
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and crimeA private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
- 14
Shimmer Lake (2017)
★ 6/10Also crime and mysteryShot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
- 15
180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeWhen an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
- 16
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and mysteryA 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.
- 17
Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeTop level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…
- 18
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mysteryUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
- 19
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and crimeWhen 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.
- 20
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and mysteryActress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound…