Movies Like The Killer Who Wouldn't Die
If you liked The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976), a drama and thriller movie directed by William Hale, 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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Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerAn emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
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UNABOMBER (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaFollow Ted Kaczynski's transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski's troubled past resurfaces decades later…
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Arlington Road (1999)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerBedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door…
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaHigh-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
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A Sister's Secret (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerTwin sisters secretly swap places on their thirtieth birthday. The harmless prank becomes a nightmare when one of them is murdered.
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The Siege (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerThe secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but…
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and thrillerSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaUnable 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…
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movieFaced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and dramaAn American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thrillerWhen Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled…
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Unthinkable (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerThe government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes…
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The Operative (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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Closed Circuit (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerA high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
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Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and tv movieFormer detective Jeff Jackson teams up with Dr. Zee Madieras to track down their friend's missing emerald brooch, a thief, and also... a murderer.
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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movieDuring a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and tv moviePolice Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises…
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Hierarchy (2025)
★ 6/10Also thriller and tv movieIn an undisclosed area of Texas after two adoptive brothers become entangled in criminal activity, forced to evade law enforcement and the greedy Russian mafia.
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The Pelican Brief (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.