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Movies Like The Case of Cabaret

If you liked The Case of Cabaret (1975), a crime and thriller movie directed by Fernando Merino, 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 Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  2. 2I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

  3. 3This Gun for Hire

    This Gun for Hire (1942)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and thriller

    Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new…

  4. 4M

    M (1951)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

  5. 5Striking Distance

    Striking Distance (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.

  6. 6Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  7. 7Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

  8. 8Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…

  9. 9The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  10. 10The 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.

  11. 11Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

  12. 12Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…

  13. 13Sea of Love

    Sea of Love (1989)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from…

  14. 14The 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.

  15. 15Horsemen

    Horsemen (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and thriller

    A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

  16. 16Bull

    Bull (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller

    Ten years after he was last seen, a vicious mob enforcer returns home to find his son and methodically track down the gang that double-crossed him. His quest for revenge soon leads to a savage showdown between his wife…

  17. 17The Legacy of the Bones

    The Legacy of the Bones (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime

    Inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.

  18. 18Smokin' Aces

    Smokin' Aces (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

  19. 19A Widow's Game

    A Widow's Game (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.

  20. 20Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and 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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