Movies Like Zerbrochen - Ein Fall für Dr. Abel

If you liked Zerbrochen - Ein Fall für Dr. Abel (2019), a crime movie directed by Hansjörg Thurn, 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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The Golden Glove (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
2
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…
3
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
4
Victoria (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
5
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
6
One Night at McCool's (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a…
7
Only God Can Judge Me (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Ricky spent years behind bars after taking the rap for his brother Rafael and his buddy Latif after a failed robbery. Now, Latif wants to express gratitude by letting Ricky in on a coup that will bring lots of money…
8
Smokin' Aces (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
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.
9
Guns Up (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
10
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
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180 (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
12
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
13
Shaft (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
14
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…
15
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A 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…
17
Run All Night (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind…
18
Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10Also crime
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
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The Killer (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…