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Movies Like The Son of No One

If you liked The Son of No One (2011), a drama and thriller movie directed by Dito Montiel, 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. 1Blindfire

    Blindfire (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the…

  2. 2The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  3. 3Until Death

    Until Death (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime

    Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

  4. 4Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  5. 5In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and thriller

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  6. 6Night Train

    Night Train (2023)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and crime

    Mother Holly McCord is driven to extremes to save the life of her young son. Even if it means hauling black market drugs in her souped-up truck, with the Feds in hot pursuit. With two bounties on her head and her son’s…

  7. 7Exit Wounds

    Exit Wounds (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…

  8. 8Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and crime

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  9. 9Vice Squad

    Vice Squad (1982)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

  10. 10Dear Mr. Gacy

    Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama

    A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

  11. 11Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller

    Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

  12. 12Rampage: Capital Punishment

    Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and thriller

    A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.

  13. 13The Corruptor

    The Corruptor (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…

  14. 14The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  15. 15Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…

  16. 16Tightrope

    Tightrope (1984)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crime

    Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his…

  17. 17Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

  18. 18Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

  19. 19Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  20. 20Lockdown

    Lockdown (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…

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