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Movies Like The Catholic School

If you liked The Catholic School (2021), a crime and thriller movie directed by Stefano Mordini, 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. 1Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

    Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama

    A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of…

  2. 2Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…

  3. 3The Number 23

    The Number 23 (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime

    Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

  4. 4A Walk Among the Tombstones

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

  5. 5Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

  6. 6Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and 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…

  7. 7Dead Man's Folly

    Dead Man's Folly (1986)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller

    During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

  8. 8Cop

    Cop (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

  9. 9180

    180 (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and 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.

  10. 10All the Money in the World

    All the Money in the World (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and history

    The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

  11. 11White Bird in a Blizzard

    White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

  12. 12Just Cause

    Just Cause (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

  13. 13The Marsh King's Daughter

    The Marsh King's Daughter (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crime

    Helena, a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous 'Marsh King', the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to…

  14. 14Fallen

    Fallen (1998)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

  15. 15The Secrets We Keep

    The Secrets We Keep (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and history

    In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

  16. 16Hitch Hike

    Hitch Hike (1977)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and crime

    A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker with two million dollars who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.

  17. 17Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller

    A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

  18. 18Piranhas

    Piranhas (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.

  19. 19Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama

    Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District…

  20. 2052 Pick-Up

    52 Pick-Up (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller

    Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and…

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