Movies Like No Rest for the Wicked
If you liked No Rest for the Wicked (2011), a thriller movie directed by Enrique Urbizu, 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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May God Save Us (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerMadrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde…
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Phenomena (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerMadrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.
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The Invisible Guest (2017)
★ 8.1/10Also thrillerBarcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.
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A Widow's Game (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWhen 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.
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Colombiana (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerAfter witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante…
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerPrivate investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerAs a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
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The Hit (1984)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
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The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
★ 8/10Also thrillerHoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former…
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Kidnapped (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerThree hooded Eastern-European criminals burst into a home in a Madrid gated community, holding the family hostage in its own home, and forcing the father to empty his credit cards. But the family fights back - brutally.
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Compulsion (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerTwo women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.
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The Vault (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerMadrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a way into one of the most secure and guarded places on the planet.
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In Darkness (2018)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
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Faces in the Crowd (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerAnna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
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The Legacy of the Bones (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerInspector Amaia Salazar must return to the Baztan valley in order to solve a series of suicides that seem to follow a similar pattern.
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Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerA private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerPrivate 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…
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Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerAfter interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist.
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Collision Course (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerSpain, 2013. After robbing a bank, a getaway crash reveals the hidden side of each thief, exposing betrayals and lies that began long before the heist.
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Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerA famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.