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Movies Like The Pickup Artist

If you liked The Pickup Artist (2019), a crime and mystery movie directed by Rohit Arora, 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. 1Until 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.

  2. 2Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller and 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…

  3. 3The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…

  4. 4Murphy's Law

    Murphy's Law (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

  5. 5Maniac Cop 2

    Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.

  6. 6Tightrope

    Tightrope (1984)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    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…

  7. 7Walking 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…

  8. 8A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

  9. 9Dear Mr. Gacy

    Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and thriller

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

  10. 10The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller

    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…

  11. 11In 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.

  12. 12Exit 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…

  13. 13Psycho Killer

    Psycho Killer (2026)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery

    Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial…

  14. 14Goodnight Mommy

    Goodnight Mommy (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.

  15. 15Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and mystery

    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…

  16. 16Accident Man

    Accident Man (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller

    Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

  17. 17Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

    Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 (2012)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and thriller

    After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang.

  18. 18Marlowe

    Marlowe (1969)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and mystery

    Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…

  19. 19Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller

    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. 20Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…

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