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Movies Like Detour

If you liked Detour (1992), a crime movie directed by Wade Williams, 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. 1Panic

    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…

  2. 2Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  3. 3Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  4. 4Woman on the Run

    Woman on the Run (1950)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he…

  5. 5One Night at McCool's

    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…

  6. 65 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  7. 7The Two Jakes

    The Two Jakes (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes…

  8. 8The Man Who Cheated Himself

    The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

  9. 9They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

  10. 10I Spit on Your Grave

    I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.

  11. 11The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  12. 12Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

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

  13. 13Cry of the City

    Cry of the City (1948)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…

  14. 14You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham…

  15. 15Thin Ice

    Thin Ice (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

  16. 16Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

    Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

  17. 17Black Caesar

    Black Caesar (1973)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

  18. 18M

    M (1951)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

  19. 19He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

  20. 20Across 110th Street

    Across 110th Street (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time…

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