Movies Like Sunset Heat
If you liked Sunset Heat (1992), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by John Nicolella, 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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Kalifornia (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
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The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
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Wait Until Dark (1967)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerAfter a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed…
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Target Number One (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerEx heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped with a 100-year sentence. While he…
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Braven (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
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Crank (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerChev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps…
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Point Break (1991)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerIn Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the…
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Wheelman (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
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Above & Below (2026)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA group of friends' dream diving vacation turns into a fight for survival when brutal criminals attack their boat in open waters.
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerCarlton 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.
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Alpha Dog (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerJohnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things…
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerIn a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican…
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Triple Frontier (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerStruggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
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RocknRolla (2008)
★ 7/10Also thrillerWhen a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two…
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The Last Seduction (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also thrillerWhen 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…
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also thrillerA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
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Road to Paloma (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhile Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is…
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Stone (1974)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAfter one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerReclusive 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…