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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.

  1. 1Kalifornia

    Kalifornia (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

  2. 2The Hot Spot

    The Hot Spot (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

  3. 3Wait Until Dark

    Wait Until Dark (1967)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    After 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…

  4. 4Target Number One

    Target Number One (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Ex 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…

  5. 5Braven

    Braven (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.

  6. 6Crank

    Crank (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Chev 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…

  7. 7Point Break

    Point Break (1991)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    In 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…

  8. 8Wheelman

    Wheelman (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.

  9. 9Above & Below

    Above & Below (2026)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A group of friends' dream diving vacation turns into a fight for survival when brutal criminals attack their boat in open waters.

  10. 10Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Carlton 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.

  11. 11Alpha Dog

    Alpha Dog (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Johnny 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…

  12. 12Tequila Sunrise

    Tequila Sunrise (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    In 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…

  13. 13Triple Frontier

    Triple Frontier (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

  14. 14RocknRolla

    RocknRolla (2008)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    When 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…

  15. 15The Last Seduction

    The Last Seduction (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A 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.

  16. 16The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    When 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…

  17. 17Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction (1994)

    ★ 8.5/10Also thriller

    A 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…

  18. 18Road to Paloma

    Road to Paloma (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    While 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…

  19. 19Stone

    Stone (1974)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    After 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.

  20. 20The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    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…

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