Movies Like A Simple Midwest Story
If you liked A Simple Midwest Story (2001), a crime movie directed by Blake Eckard, 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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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeSet in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…
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Accident Man (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeMike 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.
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Blood Ties (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeTwo brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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The Brothers Rico (1957)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeEddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who…
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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Knockaround Guys (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeFour sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
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Fast Charlie (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeWhen his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAlex 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…
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeHe’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
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Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeA bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
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Shade (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeTiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…
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Barron's Cove (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeWhen his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the…
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Lawless (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeIn 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard…
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180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeWhen an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
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In Cold Blood (1967)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeAfter a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
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No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeTwo feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.
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The Crash (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeA teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeAlec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.