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Movies Like The Record Run

If you liked The Record Run (1916), a thriller movie directed by J. Gunnis Davis, 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. 1Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  2. 2Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  3. 3Safety Last!

    Safety Last! (1923)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

  4. 4Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When 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.

  5. 5No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  6. 6Emperor of the North

    Emperor of the North (1973)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

  7. 7Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  8. 8Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

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

  9. 9While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

  10. 10Conflict

    Conflict (1945)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

  11. 11The MacKintosh Man

    The MacKintosh Man (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out…

  12. 12Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  13. 13Ballistic

    Ballistic (2026)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    When a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.

  14. 14Islands

    Islands (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is…

  15. 15The Thinning: New World Order

    The Thinning: New World Order (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.

  16. 16North by Northwest

    North by Northwest (1959)

    ★ 8/10Also thriller

    Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

  17. 17Rebecca

    Rebecca (1940)

    ★ 7.9/10Also thriller

    Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…

  18. 18The Red House

    The Red House (1947)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

  19. 19What's the Matter with Helen?

    What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

  20. 20Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent (1937)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to prove his innocence.

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