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Movies Like A Girl's Grit

If you liked A Girl's Grit (1915), 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. 1Maniac

    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.

  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. 3A Bluebird in My Heart

    A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.

  4. 4Nightfall

    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.

  5. 5Pickup 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…

  6. 6LaRoy, Texas

    LaRoy, Texas (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

  7. 7No 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.

  8. 8The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  9. 9Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

  10. 10The 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…

  11. 115 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

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

  12. 12Family Plot

    Family Plot (1976)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

  13. 13Conflict

    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.

  14. 14The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of…

  15. 15The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  16. 16What'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.

  17. 17The Mechanic

    The Mechanic (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…

  18. 18Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop (1963)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again…

  19. 19Safety 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.

  20. 20The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

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