Movies Like Kerosene

If you liked Kerosene (2022), a crime and thriller movie directed by Dhruva, 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
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
2
HIT: The First Case (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
Vikram Rudraraju is a 30-year-old cop working for the Telangana State Police. While Vikram is battling with his own traumatic past, the stakes get high when a girl called Preethi mysteriously disappears in Hyderabad…
3
Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
4
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
5
Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
6
Dhruva (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
7
The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
8
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
9
V (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
A celebrated cop, DCP Aditya, faces his toughest challenge when a taunting serial killer begins targeting victims and leaving notes meant for him. Teaming with an aspiring crime novelist, he must stop four more murders…
10
Julayi (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
An intelligent young man and a timid cop team up to catch a criminal who wants revenge after a foiled bank robbery.
11
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
12
The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
13
The Dream Team (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…
14
The Independent (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crime
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made…
15
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and 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
Limbo (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the…
17
How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also action and crime
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
18
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
19
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
★ 6/10Also crime and thriller
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater…
20
Transporter 3 (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to…