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10 Best Movies Like Child 44

If you loved Child 44, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Citizen X

Citizen X

1995★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communist...

#2
Telefon

Telefon

1977★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hyp...

#3
Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, ...

#4
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

2009★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly c...

#5
Hannibal Rising

Hannibal Rising

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to whic...

#6
Barron's Cove

Barron's Cove

2025★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Child 44 for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When 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 powerfu...

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