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10 Best Movies Like Criminal

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

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#1
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy

2011★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Drama & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Life...

#2
The Client

The Client

1994★ 6.7

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

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome s...

#3
Scum

Scum

1977★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Drama & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders....

#4
No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

1996★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Drama & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by...

#5
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Drama & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Aurora's high school reunion turns deadly when a body is found in the hotel pool. Aurora and her Real Murders Club help investigate which classmate was most likely to kill....

#6
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Drama & Crime & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lad...

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