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10 Best Movies Like The Lonely Profession

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

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#1
The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lonely Profession for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspe...

#2
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lonely Profession for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#3
Red Right Hand

Red Right Hand

2024★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lonely Profession for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- eve...

#4
The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lonely Profession for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality....

#5
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#6
Cleaner

Cleaner

2007★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lonely Profession for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shoot...

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