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10 Best Movies Like The One Thing to Do

If you loved The One Thing to Do, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The One Thing to Do for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#2
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#3
Hostage

Hostage

2002★ 6.6

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

The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the mone...

#4
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#5
The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

1950★ 6.5

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

A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal....

#6
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

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