Movies like An American Crime
An American Crime (2007) is a crime movie directed by Tommy O'Haver. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Martyrs (2008)
★ 7.3 · 3,162 votes · Horror, Drama, Thriller
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
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2. Zodiac (2007)
★ 7.5 · 12,005 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
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3. Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3 · 4,054 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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4. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4 · 6,269 votes · Drama, Crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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5. The Black Phone (2022)
★ 7.5 · 6,153 votes · Horror, Thriller
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.
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6. Sleepers (1996)
★ 7.6 · 4,076 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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7. Split (2017)
★ 7.3 · 18,730 votes · Horror, Thriller
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
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8. The Babadook (2014)
★ 6.5 · 6,599 votes · Drama, Horror
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
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9. Carrie (1976)
★ 7.3 · 4,508 votes · Horror, Thriller
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
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10. Silent Hill (2006)
★ 6.6 · 5,142 votes · Horror, Mystery
Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.
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11. Gerald's Game (2017)
★ 6.4 · 4,051 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
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12. Memories of Murder (2003)
★ 8.1 · 4,873 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
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13. The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
★ 7.0 · 5,357 votes · Drama, Crime
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
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14. GoodFellas (1990)
★ 8.5 · 14,877 votes · Drama, Crime
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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15. The Girl Next Door (2007)
★ 6.7 · 822 votes · Thriller, Crime, Drama
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
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16. Bully (2001)
★ 6.7 · 574 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.
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17. At Close Range (1986)
★ 6.8 · 322 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man.
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18. Pearl (2022)
★ 7.2 · 2,796 votes · Horror, Drama
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
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19. Good Boy (2026)
★ 7.3 · 349 votes · Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.
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20. Chained (2012)
★ 6.9 · 556 votes · Horror, Thriller, Drama
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
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