Movies like Butterfly on a Wheel
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) is a crime movie directed by Mike Barker. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Primal Fear (1996)
★ 7.7 · 4,214 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.
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2. Derailed (2005)
★ 6.4 · 1,187 votes · Drama, Thriller
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
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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. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7.0 · 4,617 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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5. Widows (2018)
★ 6.5 · 2,552 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
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6. The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.9 · 917 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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7. Awake (2007)
★ 6.6 · 1,638 votes · Thriller, Crime, Mystery
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
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8. Cleveland Abduction (2015)
★ 7.2 · 449 votes · Crime, TV Movie, Drama
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
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