If You Liked Zodiac, Watch These Next
Finished Zodiac (2007) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Zodiac, most of them are crime, mystery, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Boston Strangler(2023)
6.6CrimeMysteryThrillerAlso crime and mystery
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
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2.The Woman in Cabin 10(2025)
6.2MysteryThrillerCrimeAlso mystery and thriller
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
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3.Nightcrawler(2014)
7.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and thriller
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
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4.Dirty Harry(1971)
7.5ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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5.Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)
6.5ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's…
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6.Basic Instinct(1992)
7.0ThrillerMysteryAlso thriller and mystery
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
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7.The Whisper Man(2026)
6.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and 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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8.You Kill Me(2007)
6.1ComedyCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
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9.The Little Things(2021)
6.4DramaCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
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10.Kalifornia(1993)
6.6ThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
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11.Kiss the Girls(1997)
6.5ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso thriller and crime
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath…
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12.Nature of the Beast(1995)
5.9CrimeThrillerMysteryAlso crime and thriller
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.
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13.Chinatown(1974)
7.9CrimeMysteryThrillerAlso crime and mystery
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals…
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14.The Laughing Policeman(1973)
6.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and thriller
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
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15.Bullitt(1968)
7.2ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a…
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16.10 to Midnight(1983)
6.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and thriller
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using…
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17.2 Days in the Valley(1996)
6.2ComedyCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a…
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18.Striking Distance(1993)
5.9CrimeActionMysteryAlso crime and mystery
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
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19.The Bone Collector(1999)
6.8CrimeThrillerDramaAlso crime and thriller
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop…
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20.Righteous Kill(2008)
5.9CrimeThrillerMysteryAlso crime and thriller
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
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