If You Liked Affliction, Watch These Next
Finished Affliction (1998) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Affliction, most of them are crime, drama, mystery.
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18 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Whisper Man(2026)
6.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
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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2.Hunting Season(2025)
7.4ActionDramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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3.The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane(1976)
7.0DramaMysteryThrillerAlso drama and mystery
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
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4.Just Cause(1995)
6.3ActionDramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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5.Misdirection(2026)
6.2ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
A desperate couple have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
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7.Suburbicon(2017)
5.9ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
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8.Violent Ends(2025)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the…
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9.Death Sentence(2007)
6.8ActionCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
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10.Crooked House(2017)
6.4MysteryCrimeThrillerAlso mystery and crime
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
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11.Shimmer Lake(2017)
5.9ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
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12.Jack Reacher(2012)
6.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the…
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13.Back Roads(2019)
5.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
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14.Desert Dawn(2025)
6.4ActionCrimeMysteryAlso crime and mystery
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
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15.At Close Range(1986)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
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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16.Barron's Cove(2025)
7.2CrimeThrillerDramaAlso crime and thriller
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
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17.Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)
6.5CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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18.12 Rounds 3: Lockdown(2015)
6.0ActionThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
Detective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers evidence linking his fellow officers to a murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit. Trapped in his own precinct, Shaw will do whatever it takes to expose the dirty cops and clear his name. With twelve rounds in the…
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