If You Liked They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Watch These Next
Finished They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) 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 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, most of them are drama, action, thriller.
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18 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Crew(2008)
6.0DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out…
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2.The Organization(1971)
6.2DramaActionMysteryAlso drama and action
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
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3.Staten Island(2009)
6.0DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie, a local mob boss, dreams of crushing the competition. All three men live in Staten Island, and once their lives intersect, nothing will ever be the same.
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4.Brooklyn Rules(2007)
5.8DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.
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5.The Locksmith(2023)
5.9ThrillerMysteryActionAlso thriller and mystery
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.
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6.In Too Deep(1999)
6.4DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of…
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7.The Rookie(1990)
5.9ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his…
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8.I Am All Girls(2021)
6.5DramaMysteryThrillerAlso drama and mystery
A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
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9.Spartan(2004)
6.2MysteryActionDramaAlso mystery and action
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
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10.Desert Dawn(2025)
6.4ActionCrimeMysteryAlso action and crime
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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12.The Devil You Know(2022)
6.7ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and drama
Once-incarcerated Marcus Cowans is trying to turn over a new leaf with the support of his loving family. Upon discovering that one of his brothers may have been involved in a horrific crime, Marcus grapples with the limits of brotherhood and loyalty. He and his family, increasingly weary of the justice system’s…
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13.Vice Squad(1982)
6.2CrimeThrillerDramaAlso crime and thriller
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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14.The Virtuoso(2021)
5.9ThrillerCrimeActionAlso thriller and crime
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
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15.Blindfire(2020)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the person responsible while examining his own accountability and the ingrained racism which brought him to…
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16.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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17.The Double(2011)
5.8ActionDramaCrimeAlso action and drama
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but…
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18.The Public Eye(1992)
6.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
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