If You Liked John Q, Watch These Next
Finished John Q (2002) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like John Q, most of them are drama, thriller, crime.
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19 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.A Perfect World(1993)
7.5DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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2.The Fugitive(1993)
7.5ActionThrillerDramaAlso thriller and drama
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
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3.The Sugarland Express(1974)
6.6CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue…
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4.The Seven-Ups(1973)
6.4ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso thriller and crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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6.The Sunchaser(1996)
6.3DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.
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7.Frequency(2000)
7.3Science FictionCrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering…
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9.The Book of Henry(2017)
7.5DramaThrillerMysteryAlso drama and thriller
Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters…
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11.The Parts You Lose(2019)
6.7DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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12.Richard Jewell(2019)
7.4DramaHistoryCrimeAlso drama and crime
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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13.No Way Out(1950)
6.9DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
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15.Killer's Kiss(1955)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced…
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16.Islands(2025)
6.2ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and drama
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband…
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17.Man on a Ledge(2012)
6.4ActionThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
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18.The Independent(2022)
6.5ThrillerMysteryCrimeAlso thriller and crime
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made, an idealistic young journalist teams up with her idol, legendary journalist Nick Booker, to uncover a…
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19.Brute Force(1947)
7.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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