If You Liked A Perfect World, Watch These Next
Finished A Perfect World (1993) 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 A Perfect World, most of them are drama, crime, thriller.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.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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2.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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4.John Q(2002)
7.2DramaThrillerCrimeAlso drama and thriller
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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5.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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6.They Made Me a Fugitive(1947)
6.6DramaThrillerCrimeAlso drama and thriller
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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7.The Limits of Control(2009)
6.0CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
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8.The Caveman's Valentine(2001)
5.9DramaMysteryThrillerAlso drama and thriller
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but…
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9.Closed Circuit(2013)
5.9MysteryDramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy.
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10.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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11.The Defiant Ones(1958)
7.1CrimeDramaAdventureAlso crime and drama
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
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12.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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13.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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14.Kidnapping Mr. Heineken(2015)
6.0DramaActionCrimeAlso drama and crime
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
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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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17.The Night of the Hunter(1955)
7.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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18.Palmetto(1998)
6.0CrimeMysteryThrillerAlso crime and thriller
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying millionaire). He discovers that he is being set up on multiple levels and will soon face a longer sentence if…
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19.Conspiracy Theory(1997)
6.6ActionDramaMysteryAlso drama and thriller
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
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