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Movies like America's Most Wanted Girl (1989)

The best movies like America's Most Wanted Girl (1989) are Payback (1999), Death Wish II (1982) and Parker (2013). If America's Most Wanted Girl hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Payback (1999)

    With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Death Wish II (1982)

    Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Parker (2013)

    A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Love Object (2004)

    The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  5. The Anderson Tapes (1971)

    Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Joshua Tree (1993)

    A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Harper (1966)

    Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

    Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. The Shipment (2021)

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Man on Fire (2004)

    Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Magnum Force (1973)

    "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

    Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Absolute Power (1997)

    A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Vice Squad (1982)

    An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Lovelace (2013)

    Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Cop (1988)

    An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. An American Affair (2008)

    In the early 1960s, teenager Adam Stafford (Cameron Bright) becomes obsessed with his new neighbor, Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol), a divorcée and free spirit. Stafford spies on Caswell as she meets with strange men, and, despite the warnings of his conservative parents, he begins working for her as a gardener. Amid rumors of her affair with President Kennedy, the two become close, but political intrigue surrounding her acquaintances soon infringes on their friendship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. Breathless (1983)

    Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  19. Criss Cross (1949)

    An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Marine (2006)

    A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like America's Most Wanted Girl?

The closest matches to America's Most Wanted Girl are Payback (1999), Death Wish II (1982) and Parker (2013). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after America's Most Wanted Girl?

Start with Payback (1999), the closest match to America's Most Wanted Girl.

What is the highest-rated movie like America's Most Wanted Girl?

Man on Fire (2004), rated 7.5/10 by 6,015 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like America's Most Wanted Girl?

The Shipment (2021) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like America's Most Wanted Girl?

Yes: Payback (1999), Death Wish II (1982) and Parker (2013).

How are movies similar to America's Most Wanted Girl chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside America's Most Wanted Girl, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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