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Movies like Klara's Box (2024)

The best movies like Klara's Box (2024) are The Corrupted (2019), Underworld U.S.A. (1961) and Reasonable Doubt (2014). If Klara's Box hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Corrupted (2019)

    Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  2. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

    A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  3. Reasonable Doubt (2014)

    When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears come true when he realizes that he acquitted a guilty man, and he soon finds himself on the hunt for the killer before more victims pile up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

  4. A Violent Separation (2019)

    1983. In a quiet Midwestern town, a young deputy covers up a murder at the hands of his brother triggering a series of events that sends them and the victim's family towards a shattering climax.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  5. In Cold Light (2026)

    Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime

  6. Red Right Hand (2024)

    Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and his home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  7. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  8. Barron's Cove (2025)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  9. The Glass Key (1942)

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  10. Cleaner (2007)

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  11. Twilight (1998)

    A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  12. Frank and Penelope (2022)

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime

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  13. Ca$h (2010)

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

  14. All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller

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  15. Section 8 (2022)

    After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  16. Zip Wire (2026)

    When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial runway. To outsmart the mysterious hostiles, she has to summon every ounce of courage to protect the world-changing scientific discovery — and herself — before it's too late.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  17. The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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  18. Chief of Station (2024)

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  19. Exit Protocol (2025)

    An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  20. American Skin (2019)

    A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Klara's Box?

The closest matches to Klara's Box are The Corrupted (2019), Underworld U.S.A. (1961) and Reasonable Doubt (2014). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Klara's Box?

Start with The Corrupted (2019), the closest match to Klara's Box.

What is the highest-rated movie like Klara's Box?

Red Right Hand (2024), rated 6.6/10 by 264 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Klara's Box?

Zip Wire (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Klara's Box?

Yes: The Corrupted (2019), Underworld U.S.A. (1961) and Reasonable Doubt (2014).

How are movies similar to Klara's Box chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Klara's Box, 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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