Movies like Assassinato na Feira do Livro

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 & mystery

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 & mystery

Suburbicon (2017)

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

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

The International (2009)

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

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

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

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

The Seven-Ups (1973)

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.

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

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.

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

Black Angel (1946)

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

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

Time Without Pity (1957)

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

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

M (1951)

In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

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

The Black Book (2023)

After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

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

Killer's Kiss (1955)

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 to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

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

Inside Man (2023)

Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.

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

Overdrive (2017)

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

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

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

House by the River (1950)

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

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

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

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

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

6 Bullets (2012)

An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.

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

Eyewitness Murders: An Experiment in Reality Television (1988)

Tyler Bowie is producing a documentary on prostitutes in the Los Angeles area. He’s a Vietnam vet, he’s hooked on coke, and he has an unhealthy fixation on the ladies of the night, which leads him to meeting a host of interesting underworld characters throughout the course of the production. However, things go awry and Tyler starts to go crazy, leaving a pile of bodies in his wake.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller

Sexo na Planície - Sem Limites (2009)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & thriller

I Dared You! Truth or Dare Part 5 (2017)

Sunnyville Mental patient Daxton Hackman seeks revenge on Detective Dan Hess, forcing him into a final, violent game of truth or dare.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller

Dark Currents Volume One (1994)

A cursed river. An ancient gold boulder. A cocaine cartel. Hawks Landing is hardly your average small town in Maine. The stories unfold as Seth Kane, the son of a rich and powerful man, escapes from a mental institution. Jerad Prescott begins his quest for the gold boulder of the Matahawoc river. Mark Jones and Kristin Lawson flee the mob, only to find life more dangerous in Hawks Landing.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller

Masked Mutilator (2019)

After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders. But when a psychopath wearing a wrestling mask begins butchering the teenage residents, their rehabilitation will become a no-holds-barred battle for survival. Originally filmed in 1994 but completed in 2019.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & crime

Confessions in Static (2025)

When a real-life house of horror is reopened as a tourist attraction, four friends decide to teach the inhabitants a lesson. But nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth in this darkly comic twist on the found footage movie.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & mystery

Damsel in Distress 2 (1994)

Two stories and some filler make up this shot-on-video tape. In "Cannibal Barbecue," a young girl ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when she finds herself the main course for two hillbilly cannibals. In "Girl For Sale," a girl is kidnapped but her parents won't pay the ransom.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

Desperate Situation (1995)

Recent widow Mandy is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her rich father-in-law is contacted for the money. Dressed only in a sheer nightgown, and bound and gagged, Mandy is forced to walk barefoot in the woods at night, is placed in the trunk of a car and is left in the shower to be drenched. And then, while waiting for the payment, the kidnapper begins to fall in love with the frightened girl. But that’s not all! He’s got a foot fetish that the girl tries to use to her advantage in an attempt to escape. And then his accomplice (Deana Enoches) comes between them. And the result is a deadly confrontation ending in murder!

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Psychopath (1988)

The mustachioed misogynistic maniac leaves half-eaten pears behind at the scene of his crimes, potentially leading to his downfall.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

The Beaumonts (2018)

A family of vampires moves into a small town and tries to fit in. All goes well until Count Beaumont's children start to feed on the locals. Vampire hunter Abe recruits average guy Joe to help him vanquish the Beaumonts once and for all.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller