Movies like Twilight (1998)
The best movies like Twilight (1998) are Blink (1993), Palmetto (1998) and Under Suspicion (1991). If Twilight hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCop Land (1997)6.8/10 from 1,914 votes
- NewestRighteous Kill (2008)Released 2008
Blink (1993)
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPalmetto (1998)
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 he doesn't prove the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder Suspicion (1991)
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Wine (1996)
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight Falls on Manhattan (1997)
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSunset Grill (1993)
Ryder Hart is a private investigator and former police officer who is down on his luck and drinks too much. His estranged wife Anita runs a bar and restaurant called the Sunset Grill and is romantically involved with Jeff Carruthers, a detective who worked with Hart. When someone close to them is murdered, Hart and Carruthers team up to try to solve the crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Taxman (1999)
After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are stealing millions in gasoline tax money. Only one rookie cop is willing to believe him and together they must get the evidence they need or die trying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Q & A (1990)
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisCity of Industry (1997)
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisImpulse (1990)
A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Chamber (1996)
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisEverybody Wins (1990)
A seemingly good Samaritan hires a private detective to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers deep corruption in a Connecticut town and finds the woman isn't everything she is pretending to be either.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisDesperate Hours (1990)
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Two Jakes (1990)
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Light (1993)
Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Forest Whitaker stars as Fred Whitmore, a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. However, something about Denver haunts Fred Whitmore, and the two men form an unexpected friendship that transforms their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Under Suspicion (2000)
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Murder of Crows (1999)
In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list—and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChina Moon (1994)
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After she shoots her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but his partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGuilty as Sin (1993)
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisJennifer Eight (1992)
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, Berlin meets a young blind woman named Helena, whom he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose—and only John knows it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMulholland Falls (1996)
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gingerbread Man (1998)
A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Heart of Justice (1992)
David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Cop Land (1997)
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFaithful (1996)
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
The Public Eye (1992)
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRuby Cairo (1992)
Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband's money trail around the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRighteous Kill (2008)
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNighthawks (1981)
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStriking Distance (1993)
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Twilight?
The closest matches to Twilight are Blink (1993), Palmetto (1998) and Under Suspicion (1991). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Twilight?
People who watched Twilight most often go on to Blink (1993), Palmetto (1998) and Under Suspicion (1991).
What is the highest-rated movie like Twilight?
Cop Land (1997), rated 6.8/10 by 1,914 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Twilight?
Righteous Kill (2008) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Twilight?
Yes: Blink (1993), Palmetto (1998) and Under Suspicion (1991).
How are movies similar to Twilight chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Twilight, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.