Movies like Redheads (1992)
The best movies like Redheads (1992) are Klute (1971), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018) and Neighborhood Watch (2025). If Redheads hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Insider (1999)7.5/10 from 2,195 votes
- NewestBlack Zombie (2026)Released 2026
Klute (1971)
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Bluebird in My Heart (2018)
An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNeighborhood Watch (2025)
When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – a bitter, retired security guard – to help him find the missing woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVice Squad (1982)
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Den (2013)
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dead Girl (2006)
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreakwater (2023)
A young ex-con risks his newfound freedom to track down the estranged daughter of a fellow inmate, and unknowingly brings a devil from her past straight to her doorstep.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDestroyer (2018)
When Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJagged Edge (1985)
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Say a Word (2001)
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Man Down (2013)
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)
Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe 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 · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisReasonable 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 thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCape Fear (1991)
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFight for Your Life (1977)
A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMoney Talks (1997)
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Whole Truth (2016)
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSo Help Me God (2018)
Some 20 years ago, two sex workers were murdered in an upper-class Brussels neighborhood. Celebrated Belgian magistrate Anne Gurwez decides to revisit this cold case, pouring over the evidence with the use of new technologies and tracking down then-suspects.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Life of David Gale (2003)
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Fall from Grace (2020)
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Zombie (2026)
From the flickering screens of Hollywood horror, to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Freeway (1996)
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadeleine (TBA)
A girl is invited to a TV show to explain why she has murdered 239 people.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
A Place in Hell (2027)
A top criminal defense attorney, known for representing unlikeable clients in high-profile cases, is a relentless workhorse at her firm and fully expects to be named partner. When another attorney joins the firm, her job is put to the test and makes her question just how far she’ll go to protect it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Coming SoonMovies like thisPolytechnique (2009)
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJohn Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu (2014)
The movie plot revolves around a village lad who attends an interview in the city and gets drawn into a web of deceit and revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Hunting Ground (1983)
A female lawyer passionately defends criminals, believing that everyone deserves a second chance. But her latest defendants have no qualms about making her their next victim.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Redheads?
The closest matches to Redheads are Klute (1971), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018) and Neighborhood Watch (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Redheads?
Start with Klute (1971), the closest match to Redheads.
What is the highest-rated movie like Redheads?
The Insider (1999), rated 7.5/10 by 2,195 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Redheads?
Black Zombie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Redheads?
Yes: Klute (1971), A Bluebird in My Heart (2018) and Neighborhood Watch (2025).
How are movies similar to Redheads chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Redheads, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.