Movies like Vice Squad (1982)
The best movies like Vice Squad (1982) are Tightrope (1984), Fear City (1984) and The First Deadly Sin (1980). If Vice Squad 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 ratedTightrope (1984)6.2/10 from 412 votes
- NewestThe Banker (1990)Released 1990
Tightrope (1984)
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFear City (1984)
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe First Deadly Sin (1980)
A serial killer is stalking New York City. Inspector Edward Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Banker (1990)
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Streetwalkin' (1985)
Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authority bus terminal, Cookie meets a charming but sadistic pimp named Duke. With nowhere to go, Cookie is soon working for Duke, who introduces her to the harsh, brutal life of being a prostitute.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Out of Bounds (1986)
Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The dealer murders Daryl's brother and the small town boy ends up all alone in the big city, being pursued by both the drug dealer and the police, who suspect him of the murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Angel (1984)
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apart when a depraved, necrophiliac serial killer begins targeting LA’s streetwalkers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeadly Force (1983)
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
A TV newswoman catches a pervert watching her sister who cannot see, hear or speak.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this10 to Midnight (1983)
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRent-a-Cop (1987)
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Answer the Phone! (1980)
A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEnemy Territory (1987)
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Juggler (1980)
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
One Down, Two to Go (1982)
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Alphabet City (1984)
A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Siege (1983)
During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStreet Smart (1987)
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCutter's Way (1981)
Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack Roads (1981)
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Cannery Row (1982)
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisVigilante (1983)
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this52 Pick-Up (1986)
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSharky's Machine (1981)
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSwitchblade Sisters (1975)
The leader of an inner city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAction U.S.A. (1989)
After her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Chained Heat (1983)
After killing a man in a drunk driving accident, a young woman is sent to a prison where both the inmates and the corrupt leadership are violent and abusive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisWho'll Stop the Rain (1978)
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFirstborn (1984)
Because he's the oldest, Jake has been the man of the house, since his parents divorce. When Mom starts seeing Sam, who always seems to be trying some new way to get rich quick, and declares he's the man of the house now, Jake puts up with it. Until he discovers Sam's illegal activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Vice Squad?
The closest matches to Vice Squad are Tightrope (1984), Fear City (1984) and The First Deadly Sin (1980). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Vice Squad?
People who watched Vice Squad most often go on to Tightrope (1984), Fear City (1984) and The First Deadly Sin (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like Vice Squad?
Tightrope (1984), rated 6.2/10 by 412 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Vice Squad?
The Banker (1990) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Vice Squad?
Yes: Tightrope (1984), Fear City (1984) and The First Deadly Sin (1980).
How are movies similar to Vice Squad chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Vice Squad, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.