Movies like Don't Buy the Seller (2023)
The best movies like Don't Buy the Seller (2023) are Private Eye (2009), The Beast (2019) and Nocturnal (2025). If Don't Buy the Seller hooked you with its thriller and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMemories of Murder (2003)8.1/10 from 4,940 votes
- NewestThe Ugly (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanPrivate Eye (2009)Also in Korean
Private Eye (2009)
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Beast (2019)
Two rival detectives with different methods try to solve the murder of a missing girl after discovering her mutilated body in the tidelands of Incheon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNocturnal (2025)
Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody corpse of his only next of kin: his younger brother Seok-tae. With his brother’s missing wife Moon-young as the prime suspect, Min-tae uncovers a suspicious last phone call between her and a mysterious novelist, sparking a vicious hunt for the truth despite his seemingly deceitful former crime syndicate and the police in hot pursuit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shameless (2015)
A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful girlfriend, but soon develops romantic feelings for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day I Died: Unclosed Case (2020)
The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Following (2024)
A realtor who loves sneaking into people's homes finds the dead body of a scamming social media influencer – can he find out who did it?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Mercy (2010)
A forensic pathologist is about to retire in order to spend some time with his daughter. However, he is forced to continue working when his daughter is kidnapped.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisH (2002)
A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemoirs of a Murderer (2017)
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSvaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight (2021)
A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisForgotten (2017)
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHeart Blackened (2017)
A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chaser (2008)
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemoir of a Murderer (2017)
A former serial killer with Alzheimer's fights to protect his daughter from her mysterious boyfriend who may be a serial killer too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Policeman's Lineage (2022)
A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoor Lock (2018)
Kyung-min lives alone in a one-room apartment. One day, she finds traces of a stranger breaking into her room and soon a mysterious murder case begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMother (2009)
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Outlaws (2017)
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDecision to Leave (2022)
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConfession (2022)
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in a hotel where only the two of them were present, and Min-ho is immediately singles out as the prime suspect. Insisting on his innocence, Min-ho hires the talented lawyer Shin-ae to defend him, and confesses to her that a car accident on the day before may be connected to Se-hee's murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Hard Day (2014)
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ugly (2025)
One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTabloid Truth (2014)
Woo-gon, a passionate manager who lost everything due to stock advertisements and a specialist gets together to find out the truth behind the rumors that have shaken up the country. From precious information to distribution, this crime chasing movie surrounds the invisible truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBodies at Rest (2019)
Working in the morgue, a hardworking forensics expert and his assistant are suddenly accosted by masked intruders who demand access to a body involved in a recent crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMemories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisVoice of a Murderer (2007)
After Gyeong-bae's son is kidnapped, he receives a call from the kidnapper asking for 100 million won. The detectives are teamed up for the case, yet the culprit gets away at every opportunity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNext Sohee (2022)
A female detective investigates the cause of a high school girl’s death and uncovers a disturbing truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Vanished (2018)
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Don't Buy the Seller?
The closest matches to Don't Buy the Seller are Private Eye (2009), The Beast (2019) and Nocturnal (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Don't Buy the Seller?
People who watched Don't Buy the Seller most often go on to Private Eye (2009), The Beast (2019) and Nocturnal (2025).
What is the highest-rated movie like Don't Buy the Seller?
Memories of Murder (2003), rated 8.1/10 by 4,940 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Don't Buy the Seller?
The Ugly (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Don't Buy the Seller?
Yes: Private Eye (2009), The Beast (2019) and Nocturnal (2025).
How are movies similar to Don't Buy the Seller chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Don't Buy the Seller, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.