Movies like Vidocq (2001)
The best movies like Vidocq (2001) are Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Crimson Rivers (2000) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). If Vidocq hooked you with its fantasy and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Prestige (2006)8.2/10 from 18,433 votes
- NewestThe Emperor of Paris (2018)Released 2018
- In FrenchThe Crimson Rivers (2000)Also in French
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Crimson Rivers (2000)
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPerfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFrom Hell (2001)
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the latest heir to the Baskerville estate. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes (2010)
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a criminal and scientific mastermind who seems to control monsters and creations which defy belief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Brothers Grimm (2005)
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Illusionist (2006)
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Raven (2012)
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSherlock Holmes (2009)
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisForbidden Empire (2014)
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost in impassible woods. Nothing but chance and heavy fog could bring him to this cursed place. People who live here do not resemble any other people which the traveler saw before that. The villagers, having dug a deep moat to fend themselves from the rest of the world, share a naive belief that they could save themselves from evil, failing to understand that evil has made its nest in their souls and is waiting for an opportunity to gush out upon the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ninth Gate (1999)
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleepy Hollow (1999)
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Limehouse Golem (2016)
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crow: City of Angels (1996)
A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize his enemy has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnderworld (2003)
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHighlander (1986)
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prestige (2006)
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & science fiction
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Emperor of Paris (2018)
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhotographing Fairies (1997)
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to Burkinwell, a seemingly peaceful village seething with secrets
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & fantasy
The Name of the Rose (1986)
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGogol. The Beginning (2017)
1829: Nikolay Gogol, troubled Third Section clerk, burns his own books. Epileptic seizures plague him. Investigator Yakov Guro discovers Gogol's visions hold crime-solving clues. Together, they tackle a baffling case in Dikanka, where everyone hides a dark secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Mummy (1999)
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001)
Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But Miss Parker is hot on Jarod's trail and about to make discoveries of her own. Their investigation leads to a remote Island off the Scottish coast, where a set of sacred scrolls, vital to the Centre, have been hidden – and protected – for centuries.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & mystery
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What are the best movies like Vidocq?
The closest matches to Vidocq are Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Crimson Rivers (2000) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Vidocq?
People who watched Vidocq most often go on to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Crimson Rivers (2000) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Vidocq?
The Prestige (2006), rated 8.2/10 by 18,433 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Vidocq?
The Emperor of Paris (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Vidocq?
Yes: The Crimson Rivers (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010).
How are movies similar to Vidocq chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Vidocq, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.