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10 Best Movies Like Crime Wave

If you loved Crime Wave, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Heat

Heat

1995★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each ...

#2
The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose

1956★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole...

#3
Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast

2001★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his ne...

#4
The Big Heat

The Big Heat

1953★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate....

#5
Straight Time

Straight Time

1978★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry pa...

#6
The Dead Pool

The Dead Pool

1988★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime Wave for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry lear...

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