Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hardboiled

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

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#1
The Comeback Trail

The Comeback Trail

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hardboiled for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined....

#2
Square One

Square One

2019★ 8.6

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

An investigation into the original 1993 Michael Jackson allegations brought by the Chandler family....

#3
Plastic

Plastic

2014★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hardboiled for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sam and Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need to raise £5m and pull off a da...

#4
Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1944★ 8.1

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

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator....

#5
Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew

2007★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hardboiled for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene...

#6
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952★ 6.6

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

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be....

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