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10 Best Movies Like It Happened in Broad Daylight

If you loved It Happened in Broad Daylight, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958★ 7.1

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

Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other....

#2
Thunderheart

Thunderheart

1992★ 6.3

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

A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation....

#3
And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993★ 6.4

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

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it....

#4
Hyenas

Hyenas

1992★ 7.1

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

A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left h...

#5
The Olsen Gang Sees Red

The Olsen Gang Sees Red

1976★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened in Broad Daylight for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get ...

#6
Escalation

Escalation

1968★ 6.2

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

1968, London. Luca is living his 'swinging' years away from duties, while his father wants him to take the reins of the family business. He plots to have him kidnapped and placed i...