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10 Best Movies Like One Step Behind

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

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#1
The Locksmith

The Locksmith

2023★ 5.9

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

A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things...

#2
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

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

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#3
False Trail

False Trail

2011★ 6.2

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

The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems t...

#4
Shimmer Lake

Shimmer Lake

2017★ 5.9

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

Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong....

#5
Time Without Pity

Time Without Pity

1957★ 6.6

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

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Ale...

#6
Breathless

Breathless

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One Step Behind for fans of Mystery & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tin...

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