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10 Best Movies Like The Cousin

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

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#1
Flic Story

Flic Story

1975★ 6.4

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

The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years la...

#2
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

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

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#3
Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

1971★ 5.9

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

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders....

#4
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

1997★ 7.8

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

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night d...

#5
Squad 36

Squad 36

2025★ 6.2

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

Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues....

#6
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.4

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

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

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