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10 Best Movies Like The Onion Field

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

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#1
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#2
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

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

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#3
Righteous Kill

Righteous Kill

2008★ 5.9

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

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the...

#4
Normal Life

Normal Life

1996★ 5.9

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

Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upo...

#5
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#6
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019★ 7.0

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

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years....

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