Movies like Angel: 20 to watch next
If you loved Angel (1984) — a action, crime and thriller film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Angel most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like high school, prostitute and detective. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Vice Squad 1982★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Action
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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10 to Midnight 1983★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tightrope 1984★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Crime
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Foxy Brown 1974★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel, Artiflix
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The Dead Girl 2006★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Thriller
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lincoln Lawyer 2011★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Mulholland Falls 1996★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller, Crime
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cult Killer 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Crime
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Deceiver 1997★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Thriller
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Farewell, My Lovely 1975★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Body Double 1984★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Crimes of Passion 1984★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Murder by Contract 1958★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller, Crime
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tony Rome 1967★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Death Wish II 1982★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Thicket 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Thriller
An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and her gang. To save her, Jack enlists the help of a crafty bounty hunter named Reginald Jones, a grave-digging alcoholic son of an ex-slave, and a street-smart prostitute. The gang tracks Cut Throat Bill into the deadly no-man’s land known as The Big Thicket — a place where blood and chaos reign.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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The Equalizer 2014★ 7.3
Shares: Thriller, Action, Crime
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Small Town Crime 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Crime, Action
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cohen and Tate 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Action
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now