Movies like The Chaser: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Chaser (2008) — a crime, thriller and action film directed by Na Hong-jin — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Chaser most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prostitute, kidnapping and psychopath. 5 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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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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Frank and Penelope 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Thriller, Crime
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Bittersweet Life 2005★ 7.4
Shares: Action, Crime
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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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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Night in Paradise 2020★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Action
An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.
Stream in India on Netflix
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From Dusk Till Dawn 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Action, Crime
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Killer Joe 2012★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Ice Harvest 2005★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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8MM 1999★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Crime
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Novocaine 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Strange Darling 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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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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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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The Dead Pool 1988★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers kidnap a young girl and attempt to seduce an old rancher and his two sons out of their small fortune, but their scheme doesn't play out as intended.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hobo with a Shotgun 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Action, Thriller
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Substitute 1996★ 7.0
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Asura: The City of Madness 2016★ 6.7
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Walking Tall: Lone Justice 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Thriller, Crime
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now