Movies like The Limey: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Limey (1999) — a crime, drama and thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Limey most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prison, daughter and release from prison. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Blue Ruin 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Thriller
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Righteous Kill 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
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 loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Raw Deal 1948★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Small Engine Repair 2021★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Score to Settle 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Foxy Brown 1974★ 6.3
Shares: 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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Touch of Evil 1958★ 7.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Stream in India on Plex
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Monster 2003★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wonderland 2003★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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White Heat 1949★ 7.7
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gunpowder Milkshake 2021★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Thriller
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Layer Cake 2004★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Damage 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller, Drama
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Walk Among the Tombstones 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Braven 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gangster No. 1 2000★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Crime
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Carlito's Way 1993★ 7.8
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Killer Joe 2012★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
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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Sexy Beast 2001★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Angel 1984★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apart when a depraved, necrophiliac serial killer begins targeting LA’s streetwalkers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now