20 best movies like Double Jeopardy (1999)


List of the best movies like Double Jeopardy (1999): Extreme Measures, Mindscape, Consenting Adults, McCanick, Just Cause, A Score to Settle, Basic, The Guilty, Alex Cross, State of Play.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
Duration01:58

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain, USA
Duration01:39

A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested - Bobby was their killer.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:14

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.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:38

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
Duration01:48

Callum Crane, a lawyer and would-be federal judge, jeopardizes his chances at a judgeship by forcing himself on his secretary. He then worsens the situation by trying to have the woman murdered. Further complicating matters, he assigns the task to a young man who, unbeknownst to Crane, is actually his son, Nathan. Nathan refuses to do the deed, but not before informing several people, one of whom tries to take on the job.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:41

    After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration02:07

    Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    Will Graham, a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in the forest. Haunted by the blood of those he has murdered, Will wishes never to return. But when his brother commits suicide, following a sexual assault at the hands of a volatile car dealer, Will returns to London to discover the cause of his brother's death and administer justice to those responsible.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, military
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:56

    When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:44

    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. You're about to experience both versions.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada

    An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration00:30

    Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
    Duration02:24

    Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:40

    Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration02:02

    A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:45

    Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:11

    U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea
    Duration02:32

    A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:58

    Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration01:59

    A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who’s taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he’s to find the killer, save his future and protect what’s left of his past.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
    CountryCanada, USA

    "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:48

    A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:10

    A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Francisco big shot and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Charlie, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
    Duration02:31

    A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan
    Duration02:04

    Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a neurobiology Linda Fiorentino which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but not without consequences. Liotta driven to solve the case injects himself with the serum, bringing him closer and closer to finding her killer but bringing him closer to death.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) delivers an intense, electrifying performance in this explosive follow-up to the gritty urban crime thriller Street Kings. Liotta plays Detroit detective Marty Kingston, the leader of an undercover narcotics team, whose members are being systematically murdered one by one. To solve the brutal killings, Kingston joins forces with a cocky, young homicide detective. But neither of them is prepared for the shocking corruption their investigation will uncover — stunning secrets that will set both men on a violent collision course with betrayal and vengeance.




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