20 best movies like Switch (2011)


List of the best movies like Switch (2011): The Prey, Murphy's Law, Headshot, Tell No One, Mea Culpa, Alex Cross, Paris Countdown, The Lookout, Confession of Murder, State of Play.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryFrance
Duration01:45

A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number One. As the protagonists are driven to their limits, it becomes increasingly unclear who is the hunter and who is the prey.

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: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryThailand, France

A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, United Kingdom
Duration02:11

A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryFrance, Belgium, USA
Duration01:30

Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A few years later, out of the police, he is forced to take matters into his own hands when his family is in danger.

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: 4.5
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:32

    Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their psychotic liaison to prison. Six years later, the men's nightmare begins again when the pyschopath is granted his freedom. Now, not having talked for years, the old friends are united again in order to survive.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy
    Duration01:29

    When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:00

    On the day the 15-year statute of limitations expired on a high profile serial murder case that claimed the lives of 10 women, a family member of the victim throws himself off the building in front of Choi Hyeong-goo, the detective in charge of the case. Two years later, a man called Lee Doo-seok publishes a book titled "I am the Murderer" claiming responsibility for the murders that took place 17 years ago. His book becomes a bestseller because of the author’s charming looks and his vivid depiction of the crime. The detective and the self-proclaimed murderer meet face to face on a television debate show. Believing that Lee is nothing but a con artist, Detective Choi renews his search for the ultimate truth. Then another man appears suddenly, claiming he is the real killer.

    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: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance

    Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to Gilberte's family. He needs friends. And friends are hard to come by in his town.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA

    Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the killer, he agrees to again defend him... much to the consternation of his friends. However, he explains that by being his attorney he will be better able to catch the man in a mistake... and on this the rest of the film develops, with the killer playing a cat and mouse game with the attorney until, at last, they both must recognize that they are not all that different.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.

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

    A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryItaly, France, Spain, United Kingdom

    Carol Hammond, the sexually frustrated wife of a successful London lawyer, is having bizarre, erotic dreams about her uninhibited neighbour, Julia Durer, who presides over noisy, sex and drug filled parties in the house next door. One night, Carol dreams culminate in violent death and she wakes to find her nightmares have become reality - Julia has been murdered and Carol is the main suspect. Was she set up, or did she really do it?

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden, France
    Duration04:41

    Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg. The victims seemingly have nothing in common more than that they are all being killed in a well-planned and vicious manner. In their hunt for the truth, both Kahina and Anders are forced to deal with their own past that they have repressed. A personal journey through a painful past becomes the key to succeed in preventing the violent killings that affects the small mining community of Kiruna.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:37

    The region where the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia come together, forms a sort of modern day wild west, where more than half of the population relies on illegal activity in order to survive. In Yanbian, on the Chinese side of the border, Gu-nam wiles away his days driving a cab and spends his nights getting drunk and gambling. His wife went to Seoul to work and send back money, but it’s been months since he has heard from her. When local crime lord Myun offers to erase Gu-nam’s debts in exchange for a contract killing in Seoul, Gu-nam reluctantly accepts.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, USA

    A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.

    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: 6.7
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:57

    Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 bullets in his body. Against all the odds, he doesn't die...

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.

    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: 5.6
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Germany
    Duration01:46

    Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a secret organization specializing in kidnapping children.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:21

    A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man's simple life becomes more complicated.

    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: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:25

    Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field brigade, a choice which their colleagues do not understand. When he meets Milo Cardena, a mysterious and skilled cop, his life changes in such way that he cannot ignore his true nature anymore.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
    Duration02:03

    After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:06

    A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.

    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: 5.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada, France, Turkey
    Duration01:41

      The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

      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: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration01:38

      The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:25

      A cop investigates whether the man convicted of murdering his daughter is really guilty.

      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
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:24

      Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Louis, using his outstandings martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, helped by two another prisoners, he succeded in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes. In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, France
      Duration01:58

      An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

      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: 5.4
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryFrance

      Paris 2020, a high tech surgeon and her daughter are involved in a horrific car accident, the surgeon saves her daughter's life at the cost of manipulating her dreams and memories.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:31

      An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryFrance, Canada

      Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      In 1949 composer Roman Strauss is executed for the vicious murder of his wife Margaret with a pair of scissors. In 1990s Los Angeles a mute amnesiac woman shows up at an orphanage and private eye Mike Church is called in to investigate. Under hypnosis both the woman and Church seem to have a strange link back to the Strauss murder.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

      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: 5.7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryCanada, France, United Kingdom
      Duration01:55

      The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:10

      A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.




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