20 best movies like The Arm of the Law (1932)

List of the best movies like The Arm of the Law (1932): Unknown Origins, Theoretically, A Paranoid Conspiratorial Phone Call, Rush Hour, Cruella, Batman vs. Two-Face, Bold Native, Los hombres de Paco, Irish Luck, Wild Horse Phantom, The Black Coin.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountrySpain, Argentina

In Madrid, Spain, a mysterious serial killer ruthlessly murders his victims by recreating the first appearance of several comic book superheroes. Cosme, a veteran police inspector who is about to retire, works on the case along with the tormented inspector David Valentín and his own son Jorge Elías, a nerdy young man who owns a comic book store.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective
CountryPeru

When it is the time to shape reality, the spy world calls The Pro Bono Spy Hunter.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:11

The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, one side of his face scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the number '2'. All of his actions are decided by the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective, reality TV
CountrySpain

Los hombres de Paco is a Spanish comedy television series, originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on the Antena 3. The series has also been broadcast in Argentina, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Slovakia and Turkey. It was created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, and starred numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, comedy, adventure, western, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A lawman stages a prison break so a gang of imprisoned robbers will lead him to their hidden loot.

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

Government agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden treasure revealed by cursed coins.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

Casey has given up drug dealing for a suburban idyll in Houston, a job as an architect and a new wife. They are even planning to adopt a child. But Casey's past arrives on the doorstep in the shape of Nick, an old business partner. And all hell breaks loose!

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:37

A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James (Henry Wilcoxon) comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan (Mary Brian), an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime, detective, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.

Markimdb: 2.5
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA

Jack is a divorced, ex CIA agent, living in his disabled father's home (Jeff the Drunk from the Howard Stern Show), His daughter Sharon, wants to become an actress and needs her father's signature permission to fly to Hollywood for Black Casting Couch Auditions, where she eventually gets kidnapped by ISIS. They Kidnapped the Wrong Daughter, as her father Jack, possesses a particular set of skills.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Romania, United Kingdom

Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall of Sam Axe tells the story of how Sam went from respected Naval Commander to the man of mystery we've come to know on Burn Notice. On what will turn out to be Sam's last military mission, he is sent to the jungles of Colombia to investigate claims of a vicious terrorist organization known only as the "Espada Ardiente" (Flaming Sword). His mission: to determine whether U.S. military aid is necessary to deal with the threat. But when he arrives, things are more complicated than he'd imagined. He receives word that the rebels have targeted a small civilian clinic deep in the jungle. Sam must now save the clinic's doctors and patients from certain death. However, nothing is as it seems and the Espada Ardiente may not be the biggest threat Sam Axe faces.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA

A hippie radical, Huey Walker has been a fugitive for decades, accused of a crime that he may not have committed. Finally apprehended, Walker is escorted to trial by uptight 20-something FBI agent John Buckner. While the two seem to be polar opposites, it turns out that Buckner may have more in common with Walker than is initially apparent, a point that is driven home when the pair faces off against a sinister small-town sheriff.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family, crime, detective
CountryJapan
Duration01:59

In Victorian-era London, on the night of Ciel Phantomhive's tenth birthday a fire destroyed his manor and killed both of his parents. In a moment of death Ceil strikes a deal with a demon, his soul in exchange for revenge. This demon becomes his butler and calls himself by name of Sebastian Michaelis, to protect and serve Ciel until the deal has been completed. One month after the fire Ciel returns from being missing, with his new butler Sebastian. Ceil is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the work as the Queen of England’s guard dog and looking for his parents murders.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is stolen from the ship's safe and the captain tells the police that the purser was the thief and that he had to kill him in self defense, but the purser must have hidden the money before he got dead. The purser isn't in any position to make a disclaimer. Everybody buys that with the exception of an insurance detective, Shapley, who, along with the audience, suspects the captain of being the thief shows up to investigate further. Written By Les Adams

Markimdb: 5.2
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA

A scientist attempts to transplant a gorilla's brain into a man.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:14

Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.




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