Movies Like Breaking In

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

That Sinking Feeling

1980·1h 33m·★ 6.7·Bill Forsyth

2 shared crewDir. Bill ForsythDP: Michael Coulter

Gregory's Girl

1981·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Bill Forsyth

2 shared crewDir. Bill ForsythDP: Michael Coulter

Housekeeping

1987·1h 56m·★ 7.1·Bill Forsyth

2 shared crewDir. Bill ForsythDP: Michael Coulter

Being Human

1994·2h 2m·★ 5.3·Bill Forsyth

2 shared crewDir. Bill ForsythDP: Michael Coulter

Fantomas

1964·1h 44m·★ 6.9·André Hunebelle

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime & Adventure

Emil and the Detectives

1964·1h 39m·★ 6.2·Peter Tewksbury

TMDB recommendsAction & Adventure & Comedy & Crime

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005·1h 43m·★ 7.4·Shane Black

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Ladyhawke

1985·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Comedy

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

2017·1h 36m·★ 6.9·Macon Blair

TMDB recommendsCrime & Comedy

Cradle 2 the Grave

2003·1h 41m·★ 5.8·Andrzej Bartkowiak

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime

No Good Deed

2002·1h 37m·★ 5.4·Bob Rafelson

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998·1h 30m·★ 5.5·Aris Iliopulos

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Al Capone

1959·1h 44m·★ 6.7·Richard Wilson

Fans also likedAction & Adventure & Crime

Accident Man

2018·1h 45m·★ 6.2·Jesse V. Johnson

Fans also likedAction & Crime & Adventure & Comedy

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970·1h 37m·★ 6.5·Ossie Davis

Fans also likedAction & Comedy & Crime

Thick as Thieves

1999·1h 33m·★ 5.8·Scott Sanders

Fans also likedAction & Comedy & Crime

Sheroes

2023·1h 32m·★ 3.3·Jordan Gertner

Fans also likedAction & Comedy & Crime & Adventure

In the Heat of the Night

1967·1h 49m·★ 7.9·Norman Jewison

TMDB recommends

C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005·2h 6m·★ 7.8·Jean-Marc Vallée

TMDB recommends

The Enforcer

2022·1h 31m·★ 5.4·Richard Hughes

Fans also likedAction & Crime

How Good Is Breaking In?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.