Movies Like Murder by Contract

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

City of Fear

1959·1h 21m·★ 6.4·Irving Lerner

4 shared cast incl. Vince Edwards & Steven Ritch2 shared crewDir. Irving Lerner

Small Town Killers

2017·1h 30m·★ 5.3·Ole Bornedal

Themes: contract killer, hitmanTMDB recommends

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

DP: Lucien BallardStarring Vince EdwardsCrime & Thriller

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Lethal Weapon

1987·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Lethal Weapon 2

1989·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Lethal Weapon 3

1992·1h 58m·★ 6.7·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Lethal Weapon 4

1998·2h 7m·★ 6.6·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Piano Player

2002·1h 31m·★ 4.3·Jean-Pierre Roux

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

TMDB recommends

The Terminator

1984·1h 48m·★ 8.1·James Cameron

TMDB recommends

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988·1h 44m·★ 7.7·Robert Zemeckis

TMDB recommends

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommends

Risqué

2025·1h 31m·★ 4.9·Tony Dean Smith

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

John Wick: Chapter 2

2017·2h 2m·★ 7.4·Chad Stahelski

Fans also likedThriller & Crime

How Good Is Murder by Contract?

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