Movies Like Villain

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

Layer Cake

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Matthew Vaughn

Themes: london, england, gangster, neo-noirFans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: robbery, london, englandTMDB recommends

The Getaway

1972·2h 3m·★ 7.3·Sam Peckinpah

Themes: robbery, neo-noirFans also likedCrime & Thriller

Footsteps in the Fog

1955·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Arthur Lubin

DP: Christopher ChallisFans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

Staircase

1969·1h 36m·★ 5.3·Stanley Donen

Both star Richard Burton & Cathleen NesbittDP: Christopher Challis

The Usual Suspects

1995·1h 46m·★ 8.5·Bryan Singer

Themes: robbery, neo-noirDrama & Crime & Thriller

Drive

2011·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Nicolas Winding Refn

Themes: robbery, neo-noirDrama & Thriller & Crime

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

Themes: robbery, neo-noirCrime & Drama

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Léon: The Professional

1994·1h 51m·★ 8.5·Luc Besson

Themes: gangster, neo-noirCrime & Drama

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.5·Bryan Forbes

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Gloria

1980·2h 2m·★ 7.1·John Cassavetes

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Barron's Cove

2025·1h 56m·★ 6.1·Evan Ari Kelman

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Robbery

1967·1h 50m·★ 6.9·Peter Yates

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

How Good Is Villain?

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