15 Movies Like Budapest Noir
Loved Budapest Noir? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
The Crash
A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Gone Baby Gone
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
L.A. Confidential
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Blue Velvet
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Desperate Living
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
The Unforgivable
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Shaft
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Cleveland Abduction
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Barron's Cove
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Kill Me Again
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he's not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she's still alive.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Hand Gun
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Budapest Noir.
Dear Mr. Gacy
A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.
Panic
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Budapest Noir.