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Movies that feel like Illustrious Corpses (1976)

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

If you loved Illustrious Corpses, the closest films we have are Knife in the Water (1962), Who Am I (2014) and Army of Shadows (1969). All three share Illustrious Corpses' tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Across 110th Street (1972).

★ 7.3 IMDb ↗dir. Francesco Rositense
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If Illustrious Corpses hit the spot, these will too

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Knife in the Water
1962 · 🍅 97% · ★ 7.4 Max

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Sits closer to drama than Illustrious Corpses does

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Who Am I
2014 · ★ 7.4

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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Army of Shadows
1969 · 🍅 97% · ★ 8.1

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

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Caliber 9
1972 · ★ 7.4

Both working the same thriller territory

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No Way Out
1987 · 🍅 92% · ★ 7.1

The same thriller instincts

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Across 110th Street
1972 · 🍅 85% · ★ 7 Prime Video

Both are thriller through and through

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Loving Adults
2022 · ★ 6.5 Netflix

Thriller in the same key

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Fall 2: Deadpoint
2026 · 🍅 53% · ★ 5.7

Cut from the same thriller cloth

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To Kill a Man
2014 · ★ 6.3

Both know what they want from thriller

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Buried
2010 · 🍅 87% · ★ 6.9 Prime Video

Both play thriller straight

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A Hijacking
2012 · 🍅 96% · ★ 7.1

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

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Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970 · 🍅 90% · ★ 7.1

Thriller of the same temperament

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