feelsalike.comSign in
The Long Kiss Goodnight poster

Movies that feel likeThe Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

If you loved The Long Kiss Goodnight, the closest films we have are Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Headhunters (2011) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009). All three share The Long Kiss Goodnight's gritty and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Hard Day (2014).

10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Paramount Plus Essential

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the Mood Map

If The Long Kiss Goodnight hit the spot, these will too

Lethal Weapon 3 poster
Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · dir. Richard Donner
🍅 63%★ 6.7action · thriller · crime

Common ground: dark comedy

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than The Long Kiss Goodnight does

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Headhunters poster
Headhunters
2011 · dir. Morten Tyldum
🍅 93%★ 7.5thriller · crime · action

Both are built on the same subject: the chase

The difference: Reviewed even better

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest poster
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 · dir. Daniel Alfredson
🍅 53%★ 7.3action · thriller · crimePrime Video

The same mix in both: grit, then momentum

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

A Hard Day poster
A Hard Day
2014 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 82%★ 7.2crime · thriller · mystery

Twisty where it counts, tense underneath

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

The Bourne Identity poster
The Bourne Identity
2002 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 84%★ 7.8action · mystery · thrillerNetflix

Common ground in both: amnesia and escape

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

Trance poster
Trance
2013 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 69%★ 6.9thriller · crime · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: amnesia

A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

Cop Car poster
Cop Car
2015 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 82%★ 6.3crime · thrillerPrime Video

Darkly funny crime, and it commits to that

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

Marshland poster
Marshland
2014 · dir. Alberto Rodríguez
🍅 91%★ 7.2crime · mystery · thriller

Mystery with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.

The Girl in the Fog poster
The Girl in the Fog
2017 · dir. Donato Carrisi
🍅 75%★ 6.8mystery · thriller · crime

Both lean on twists more than on thriller

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.

Oldboy poster
Oldboy
2003 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 82%★ 8.3thriller · mysteryRent or buy

One thread runs through both: martial arts

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Eagle Eye poster
Eagle Eye
2008 · dir. D.J. Caruso
🍅 27%★ 6.6mystery · thriller · actionPrime VideoParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: hostage

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.

In the Line of Duty 4 poster
In the Line of Duty 4
1989 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
★ 7.1action · crime · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.

In the mood for more gritty?

all gritty movies →

The best-reviewed films that share The Long Kiss Goodnight’s defining feeling.