20 movies like Outside the Law, ordered by similarity : Love Never Dies(1921), The Girl Who Had Everything(1953), Drishyam(2015), The Oath(2016), Somewhere(2010), Heat(1995), Broken English(1996), The Gay Sisters(1942), In Her Name(2016), Proof(2005), Bombers B-52(1957), Caterina Goes to Town(2003) ...
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1921
80 Minutes
Lloyd Hughes Madge Bellamy Joseph Bennett Claire McDowell Winifred Greenwood Frank Brownlee Julia Brown Lillian Leighton
husband wife father rival mother melodramatic uneasy north carolina small town city household river reputation deception father/daughter relationship false accusations small-town life schemes rivalry transformation
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1953
69 Minutes
daughter boyfriend gangster lawyer father tense melodramatic courtroom house unlikely romance mobsters crime father/daughter relationship marriage love triangle forbidden love temptation rivalry transformation 1950s
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Iceland|UK|Germany
2016
110 Minutes
Hera Hilmar Baltasar Kormákur Gísli Örn Garðarsson Ingvar Sigurdsson Þorsteinn Bachmann Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir Þorsteinn Gunnarsson Margrét Bjarnadóttir Ágúst Bjarnason
surgeon daughter drug dealer father criminal intense melodramatic suspenseful thrilling gory brooding reykjavík, iceland criminal underworld family home drug addiction family crime desperation father/daughter relationship rise
A troubled father, working as a doctor, decides to go to extreme measures for saving his daughter from a devastating influence of her boyfriend, a drug dealer.
Drama, Comedy
USA|UK|Italy|Japan
2010
98 Minutes
Stephen Dorff Elle Fanning Chris Pontius Michelle Monaghan Laura Chiatti Simona Ventura Benicio Del Toro Lala Sloatman
actor daughter father party girl mother stripper dreamy offbeat melodramatic engaging touching dark hollywood, calif. hotel ice-skating rink italy car city father/daughter relationship debauchery
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Crime, Drama
USA
1995
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Robert De Niro Val Kilmer Jon Voight Tom Sizemore Diane Venora Amy Brenneman Ashley Judd Mykelti Williamson Wes Studi Ted Levine
criminal lieutenant wife daughter fence killer frenetic gripping suspenseful cool intense los angeles police station hideout bank secret hideout big city crime ambition robbery
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
Drama
New Zealand
1996
92 Minutes
Aleksandra Vujcic Julian Arahanga Rade Serbedzija Marton Csokas Jing Zhao Yang Li Madeline McNamara Elizabeth Mavric Temuera Morrison Michael Langley Morena Tutuguro
father daughter lover cook sister maori intense powerful emotional restaurant house auckland, new zealand bedroom immigrants marrying for money father/daughter relationship jealousy rebellion rivalry love
Ivan is the fierce patriarch of a family of Croatian refugees in Auckland. Nina is his daughter, ready to live on her own, despite his angry objections. Eddie is the Maori she takes as her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
108 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Geraldine Fitzgerald Donald Crisp Byron Barr Nancy Coleman Gene Lockhart Larry Simms Donald Woods Grant Mitchell
soldier father daughter sister real estate developer husband emotional powerful spirited mansion courtroom vermont father/daughter relationship marriage of convenience world war i orphans land ownership nobility growing up rivalry
Three wealthy orphans attempt to defend their ownership of their family's property, but financial and romantic problems set in.
Drama
2016
87 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Sebastian Koch Marie-Josée Croze Christelle Cornil Lila-Rose Gilberti Emma Besson Christian Kmiotek Serge Feuillard
man frenchman daughter teenager mother boyfriend engaging gripping emotional thrilling melodramatic sad france vacation home bedroom unexpected death father/daughter relationship grief fight for justice justice
Drama
USA
2005
100 Minutes
Gwyneth Paltrow Anthony Hopkins Jake Gyllenhaal Hope Davis Gary Houston Roshan Seth Anne Wittman Leland Burnett Daniel Hatkoff John Keefe Haroula Spyropoulos
daughter sister mathematician former student father emotional tense moving chicago university house party airport mental illness loss mathematics family dysfunction father/daughter relationship sister relationship discovery
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Drama
USA
1957
106 Minutes
Natalie Wood Karl Malden Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Marsha Hunt Don Kelly Nelson Leigh Robert Nichols Ray Montgomery Bob Hover
mechanic pilot daughter sergeant colonel father tense emotional moving air force base korea airplane canyon california san francisco enemies airplane crash military life retirement love
Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Drama
Hungary|Germany|Sweden
2014
119 Minutes
Zsófia Psotta Sándor Zsótér Szabolcs Thuróczy Lili Monori László Gálffi Lili Horvath János Derzsi Orsolya Tóth
teen girl dog father dog catcher daughter teacher touching tender striking sultry passionate emotional city hungary school street apartment father/daughter relationship love rebellion
Thirteen-year-old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen. She is devastated when her father eventually sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Drama
France
2017
76 Minutes
Éric Caravaca Esther Garrel Louise Chevillotte Paul Toucang Félix Kysyl Michel Charrel Nicolas Bridet Justine Bachelet
young woman boyfriend ex-boyfriend father girlfriend professor engaging melodramatic emotional gripping intense family home united states family old age relationships change failed romance father/daughter relationship love
A young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Jean Parker Emmett Lynn Roseanne Stevens Ray Miller
daughter father gangster lieutenant waitress cafe owner spirited offbeat gripping arizona small town café desert nightclub crime syndicate blackmail father/daughter relationship manipulation gang war reunion
Julie Bronson (Jean Parker), whose father, "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) operates a desert café, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster known as The Ghost (Ricardo ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
94 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Cary Grant Brian Aherne Edmund Gwenn Natalie Paley Dennie Moore Lennox Pawle Daisy Belmore
love interest father con artist artist daughter cheeky unrestrained hilarious emotional france england train countryside swindling impersonation father/daughter relationship romance smuggling suicide quest
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
Drama
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Frances Farmer Charles Ruggles Lloyd Nolan Fay Holden Ralph Morgan Edward H. Robins Harlan Briggs Willard Robertson Horace MacMahon
journalist publisher daughter gangster father killer suspenseful rousing newsroom mountain city, tenn. father/daughter relationship love gangs murder journalism racketeering rivalry discovery 1930s
Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).
Drama
Brazil
1997
118 Minutes
Leandra Leal Lima Duarte Fernando Torres Floriano Peixoto Castrinho Débora Bloch
daughter father old man young man dreamy tense island lighthouse beach ocean sexual awakening father/daughter relationship menstruation coming of age isolation fantasy fall transformation 1990s
A fantasy/mystery about the disappearance of a lighthouse owner and his daughter.
Drama
1951
124 Minutes
Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu Kuniko Miyake Chikage Awashima Chieko Higashiyama Kuniko Igawa Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
career woman daughter brother mother father businessman emotional moving tokyo family home office city japan marriage tradition independence family working woman love triangle love