20 movies like Whipsaw, ordered by similarity : Woman Wanted(1935), Kaante(2002), Sarkar(2005), The Interview(1998), Nowhere to Go(1958), BlacKkKlansman(2018), Badlapur(2015), The Limey(1999), Madigan(1968), Side Street(1950), Ab Tak Chhappan(2004), Borsalino(1970) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Harvey Stephens William Harrigan Clay Clement Robert Gleckler Robert Warwick Georges Renavent Paul Stanton Wade Boteler Don Rowan
racketeer partner moll federal agent mobster henchman engaging intense suspenseful london new york city st. louis countryside house theft jewel smuggling undercover operations impersonation chase romance
Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
innocent woman lawyer mob boss fiancée police officer henchman engaging suspenseful crafty tense new york city car apartment road restaurant waterfront wrongful conviction fugitives mobsters frame-up
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another auto. Ann escapes and ends up in the vehicle of Tony Baxter, a lawyer who has eyes for her.
Crime, Drama
2002
154 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Sunil Shetty Kumar Gaurav Mahesh Manjrekar Lucky Ali Malaika Arora
detective wife army major criminal drug dealer undercover cop thrilling tense suspenseful engaging los angeles united states house police station warehouse bank robbery robbery attempt deception death of spouse betrayal
Gathered in a warehouse after a bank robbery, six criminals (Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty) start to turn against one another.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Crime, Drama
Australia
1998
101 Minutes
Hugo Weaving Tony Martin Aaron Jeffery Paul Sonkkila Michael Caton Peter McCauley Glynis Angel Leverne McDonnell Libby Stone
suspect man detective tense suspenseful apartment police station interview room interrogation car theft murder deception escape pursuit mystery 1990s
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1958
87 Minutes
fugitive con artist socialite partner bleak dark thrilling somber london jail house betrayal theft crime chase prison break unlikely romance escape forbidden love pursuit
In London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
134 Minutes
John David Washington Adam Driver Laura Harrier Topher Grace Jasper Pääkkönen Corey Hawkins Ryan Eggold Michael Joseph Buscemi Paul Walter Hauser Ashlie Atkinson Alec Baldwin
detective white supremacist partner undercover cop police officer amusing hilarious tense suspenseful thrilling police station secret headquarters office woods house undercover operations ku klux klan police work investigation underdog
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Crime, Drama
USA
1999
90 Minutes
Terence Stamp Peter Fonda Lesley Ann Warren Luis Guzman Barry Newman Joe Dallesandro Nicky Katt Amelia Heinle Melissa George
ex-convict daughter record producer young man hit man agent brooding suspenseful los angeles warehouse beach house party pursuit murder drug trafficking family revenge pursuit discovery 1990s
An extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
101 Minutes
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Harry Guardino Inger Stevens James Whitmore Michael Dunn
police detective commissioner suspect mistress partner minister gritty tense melodramatic thrilling brooklyn, n.y. police station new york city street apartment theft corruption manhunt police brutality investigation
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Crime, Drama
India
2004
150 Minutes
Nana Patekar Yashpal Sharma Prasad Purandare Nakul Vaid Kunal Vijaykar Jeeva
police officer wife rogue agent police commissioner gangster criminal intense suspenseful thrilling chilling disturbing mumbai, india police station house bungalow street police work police pursuit criminals organized crime
An honest encounter specialist's life begins to change with the arrival of a new police commissioner who has ties with a local don.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
1970
123 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Alain Delon Michel Bouquet Catherine Rouvel Françoise Christophe Corinne Marchand
gangster lawyer old flame henchman ex-convict criminal dark intense engaging tense marseilles, france car horse track crime ring gangsters unlikely allies rivalry murder crime rise
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Crime, Drama, Action
India
2011
128 Minutes
Nana Patekar Mohit Ahlawat Rimi Sen Anurag Kashyap Zakir Hussain
inspector police officer wife son journalist media personality intense gripping powerful inspiring profound india city police station house corruption corrupt police fighting corruption bribery political corruption
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
103 Minutes
convict bank robber mobster brother partner suspenseful tense los angeles prison st. louis motel gangsters crime family honor murder revenge pursuit rivalry 1970s
Earl Macklin robs a bank owned by the mob, serves his prison time and is released, only to start a private war against the crime outfit that owned the bank.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes Henry Stephenson Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Leonard Mudie Alec B. Francis Charles Irwin Colin Kenny
serial killer thief police detective fiancé commissioner constable tense brooding suspenseful london apartment murder investigation jewelry theft mistaken identity wrongfully accused love triangle manhunt love pursuit transformation
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson James Stewart Rose Stradner Lionel Stander Douglas Scott John Carradine Sidney Blackmer Grant Mitchell
gangster wife reporter henchman brother son melodramatic gripping spirited new york city alcatraz island newsroom household street organized crime murder father/son relationship marriage kidnapping imprisonment
A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1971
104 Minutes
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Marcel Bozzuffi Frédéric de Pasquale Bill Hickman Ann Rebbot Harold Gary Arlene Farber Eddie Egan
detective cop drug dealer drug smuggler engaging tense suspenseful new york city brooklyn, n.y. car showdown crime dangerous assignment drugs quest pursuit mystery 1970s
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
racketeer government agent accountant reporter district attorney love interest thrilling suspenseful tense washington, d.c. treasury department office tax evasion crime love undercover operations investigation kidnapping escape underdog
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1954
81 Minutes
detective partner singer police chief dark gripping suspenseful new york city los angeles drugstore nightclub racetrack trailer police corruption theft investigation singing romance greed quest
When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
Crime, Drama
1980
114 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Helen Mirren Eddie Constantine Dave King Bryan Marshall Derek Thompson Bruce Alexander Paul Barber Pierce Brosnan Charles Cork Billy Cornelius
crime boss girlfriend mobster intense suspenseful london car apartment pub casino organized crime business betrayal ambition fall rivalry transformation mystery 1970s
A Cockney crime czar (Bob Hoskins) and his mistress (Helen Mirren) answer a threat on the eve of his big deal with a U.S. mobster (Eddie Constantine).