20 movies like They Drive by Night, ordered by similarity : Desperate(1947), Too Late for Tears(1949), The Paradine Case(1947), The Man Who Wasn't There(2001), Local Boys(2002), The Blue Dahlia(1946), Secret Command(1944), The Gentle Gunman(1952), Racket Busters(1938), Manito(2002), High Sierra(1941), The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946) ...
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Lizabeth Scott Don DeFore Dan Duryea Arthur Kennedy Kristine Miller Barry Kelley Denver Pyle Virginia Mullen Richard Irving George Mann Harry J. Vejar
wife husband brother brother-in-law sister-in-law private investigator creepy disturbing shocking suspenseful tense uneasy hollywood hollywood hills apartment car train station money murder greed
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Drama
USA
1947
116 Minutes
Gregory Peck Alida Valli Charles Laughton Charles Coburn Ann Todd Ethel Barrymore Louis Jourdan Leo G. Carroll Joan Tetzel Isobel Elsom John Goldsworthy
lawyer murderer servant judge police officer hotel manager tense engaging gripping suspenseful brooding london courtroom hotel restaurant home murder trial marriage false accusations
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2001
116 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Frances McDormand Michael Badalucco James Gandolfini Katherine Borowitz Jon Polito Scarlett Johansson Richard Jenkins Tony Shalhoub Adam Alexi-Malle
barber wife boss attorney pianist brother-in-law brooding suspenseful california department store prison court hospital lake murder blackmail suicide trial affair fall
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
Drama
USA
2002
102 Minutes
Eric Christian Olsen Stacy Edwards Jeremy Sumpter Giuseppe Andrews Chaka Forman Mark Harmon Lukas Behnken Archie Kao Shelby Fenner
brother boyfriend gang leader surfer mother girl emotional heartwarming engaging california beach house ocean surfing relationships family coming of age romance brotherhood growing up
Two brothers and their surfing buddies face new challenges and adventures over the course of a memorable summer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake William Bendix Howard da Silva Doris Dowling Tom Powers Hugh Beaumont Howard Freeman Don Costello Will Wright Frank Faylen
naval officer wife nightclub owner friend detective brooding gritty suspenseful hollywood, calif. ranch infidelity murder mystery secret betrayal love mystery revenge 1940s
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Drama
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Carole Landis Chester Morris Ruth Warrick Barton MacLane Tom Tully Wallace Ford Howard Freeman Erik Rolf Matt McHugh Frank Sully
undercover agent brother spy ex-girlfriend nazi foreman melodramatic suspenseful los angeles shipyard house world war ii sabotage brother relationship suspicion jealousy romance adventure transformation love
A U.S. effort to root out Nazi saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Drama
UK
1952
86 Minutes
ira agent brother irishman police officer friend intense brooding suspenseful belfast, northern ireland cottage london countryside irish republican army brotherhood terrorism moral dilemma doubt political unrest discovery transformation
In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
71 Minutes
kingpin truck driver pregnant wife friend garage owner lawyer gritty suspenseful gutsy tense manhattan, n.y. garage apartment street police station racketeering blackmail murder moral dilemma sabotage
Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. When he catches popular trucker Danny Jordan robbing the gang's office to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2002
77 Minutes
Franky G. Leo Minaya Manuel Cabral Julissa Lopez Jessica Morales Hector Gonzalez Panchito Gomez
high-school student classmate brother ex-convict father wife engaging brooding gritty new york city street subway party neighborhood changing times brotherhood crime the past family hope
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Ida Lupino Alan Curtis Arthur Kennedy Joan Leslie Henry Hull Henry Travers Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Cornel Wilde Donald MacBride
gangster ex-convict criminal girlfriend dark brooding cool california mountain sierra nevada mountains los angeles casino crime love murder heist escape fall love 1940s
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Crime, Drama
France
2009
110 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Jacques Gamblin Marie Bunel Vahina Giocante Marie Matheron Adrienne Pauly Yves Verhoeven Bruno Abraham-Kremer Rodolphe Pauly
detective husband wife half brother emotional crafty dark sultry house france dance floor car vacation husband/wife relationship brotherhood work vs. family investigation murder mystery quest
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
Drama
USA
1940
101 Minutes
James Cagney Ann Sheridan Frank Craven Donald Crisp Frank McHugh Arthur Kennedy
boxer dancer girlfriend younger brother truck driver composer uplifting gripping gritty melodramatic new york city lower east side carnegie hall boxing ring apartment boxing self-sacrifice aspirations corruption blindness
Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
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.
Comedy, Drama
Germany|France|Italy
2009
99 Minutes
Adam Bousdoukos Moritz Bleibtreu Birol Ünel Lukas Gregorowicz Dorka Gryllus Wotan Wilke Möhring Demir Gokgol Monica Bleibtreu Marc Hosemann Cem Akin Anna Bederke
chef restaurant owner brother mobster customer amusing touching endearing restaurant hamburg, germany business friendship love struggle brotherhood fall underdog transformation quest 2000s
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Drama
USA
2017
75 Minutes
Devin Blackmon Dontrell Bright Kordell "KD" Johnson Chasity Moore Lachion Buckingham Marquell Manning
brother gang member friend sister father figure sad emotional brutal disheartening gripping profound arkansas rural community camaraderie gangs death of brother growing up violence murder growing up
In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
Crime, Drama, Romance, Action
India
2000
177 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Amisha Patel Satish Shah Farida Jalal Anupam Kher Ashish Vidyarthi Mohnish Bahl
rich girl car dealer indian brother murderer father emotional melodramatic thrilling suspenseful intense brooding india singapore new zealand cruise ship car dealership murder criminals wedding
A young girl meets the doppelganger of her deceased boyfriend and now has a chance to find the people who have murdered him.
Drama
USA|Canada
1993
110 Minutes
Matthew Modine Lara Flynn Boyle Tyra Ferrell Marisa Tomei Tate Donovan Kevin J. O'Connor Lori Singer Gailard Sartain M. Emmet Walsh Fred Ward
hit man twin brother girlfriend prostitute wife brooding emotional city apartment united states grand canyon separation crime inheritance love triangle brotherhood secret discovery love
Twins, separated at birth and living opposite lives, are about to learn of each other- and the substantial inheritance they are entitled to.
Crime, Drama
UK
1947
81 Minutes
Terence de Marney Herbert Lom Phyllis Dixey
twin trapeze artist circus performer swindler girlfriend brother chilling brooding suspenseful circus great britain brotherhood circus lottery impersonation jealousy love triangle revenge fall rivalry
Twin trapezists fall out over a lottery ticket and a worthless woman, but later extract a unique revenge.