20 movies like Dick Tracy's Dilemma, ordered by similarity : Madigan(1968), A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), Anamorph(2007), 36(2004), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), The Guilty(2018), Dossier K.(2009), Busting(1974), Badge 373(1973), The Laughing Policeman(1973), To the Ends of the Earth(1948), BlacKkKlansman(2018) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Lyle Latell Jack Lambert Kay Christopher Ian Keith Bernadene Hayes Jimmy Conlin William B. Davidson Tony Barrett Tom Keene Harry Strang
dick tracy partner snitch insurance broker business owner wealthy woman suspenseful melodramatic thrilling store apartment junkyard morgue street police station investigation crime fashion serial murders police work
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
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.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
104 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Scott Speedman Clea DuVall James Rebhorn Peter Stormare Amy Carlson Yul Vazquez Don Harvey Deborah Harry
police detective partner alcoholic antique dealer police officer killer dark gripping new york city morgue art gallery apartment building police station serial murders alcoholism art prostitution investigation mystery fall
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
Crime, Drama, Action
France
2004
105 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Gérard Depardieu André Dussollier Roschdy Zem Valeria Golino Daniel Duval Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Guy Lecluyse Alain Figlarz Vincent Moscato
police officer partner boss criminal gangster suspenseful emotional intense paris police station france street car apartment promotion robbery investigation sabotage competition crime
2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark
2018
85 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Jessica Dinnage Omar Shargawi Johan Olsen Jacob Hauberg Lohmann Katinka Evers-Jahnsen Jeanette Lindbæk Larsen Simon Bennebjerg Laura Bro
police officer ex-cop woman kidnapper villain suspect suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping intense emotional denmark police station kidnapping emergencies investigation murder danger fear
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Belgium|Netherlands
2009
121 Minutes
Koen De Bouw Werner De Smedt Blerim Destani Hilde de Baerdemaeker Filip Peeters Jappe Claes R. Kan Albay Marieke Dilles
police detective mob boss murder suspect partner criminal gangster suspenseful thrilling emotional antwerp, belgium interview room albania port mountain police station organized crime murder investigation gang war family honor police work
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
92 Minutes
Elliott Gould Robert Blake Allen Goorwitz John Lawrence Cornelia Sharpe Erin O'Reilly Richard X. Slattery William Sylvester Logan Ramsey Michael Lerner
cop partner crime boss police chief cool intense thrilling los angeles police station street crime police work chases guns drug addiction prostitution quest pursuit 1970s
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
116 Minutes
Robert Duvall Verna Bloom Henry Darrow Eddie Egan Felipe Luciano Tina Cristiani Marina Durell Chico Martinez Jose Duval Louis Consentino Luis Avalos
detective gunrunner puerto rican police chief partner gritty thrilling new york city police station bus bar naval yard vengeance urban crime gangs vigilantism police corruption partnership revenge quest
After a suspended New York City cop's ex-partner is murdered, he vows to clean up the streets.
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
111 Minutes
Walter Matthau Bruce Dern Louis Gossett Jr. Albert Paulsen Anthony Zerbe Anthony Costello Cathy Lee Crosby Shirley Ballard David Belrose Dawn Frame Louis Guss
detective police officer partner suspect murderer businessman dark tense san francisco bus police station street massacre investigation police work murder homosexuality violence mystery pursuit
In San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
109 Minutes
Dick Powell Signe Hasso Maylia Ludwig Donath Vladimir Sokoloff Edgar Barrier
government agent widow ward criminal drug dealer commissioner gripping melodramatic tense suspenseful san francisco shanghai ship restaurant courtroom havana travel investigation justice crime
After witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.
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
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
62 Minutes
Morgan Conway Anne Jeffreys Richard Wessel Lyle Latell Paula Corday Ian Keith Douglas Walton Esther Howard Joseph Crehan Byron Foulger Jimmy Crane
dick tracy villain criminal love interest detective suspenseful campy amusing city street apartment showdown crime investigation murder rivalry revenge pursuit 1940s
Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
108 Minutes
veteran singer mobster amnesiac love interest police detective dark dense cool los angeles apartment lounge hospital amnesia mistaken identity theft murder investigation crime mystery
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Crime, Drama
USA
1975
101 Minutes
gangster partner woman brutal frenetic bleak melodramatic brooklyn, n.y. chicago street apartment alcatraz prison ambition prohibition prostitution crime ring disease al capone rise rivalry
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Horror, Crime, Drama
2019
115 Minutes
Jonas Dassler Margarete Tiesel Adam Bousdoukos Marc Hosemann Katja Studt Martina Eitner-Acheampong Tristan Göbel Philipp Baltus Victoria Trauttmansdorff Hark Bohm
man serial killer murderer murder victim monster woman engaging shocking gripping suspenseful brutal thrilling germany hamburg, germany investigation serial murders fear murder danger suspicion
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?