20 movies like The Big Clock, ordered by similarity : The Street With No Name(1948), Dial 1119(1950), A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014), Side Street(1950), The Last Gangster(1937), Al Capone(1959), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017), Man From Headquarters(1942), Kiss of Death(1947), Killer's Kiss(1955), 21 Bridges(2019), Call Northside 777(1948) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Charles Laughton Maureen O'Sullivan George Macready Rita Johnson Elsa Lanchester Harold Vermilyea Dan Tobin Harry Morgan Richard Webb Tad Van Brunt
editor boss wife mistress henchman reporter spirited gripping cheeky new york city apartment bar office elevator antique shop disillusionment corporate culture journalism honeymoon cover-up
A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.
Crime, Drama
1948
91 Minutes
undercover agent crime boss inspector wife raw gripping city skid row working undercover set-up heist murder quest revenge pursuit discovery 1940s
An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) infiltrates a holdup gang led by a killer (Richard Widmark) who sees crime as a science.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Liam Neeson Dan Stevens David Harbour Boyd Holbrook Maurice Compte Adam David Thompson Astro Sebastian Roche Mark Consuelos Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laura Birn
detective client drug trafficker murder victim murderer friend brooding confident intense gripping new york city office crime scene car bar apartment detective work murder morality work-life balance
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
105 Minutes
Rod Steiger Fay Spain James Gregory Martin Balsam Nehemiah Persoff Murvyn Vye
gangster widow police officer henchman crime boss reporter brutal crafty engaging suspenseful chicago illinois store office prison apartment organized crime al capone loyalty murder
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2017
115 Minutes
Frances McDormand Woody Harrelson Sam Rockwell Lucas Hedges Clarke Peters Abbie Cornish Peter Dinklage Caleb Landry Jones Kerry Condon John Hawkes Kathryn Newton
mother police chief police officer dead person dentist reporter amusing emotional brash gutsy tense unrestrained missouri small town restaurant dentist's office murder investigation police work vendetta justice
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Frank Albertson Joan Woodbury John Maxwell Max Hoffman Dick Elliott Byron Foulger Robert Kellard Mel Ruick
reporter editor beautiful woman thug crime boss witness melodramatic dark suspenseful chicago st. louis train city courtroom robbery kidnapping frame-ups murder organized crime journalism
Crime reporter Larry Doyle, who contributes to the capture of the Padroni gang, is later framed for murder by the gang leader.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Victor Mature Brian Donlevy Richard Widmark Coleen Gray Karl Malden Taylor Holmes Anthony Ross Mildred Dunnock Millard Mitchell J. Scott Smart
murderer criminal wife police detective elderly woman dark tense brutal prison new york city apartment street gangsters parole violence criminal justice system pursuit revenge 1940s
Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1955
67 Minutes
Frank Silvera Jamie Smith Irene Kane Jerry Jarrett Mike Dana Felice Orlandi Shaun O'Brien Barbara Brand
boxer dancer boss manager thug landlord dark gritty melodramatic gripping new york city boxing ring roof apartment warehouse nightclub kidnapping doomed romance jealousy murder
Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.
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
1948
111 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Conte Lee J. Cobb Helen Walker Betty Garde Kasia Orzazewski Joanne de Bergh Howard Smith Moroni Olsen John McIntire Paul Harvey
prisoner mother wife editor reporter police officer thrilling engaging newsroom family home prison police station justice murder corruption pursuit mystery 1940s
A Chicago newsman (James Stewart) digs up the story of a scrubwoman's son (Richard Conte) framed for murder.
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.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
102 Minutes
Andrew Garfield David Morrissey Rebecca Hall Sean Bean John Henshaw Anthony Flanagan Warren Clarke Jennifer Hennessy Mary Jo Randle Rachel Jane Allen Rita May
reporter widow editor police chief businessman somber suspenseful dark yorkshire, england house construction site police station serial murders police corruption cover-up investigation affair journalism discovery transformation
A rookie crime reporter (Andrew Garfield) becomes intrigued by a missing-child case that mirrors that of a series of child abductions and murders that took place in previous years.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
99 Minutes
Lucille Ball Mark Stevens Clifton Webb William Bendix Kurt Kreuger Cathy Downs Reed Hadley Constance Collier
private investigator secretary art dealer wife criminal ex-convict suspenseful tense new york city street office investigation love triangle infidelity murder framed stalking mystery pursuit 1940s
A secretary tries to help her boss, who is framed for a murder.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2013
118 Minutes
Colin Farrell Noomi Rapace Terrence Howard Dominic Cooper Isabelle Huppert Armand Assante F. Murray Abraham Luis Da Silva Jr.
gangster crime boss associate neighbor gripping suspenseful city apartment building apartment office organized crime power struggle retribution blackmail revenge pursuit 2010s
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is helped by a woman seeking retribution.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
119 Minutes
George Sanders Yvonne De Carlo Zsa Zsa Gabor Victor Jory Nancy Gates Coleen Gray John Hoyt Lisa Ferraday Tom Conway Celia Lovsky Werner Klemperer
murder victim social climber thief lover secretary brother dark intricate sultry new york city czechoslovakia port office apartment doctor's office theft deception murder investigation seduction infidelity
The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce Lionel Atwill Harvey Stephens Robert Barrat James Stewart William Collier Bobby Watson William Demarest John Sheehan Lucien Littlefield
newspaper reporter gossip columnist police officer business partner father editor dark brooding shocking suspenseful newsroom sing sing correctional facility new york city shooting gallery newspapers murder investigation father/son relationship deception cover-up mystery
When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.