20 movies like Elevator to the Gallows, ordered by similarity : Tick Tock(2000), Kahaani(2012), Rififi(1955), The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes(1935), Terribly Happy(2008), The Unfaithful Wife(1968), Double Lover(2017), Revanche(2008), Panic in the Streets(1950), Fargo(1996), Gone Girl(2014), John Wick(2014) ...
Mystery & Thriller
France
1958
90 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Maurice Ronet Jean Wall Georges Poujouly Yori Bertin Lino Ventura Elga Andersen Micheline Bona Félix Marten Robert Balpo Nicolas Bataille
industrialist wife lover thug police officer suspenseful sultry dark melodramatic paris office elevator motel apartment murder plot infidelity marriage schemes botched crime forbidden love
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Megan Ward Kristin Minter Linden Ashby David Dukes John Ratzenberger Hedy Burress
beautiful woman wife best friend millionaire stranger private detective intricate sultry melodramatic suspenseful house bar parking lot town car office murder plot loveless marriage infidelity inheritance
A wealthy man becomes suspicious of his younger wife and hires a private detective in time to thwart her plans to have him killed.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2012
122 Minutes
Vidya Balan Parambrata Chatterjee Nawazuddin Siddiqui Saswata Chatterjee Indraneil Sengupta
young man young woman pregnant woman missing person police officer assassin gripping intense engaging india calcutta, india apartment police station lodge office mystery mission search missing link husband/wife relationship
A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France
1955
120 Minutes
Jean Servais Carl Mohner Robert Manuel Magali Noël Janine Darcey Marie Sabouret Robert Hossein Marcel Lupovici
thief gangster girlfriend police officer safecracker gritty suspenseful thrilling paris apartment hideout shop heist crime love triangle pursuit temptation fall 1950s
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
84 Minutes
Arthur Wontner Ian Fleming Lyn Harding Leslie Perrins Jane Carr Charles Mortimer
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor police officer gangster wife melodramatic suspenseful witty intricate sussex, england london office apartment country house bar murder investigation partnership retirement crime
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when.arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2008
100 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Kim Bodnia Lene Maria Christensen Lars Brygmann Anders Hove Anh Lé Jens Jørn Spottag Henrik Lykkegaard Peter Hesse Overgaard Niels Skousen Lars Lunøe
police officer thug wife townsperson abusive husband seductress bleak suspenseful amusing emotional copenhagen, denmark small town bar apartment police work mental breakdown relocation infidelity corruption quest
Following a nervous breakdown, a police officer (Jakob Cedergren) from Copenhagen pulls duty in a small town, where his big-city attitude clashes with the residents' bizarre behavior.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
98 Minutes
Stéphane Audran Michel Bouquet Maurice Ronet Michel Duchaussoy Louise Chevalier Louise Rioton Serge Bento Henri Marteau
insurance broker wife private investigator adulterer police officer writer brooding intense melodramatic paris countryside versailles, france house infidelity murder deception investigation cover-up marriage discovery
After the Civil War, ex-Confederate soldiers heading for a new life in Mexico run into ex-Union cavalrymen selling horses to the Mexican government but they must join forces to fight off Mexican bandits and revolutionaries.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
France|Belgium
2017
108 Minutes
Marine Vacth Jérémie Renier Jacqueline Bisset Dominique Reymond Myriam Boyer Jean-Edouard Bodziak Jean-Paul Muel Pascal Aubert
young woman psychologist twin lover patient partner bleak disturbing engaging gripping intense suspenseful paris therapist's office home city love psychiatry paranoia hallucinations
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Austria
2008
121 Minutes
Johannes Krisch Andreas Lust Irina Potapenko Ursula Strauss Hannes Thanheiser Hanno Pöschl Michael-Joachim Heiss
ex-convict pimp prostitute grandfather wealthy woman police officer melodramatic bleak shocking prison austria small town brothel farmhouse police station crime small-town life friendship boredom dreams
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
93 Minutes
Richard Widmark Paul Douglas Barbara Bel Geddes Jack Palance Zero Mostel Dan Riss Tommy Cook Edward Kennedy
dockworker doctor criminal police officer wife mayor brooding frenetic suspenseful melodramatic new orleans louisiana crime plagues media health mystery transformation pursuit quest
A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1996
97 Minutes
Frances McDormand Steve Buscemi William H. Macy Peter Stormare Harve Presnell John Carroll Lynch Kristin Rudrüd Steve Reevis Stephen Park
salesman wife wealthy man thug police officer quirky witty dark minnesota car motel kidnapping deception money violence crime corruption quest rescue 1980s
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|China
2014
101 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Michael Nyqvist Alfie Allen Willem Dafoe Dean Winters Adrianne Palicki Omer Barnea Toby Leonard Moore Bridget Moynahan John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin wife mobster thug puppy fat person brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful sad house car club office street apartment retirement murder
An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
Mystery & Thriller
Australia
2008
105 Minutes
David Roberts Claire van der Boom Joel Edgerton Anthony Hayes Peter Phelps Bill Hunter Damon Herriman Brendan Donoghue Kieran Darcy-Smith Lucy Bell Hanna Mangan Lawrence
husband wife adulterer construction worker mobster crafty suspenseful thrilling dark australia construction site party house car running away schemes robbery unhappy marriage arson adultery
A man's life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash.
Mystery & Thriller
Australia|France|USA
2001
95 Minutes
Burt Reynolds Saffron Burrows Peter Facinelli Mike Starr George Di Cenzo Eric Mabius Michael Arata
husband wife law student best friend melodramatic suspenseful chilling house bedroom restaurant new orleans loyalty revenge terminal illness infidelity marriage love discovery temptation revenge
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|UK
1987
93 Minutes
Karen Allen Keith Carradine Jeff Fahey Bernie Casey Dinah Manoff Dean-Paul Martin Virginia Capers Philip Sterling
vietnam vet drifter wealthy woman gold digger sister wife dark suspenseful sultry tense british columbia mansion bar household unhappy marriage betrayal money crime murder plot schemes
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2012
139 Minutes
Aamir Khan Rani Mukherji Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Shernaz Patel Rajkummar Rao Vivan Bhatena Aditi Vasudev Subrat Dutta Pariva Pranati Gulfam Khan
young man young woman police officer wife prostitute gripping engaging emotional powerful sad mumbai, india india city house police station brothel murder investigation death police work
Inspector Surjan Shekhawat, who is dealing with a depressing past, has to investigate a high profile murder case, deal with his crumbling marriage and use the help and solace of a prostitute by the name of Rosie.
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
France|Mexico|Switzerland
2018
102 Minutes
Vanessa Paradis Kate Moran Nicolas Maury Jonathan Genet Khaled Alouach Félix Maritaud Bertrand Mandico Bastien Waultier Thibault Servière Pierre Emö
filmmaker producer victim murderer porn star lover dark sultry gripping thrilling passionate unrestrained club film set crime scene police station cemetery filmmaking pornography murder
Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Belgium|France|Spain
2005
122 Minutes
José Garcia Karin Viard Olivier Gourmet Ulrich Tukur Yvon Back Thierry Hancisse Geordy Monfils Christa Théret Olga Grumberg Yolande Moreau Dieudonné Kabongo
unemployed person wife executive police detective son husband dark emotional amusing suspenseful suburb motel house europe unemployment murder capitalism desperation financial crisis marriage
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2001
95 Minutes
William Baldwin Nastassja Kinski Hart Bochner Jordy Benattar Michèle Duquet Geoffrey Bowes Susie Dias Andy Velasquez
stalker lover wife husband stranger boss suspenseful sultry melodramatic passionate miami beach, fla. beach mansion family home infidelity troubled marriage one-night stand obsession love triangle custody battle
An unfulfilled married woman becomes intrigued by an alluring suitor whose attention soon becomes obsessive.