20 movies like Nighthawks, ordered by similarity : Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime(1922), Terror at the Opera(1987), Seven(1995), When Justice Fails(1998), Blitz(2011), Laura(1944), Eye in the Sky(2015), Badlapur(2015), The Foreigner(2017), Gone Girl(2014), 12 Rounds(2009), Fair Game(2010) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1981
99 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Billy Dee Williams Rutger Hauer Lindsay Wagner Persis Khambatta Nigel Davenport Hilarie Thompson Joe Spinell Catherine Mary Stewart
terrorist detective police chief partner wife police detective dark gritty suspenseful thrilling new york city police station train station apartment london big city terrorism bomb chases violence
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
93 Minutes
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Alfred Abel Bernhard Goetzke Paul Richter
criminal hypnotist gambler police detective businessman murderer dark intricate suspenseful thrilling nightclub city berlin police station asylum germany crime mind control psychiatry business
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
1987
90 Minutes
Cristina Marsillach Urbano Barberini Daria Nicolodi Ian Charleson Antonella Vitale William McNamara
actress opera singer opera director murderer macbeth detective bleak brutal creepy dark intense frightening opera house stage apartment opera murder serial murders terror sadism
A hooded figure forces a young diva (Cristina Marsillach) to watch as he murders performers in a production of Verdi's opera "Macbeth."
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
1998
91 Minutes
Jeff Fahey Marlee Matlin Charles Powell Victoria Barkoff Carl Marotte
police detective prosecutor partner sex offender murder suspect gay man dark gripping intense city police station nightclub apartment office courtroom disability dangerous romance murder investigation secrets sex crime
A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a main suspect.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK|France|USA
2011
93 Minutes
Jason Statham Paddy Considine Aidan Gillen Luke Evans David Morrissey Richard Riddell Chris Wilson Zawe Ashton
cop colleague serial killer police detective police officer thrilling cool intense suspenseful london police station street city apartment hunting serial murders police work murderous rampage bravery perseverance
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama
UK|Canada
2015
102 Minutes
Helen Mirren Aaron Paul Alan Rickman Barkhad Abdi Iain Glen Richard McCabe Jeremy Northam Phoebe Fox Carl Beukes Kim Engelbrecht Aisha Takow
general lieutenant suicide bomber terrorist dark gripping gritty gutsy patriotic thrilling kenya suicide bombing terrorism saving the day air force war adventure rescue pursuit quest
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|USA|India
2017
114 Minutes
Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Ray Fearon Orla Brady Tao Liu Charlie Murphy David Pearse Rufus Jones Niall McNamee Rory Fleck-Byrne Stephen Hogan
businessman teen girl terrorist government official daughter shocking fiery gripping engaging thrilling suspenseful london street office car house big city murder grief terrorism
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
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
2009
108 Minutes
John Cena Aidan Gillen Ashley Scott Steve Harris Brian J. White Gonzalo Menendez Taylor Cole Kyle Clements Peter Navy Tuiasosopo Travis Davis Nick Gomez
police officer thief fiancée friend terrorist fbi agent suspenseful intense fiery thrilling gritty new orleans roof police station house city home kidnapping terrorism mind games
Detective Danny Fisher discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped by an ex-con tied to Fisher's past, and he'll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2010
107 Minutes
Naomi Watts Sean Penn Sam Shepard Ty Burrell David Andrews Brooke Smith Noah Emmerich Bruce McGill Michael Kelly Liraz Charchi Khaled Nabawy
cia agent wife husband writer diplomat government official thrilling tense suspenseful washington, d.c. new york city government offices city home secret identity journalism corruption leaked information chase betrayal
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
92 Minutes
Sean Patrick Flanery Joe Pantoliano Amanda Wyss Carmen Serano Luce Rains Greg Serano John Koyama David House Michelle Greathouse
police officer police detective fbi agent serial killer terrorist enemy engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal street city terror serial murders psychopath death game fighting evil adventure
A police officer with a painful past returns home to help the FBI track down a mastermind assassin.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1936
76 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Oscar Homolka Desmond Tester John Loder Joyce Barbour Matthew Boulton S.J. Warmington William Dewhurst Austin Trevor Torin Thatcher Aubrey Mather
saboteur detective wife brother professor dark intense suspenseful london movie theater sabotage terrorism lie bomb working undercover mystery discovery 1930s
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
95 Minutes
Luis Tosar Goya Toledo Javier Gutiérrez Pedro Alonso Fernando Cayo Elvira Mínguez Antonio Mourelos María Mera Ricardo de Barreiro Luis Zahera
banker father child blackmailer psychopath son suspenseful thrilling intense gory brooding car street city helicopter docks bank blackmail bomb police pursuit
Breakfast, kiss to his wife, take the children to the school, a bomb under the car, one neverending day ahead.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
79 Minutes
Dick Powell Rhonda Fleming Richard Erdman William Conrad Regis Toomey
ex-convict u.s. marine veteran wife police detective racketeer dark gripping suspenseful los angeles train station prison revenge robbery prison murder revenge discovery fall pursuit 1940s
Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1990
124 Minutes
Bruce Willis Bonnie Bedelia William Atherton Reginald VelJohnson Franco Nero William Sadler John Amos Dennis Franz Art Evans Fred Dalton Thompson Tom Bower
detective wife terrorist general thrilling suspenseful washington dulles international airport airplane church virginia terrorism love aviation politics heroism christmas love underdog rescue pursuit
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
1975
155 Minutes
Ken Takakura Kei Yamamoto Ken Utsui Sonny Chiba Tetsuro Tamba Etsuko Shihomi Takashi Shimura Fumio Watanabe
terrorist transit chief train conductor pregnant woman government official thrilling suspenseful japan tokyo train station train ransom bomb trains race against time terrorism hysteria revenge quest 1970s
Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia Reginald VelJohnson Alexander Godunov Paul Gleason William Atherton Hart Bochner
police officer hostage terrorist rival wealthy man thrilling gritty suspenseful intense office los angeles car elevator christmas party skyscraper robbery party christmas showdown explosion
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.