20 movies like Lethal Weapon, ordered by similarity : The Stoneman Murders(2009), The Bouncer(2018), Badlapur(2015), Lethal Weapon 3(1992), Zeher(2005), Deepwater Horizon(2016), The Departed(2006), WarGames(1983), Victim(1961), Minority Report(2002), Timecrimes(2007), Unstoppable(2010) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1987
109 Minutes
Mel Gibson Danny Glover Gary Busey Mitchell Ryan Tom Atkins Darlene Love Traci Wolfe Jackie Swanson
police detective partner criminal daughter prostitute wife tense gritty gutsy los angeles household police station nightclub investigation suicide dangerous assignment drug trafficking organized crime friendship mystery
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2009
95 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Arbaaz Khan Vikram Gokhale Rukhsar Rehman Veerendra Saxena Ashraful Haque
police officer murderer criminal family member gritty gripping intense house police station murder investigation police work quest pursuit mystery 1980s
In 1980s Bombay, a serial killer starts targeting homeless street dwellers, whilst a suspended police officer attempts to solve the case.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Belgium
2018
82 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Sveva Alviti Sami Bouajila Sam Louwyck Kaaris Kevin Janssens Alice Verset Dimitri Thivaios Laurent D'Elia Cécilia Ngô
bodyguard bouncer daughter strip-club owner police detective stripper thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal intense nightclub strip club investigation undercover operations working undercover father/daughter relationship fighting danger
A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who's taken punches, literally and figuratively, struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.
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
USA
1992
118 Minutes
Mel Gibson Danny Glover Joe Pesci Rene Russo Stuart Wilson Steve Kahan Darlene Love Traci Wolfe Damon Hines Ebonie Smith
police detective wife informant beautiful woman arms dealer son engaging suspenseful los angeles police station household warehouse boat investigation arms syndicate friendship corruption weapons romance quest
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
2005
132 Minutes
Udita Goswami Emraan Hashmi Shamita Shetty Sameer Kochhar Vishwajeet Pradhan
young man young woman police officer husband wife thrilling intense gripping melodramatic india city house bungalow police station restaurant death murder loss of money husband/wife relationship investigation
Siddharth and Sonia are happily married to each other until Anna walks into Siddharth's life. Things takes a worst turn, when Anna gets killed and Siddharth finds himself in deep trouble.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA|Hong Kong|China
2016
107 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell Douglas M. Griffin James DuMont Joe Chrest Gina Rodriguez Brad Leland John Malkovich Dave Maldonado J.D. Evermore Ethan Suplee
oil driller foreman crew member wife daughter rescue worker chilling gripping intense house helicopter oil drilling platform bunker ocean office oil spill drilling operation explosion danger survival
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA
1983
113 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman Ally Sheedy John Wood Barry Corbin Juanin Clay Kent Williams Dennis Lipscomb Joe Dorsey Irving Metzman
hacker girlfriend friend doctor programmer military officer tense thrilling seattle household cheyenne mountain facility oregon island supercomputer world war iii video games nuclear attack high school responsibility
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
100 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Sylvia Sims Dennis Price Nigel Stock Peter McEnery Donald Churchill Anthony Nicholls Hilton Edwards Norman Bird Derren Nesbitt
barrister wife criminal friend homosexual detective dark emotional tense london household courtroom homosexuality blackmail suicide investigation affair trial quest pursuit
A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2002
144 Minutes
Tom Cruise Colin Farrell Samantha Morton Max von Sydow Lois Smith Peter Stormare Tim Blake Nelson Steve Harris Kathryn Morris Mike Binder Daniel London
police officer criminal murderer drug dealer druggie wife thrilling suspenseful intense washington, d.c. crime precognition murder deception quest mystery 2050s
In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2007
88 Minutes
Karra Elejalde Candela Fernández Bárbara Goenaga Juan Inciarte Nacho Vigalondo Libby Brien Nicole Dionne Philip Hersh
man woman wife scientist attacker gripping intense household forest laboratory time travel crime accident death mystery quest 2000s
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
91 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Patricia Clarkson Evan Kim Liam Neeson David Hunt Michael Currie Michael Goodwin Darwin Gillett Jim Carrey Anthony Charnota Ronnie Claire Edwards
dirty harry callahan inspector mobster martial artist news reporter director brooding crafty gritty tense san francisco street police station organized crime investigation violence celebrities serial murders betting quest
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
Comedy, Action
USA
2018
100 Minutes
John Francis Daley Jason Bateman Rachel McAdams Kyle Chandler Sharon Horgan Billy Magnussen Lamorne Morris Kylie Bunbury Jesse Plemons Michael C. Hall Danny Huston
friend kidnapper husband wife criminal victorian hilarious witty intense thrilling lighthearted amusing house living room car office airplane runway kidnapping mystery
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2013
90 Minutes
Tara Reid Ian Ziering John Heard Cassie Scerbo Jaason Simmons Alex Arleo Neil H. Berkow Heather Jocelyn Blair
man daughter ex-wife drunk police officer shark campy emotional intense los angeles house bar street truck helicopter tornado shark attack danger survival stress
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
1965
109 Minutes
Michael Caine Nigel Green Guy Doleman Sue Lloyd Gordon Jackson Aubrey Richards Frank Gatliff Thomas Baptiste Oliver MacGreevy Barry Raymond Pauline Winter
spy scientist intelligence officer guard love interest thrilling intense gripping london office apartment train warehouse investigation espionage kidnapping brainwashing corruption deception mystery
In London, a counter espionage Agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1984
108 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Lance Henriksen Rick Rossovich Bess Motta Earl Boen Dick Miller Shawn Schepps Bruce Kerner
good guy woman android murder victim roommate cyborg gory suspenseful intense tense thrilling los angeles alternate reality police station club city apartment motel room violence robots time travel
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2007
87 Minutes
Clive Owen Paul Giamatti Monica Bellucci Daniel Pilon Sidney Mende-Gibson Lucas Mende-Gibson Kaylyn Yellowlees Julian Richings
loner prostitute hit man owner senator baby gritty thrilling campy warehouse abandoned building airplane nightclub brothel mansion guns corruption showdown protection investigation
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.