20 movies like Mississippi Burning, ordered by similarity : Born Losers(1967), The Departed(2006), Imperium(2016), Black Mass(2015), The Chase(1966), Blood Simple(1984), The Left Handed Gun(1958), Honeytrap(2014), Badlapur(2015), Dillinger(1973), Sicario(2015), Kiss of Death(1947) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1988
125 Minutes
Gene Hackman Willem Dafoe Frances McDormand Brad Dourif R. Lee Ermey Gailard Sartain Stephen Tobolowsky Michael Rooker Pruitt Taylor Vince Park Overall Jake Gipson
fbi agent mayor sheriff klansman activist wife tense brutal powerful mississippi small town barbershop church highway racism civil rights violence pursuit revenge 1960s
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Crime, Drama
1967
112 Minutes
Tom Laughlin Elizabeth James Jane Russell Jeremy Slate William Wellman Jr. Robert Tessier Jeff Cooper Edwin Cook Paul Prokop Julie Cahn Susan Foster
vietnam vet teen girl sheriff biker district attorney deputy campy melodramatic thrilling raw small town abandoned church beach highway california crime spree racism vigilantism motorcycle gang rape
Part-Indian foot fighter Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) defends coeds against outlaw bikers in a California town.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
108 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Toni Collette Tracy Letts Sam Trammell Nestor Carbonell Chris Sullivan Seth Numrich Pawel Szajda Devin Druid Burn Gorman Adam Meier
fbi agent young man white supremacist terrorist analyst bleak brutal chilling dark gripping united states virginia terror racism fbi new identity fake identity underworld danger dangerous assignment
A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist.
Drama, Biography, Crime
USA|UK
2015
122 Minutes
Johnny Depp Joel Edgerton Benedict Cumberbatch Dakota Johnson Kevin Bacon Peter Sarsgaard Jesse Plemons Rory Cochrane David Harbour Adam Scott Corey Stoll
senator brother mobster fbi agent police officer fugitive brash intense brutal boston bar office street church car mob corruption fugitives power evil
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Drama
USA
1966
135 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jane Fonda Robert Redford E.G. Marshall Angie Dickinson Janice Rule Miriam Hopkins Martha Hyer Richard Bradford Robert Duvall James Fox
sheriff businessman fugitive wife lackey son tense dark brutal striking thrilling melodramatic texas small town prison swamp on the run home american south prison break
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1984
97 Minutes
John Getz Frances McDormand M. Emmet Walsh Dan Hedaya Samm-Art Williams Deborah Neumann Señor Marco William Creamer
private investigator wealthy man cheater wife lover quirky suspenseful texas bar violence murder deception infidelity jealousy revenge 1980s
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Crime, Western, Drama
USA
1958
102 Minutes
Paul Newman Lita Milan John Dehner Hurd Hatfield James Congdon James Best Colin Keith-Johnston John Dierkes Wally Brown Ainslie Pryor Martin Garralaga
outlaw pat garrett friend wife sheriff rancher brooding tense new mexico territory wild west small town ranch billy the kid fugitives stand-off murder friendship frontier justice quest pursuit
After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.
Romance, Crime, Drama
2014
93 Minutes
Jessica Sula Lucien Laviscount Naomi Ryan Lauren Johns Tosin Cole Ntonga Mwanza Danielle Vitalis Savannah Gordon-Liburd Modupe Adeyeye
teen girl gang leader gang member teen boy bully bleak brutal dark emotional gripping powerful tense uneasy london united kingdom school street gangs revenge passion
Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
1973
107 Minutes
Warren Oates Ben Johnson Michelle Phillips Cloris Leachman Harry Dean Stanton Geoffrey Lewis John P. Ryan Richard Dreyfuss Steve Kanaly John Martino Roy Jenson
gangster woman fbi agent crime boss tense shocking spirited house chicago bank bar prison john dillinger bank heist law enforcement gangsters crime fame rise transformation
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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|Germany|Canada
2008
97 Minutes
Julia Ormond Bill Pullman Pell James Ryan Simpkins Cheri Oteri Michael Ironside French Stewart Kent Harper Caroline Aaron Gill Gayle Hugh Dillon
fbi agent serial killer victim witness young girl drug addict thrilling tense fascinating nebraska desert small town highway motel van law and order surveillance serial murders investigation deception
Two FBI agents attempt to clarify the murders occurring in a desolate region. They approach the witnesses of the latest incident with the help of the local police. All of them hide something and all have wildly different stories to tell.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Sweden|Canada|USA
2010
108 Minutes
Casey Affleck Kate Hudson Jessica Alba Simon Baker-Denny Bill Pullman Ned Beatty Elias Koteas Tom Bower Brent Briscoe Jay R. Ferguson Liam Aiken
prostitute sheriff sociopath tense uneasy striking shocking frenetic texas small town rural community murder escape pursuit revenge 1950s
A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Elizabeth Olsen Gil Birmingham Jon Bernthal Julia Jones Kelsey Asbille James Jordan Martin Sensmeier Ian Bohen Matthew Del Negro Eric Lange
fbi agent police officer native american animal-control officer victim hunter gripping thrilling tense suspenseful wyoming indian reservation indian territory wilderness murder investigation wilderness homicide mystery fbi native americans
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
2004
120 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jamie Foxx Jada Pinkett Smith Mark Ruffalo Peter Berg Bruce McGill Irma P. Hall Barry Shabaka Henley Richard T. Jones Klea Scott Bodhi Elfman
assassin cab driver fbi agent witness intense suspenseful los angeles cab street assassination death deception violence pursuit escape 2000s
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Musical, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2007
117 Minutes
Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Alan Rickman Timothy Spall Sacha Baron Cohen Jayne Wisener Jamie Campbell Bower Edward Sanders Laura Michelle Kelly
baker barber judge victim brutal chilling madcap london barbershop bakery murder love revenge quest victorian era
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Action, Biography, Drama, History
China|USA
2019
125 Minutes
Cynthia Erivo Janelle Monáe Leslie Odom Jr. Joe Alwyn Clarke Peters Jennifer Nettles Vanessa Bell Calloway Omar J. Dorsey Henry Hunter Hall Tim Guinee Nick Basta
freedom fighter slave slave trader civil rights activist civil rights leader racist cheery confident cool emotional engaging gripping gutsy heartwarming intense inspiring patriotic positive powerful profound
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
110 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Zoë Kravitz Zoey Deutch Emory Cohen Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi Beau Knapp Jason Mitchell Jeff Gum Kim Collins Joey Bicicchi
rebel loner troubled woman drug dealer brother brooding gritty intense uneasy city trailer park rural community bar river car drug trade violence running away going home escape
A small town loner and a rebellious punk rocker unexpectedly fall in love as they are forced on the run and soon discover violence follows them everywhere.