20 movies like Crack House, ordered by similarity : Skin Traffik(2015), Breaking Point(1994), Fool for Love(1985), La Balance(1982), Satya(1998), End of Watch(2012), Cloud 9(2008), Leather Jackets(1991), Port of Shadows(1938), Wajma: An Afghan Love Story(2013), Rosario Tijeras(2005), Gloria(1980) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
90 Minutes
Jim Brown Anthony Geary Richard Roundtree Cheryl Kay Gregg Thomsen Angel Tompkins Clyde Jones Albert Michel Jr. Heidi Thomas Kenny Edwards
young man young woman drug addict drug dealer gang member prostitute dark gritty intense los angeles slum street crack house doomed romance poverty ghetto life vengeance drug trade crime love
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an... See full summary »
Action, Crime, Drama
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Daryl Hannah Mickey Rourke Eric Roberts Dominique Swain Michael Madsen Jeff Fahey Gary Daniels Alan Ford
hitman assassin villain criminal gang leader gang members gangster gangsters pimp brutal dark intense intricate tense city united states california los angeles crime fighting
HITMAN for hire Bradley decides to turn his back on killing for a living and drops out of society, But, when he encounters a savage pimp and a desperate woman in the London suburbs under ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
Canada|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gary Busey Kim Cattrall Darlanne Fluegel Jeff Griggs Blu Mankuma Leam Blackwood Laurie Briscoe Michael Tiernan Douglas H. Arthurs Deryl Hayes Philip Granger
serial killer woman man surgeon police officer retired detective brutal rousing thrilling suspenseful dark intense united states sex sexual fantasy serial murders law enforcement crime revenge escape
A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Crime, Drama
France
1982
104 Minutes
Nathalie Baye Philippe Léotard Richard Berry Christophe Malavoy Jean-Paul Connart Bernard Freyd Tcheky Karyo Maurice Ronet
pimp prostitute police officer police detective kingpin informant suspenseful gritty melodramatic tense paris slum france household street police station prostitution drug trade organized crime informing
Police compel a couple of criminals to become its informants.
Crime, Drama
India
1998
170 Minutes
J.D. Chakravarthi Urmila Matondkar Manoj Bajpayee Saurabh Shukla Paresh Rawal Govind Namdeo Aditya Srivastava Shifaali Shah Snehal Dabi Jeeva Rajesh Joshi
gang leader gang member singer love interest crime boss brooding tense dark mumbai, india prison apartment redemption second chance gang war romance new life crime syndicate underdog revenge love
An innocent man is embroiled in underworld after being falsely charged and sets out to punish the perpetrators who subjected his life to misery.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Crime, Drama
USA
1991
90 Minutes
ex-convict fiancée friend gang member criminal mobster gritty bleak small town los angeles party car dark secrets love triangle fugitives new life botched crime crime revenge pursuit
Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a Vietnamese gangster that he has robbed ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Romance
France
1938
91 Minutes
Jean Gabin Michèle Morgan Michel Simon Pierre Brasseur Edouard Delmont Raymond Aimos Robert Le Vigan René Génin
deserter young woman tough guy godfather thug gangster brooding gritty dreamy passionate le havre, france bar port city love escape doomed romance on the run love triangle relationships rescue
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.
Drama
Afghanistan|France
2013
85 Minutes
Haji Gul Aser Wajma Bahar Mustafa Abdulsatar Brehna Bahar Assib Ibrahim Saleha Ibrahim Tahera Hashemi
afghan woman man love interest student pregnant woman disheartening thrilling tense intense moving melodramatic afghanistan kabul, afghanistan love sex unwanted pregnancy secret love family honor family relationships
It's snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begins a clandestine relationship - they're playful and passionate but ever mindful of the... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Romance
Colombia|Mexico|Spain|Brazil
2005
126 Minutes
Flora Martínez Unax Ugalde Manolo Cardona Rodrigo Oviedo Alonso Arias Catalina Aristizábal Alejandra Borrero Juan David Restrepo Pablo Montoya Cristina Lilley Helios Fernández
playboy brother friend femme fatale love interest assassin dark gritty engaging slum disco hospital organized crime sexual abuse loss violence love contract killing love revenge
Two friends meet and are seduced by sensuous hit woman Rosario Tijeras. Full of hatred, violence is her way of life. The trio loose themselves in a passionate love triangle where the pain of love will be confused with that of death.
Crime, Drama
USA
1980
121 Minutes
Gena Rowlands John Adames Buck Henry Julie Carmen Lupe Garnica Jessica Castillo Tom Noonan Ronald Maccone
woman retiree female gangster gangster young boy victim engaging thrilling suspenseful intense shocking emotional united states new york city gangsters fear past crimes crime syndicate crime witness adventure
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
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.
Crime, Drama, Action
2013
91 Minutes
Lene Maria Christensen Roland Møller Dulfi Al-Jabouri Gustav Dyekjær Giese Oscar Dyekjær Giese Annemieke Bredahl Peppink Nicholas Westwood Kidd Sandra El-Hussein Clement Black Petersen Marina Vorobyeva Jelena Bundalovic
young man brother gang member friend brooding brutal dark disturbing gritty raw tense copenhagen inner city crime poverty ambition violence power underdog rivalry
Casper lives in one of Copenhagen's most impoverished areas and does what it takes to survive. When organized crime moves into the community, Casper digs in to resist being run out.
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.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Crime, Drama
UK
2018
102 Minutes
Aml Ameen Stephen Graham Shantol Jackson Mark Rhino Smith Fraser James Calvin Demba Akin Gazi Naomi Ackie Philips Nortèy
young man brother crime boss murderer bleak gripping gritty intense powerful tense uneasy london united kingdom revenge drug trade family relationships moral dilemma quest revenge 2010s
British crime drama film directed by Idris Elba based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley.
Crime, Drama
USA
2002
97 Minutes
Wood Harris Mekhi Phifer Kevin Carroll Esai Morales Chi McBride Cameron "Cam'ron" Giles Remo Green Cynthia Martells Elise Neal Regina Hall
drug lord drug dealer ex-convict friend rival thug gritty intense brutal harlem, n.y. street basketball court hospital drug trade crime ring violence loyalty murder gangs rise
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
Crime, Drama
1972
98 Minutes
gangster man woman police chief bank robber drug smuggler thrilling emotional dark bank france nightclub train small town helicopter robbery drug smuggling law and order love triangle unusual friendship
A bank theft and a train robbery bring together a Frenchwoman (Catherine Deneuve), her criminal boyfriend (Alain Delon) and a detective (Richard Crenna).