20 movies like Fargo, ordered by similarity : Gone Girl(2014), Pocket Listing(2015), Triad Election(2006), Blood Simple(1984), Point Blank(1967), Fight Club(1999), Elevator to the Gallows(1958), The Silence of the Lambs(1991), The Ax(2005), Nightcrawler(2014), A Most Violent Year(2014), Burn Country(2016) ...
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.
Drama, Comedy, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
USA
2015
92 Minutes
Rob Lowe Burt Reynolds Noel Gugliemi Kwesi Boakye Ken Davitian James Jurdi Jessica Clark Logan Fahey
real estate broker man woman criminal airy amusing suspenseful thrilling charming house los angeles real estate corruption crime money failing career rise fall rivalry pursuit
Double crosses, adultery, murder, mistaken identity, and revenge ensue when a mysterious power player and his sultry wife hire a disgraced Los Angeles property broker to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2006
92 Minutes
crime boss godson wife rival thug brutal frenetic suspenseful melodramatic china hong kong river office crime syndicate election jealousy corruption gang war abduction rivalry
A violent chain reaction unfolds as a crafty entrepreneur (Louis Koo) wrests power from a veteran Hong Kong crime lord (Simon Yam).
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, Drama
USA
1967
92 Minutes
Lee Marvin Angie Dickinson Keenan Wynn Carroll O'Connor Lloyd Bochner Michael Strong John Vernon Sharon Acker James Sikking Roberta Haynes Kathleen Freeman
thief traitor ex-wife sister man bleak fiery raw alcatraz island san francisco office apartment friendship betrayal money crime vengeance retribution revenge rivalry
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Germany|USA
1999
139 Minutes
Brad Pitt Edward Norton Helena Bonham Carter Meat Loaf Aday Jared Leto Eion Bailey Joon B. Kim Evan Mirand
salesman rebel boss love interest friend traveling salesman dark gritty witty frightening office abandoned building motel support group house city rebellion self-destruction violence vandalism
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soapmaker form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
2014
117 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Rene Russo Bill Paxton Riz Ahmed Ann Cusack Kevin Rahm Michael Hyatt Viviana Chavez Chad Guerrero Kathleen York
scavenger thief cameraman director friend police detective brooding dark intense los angeles highway car newsroom office police station accident ambition voyeurism money crime
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2014
124 Minutes
Oscar Isaac Jessica Chastain David Oyelowo Alessandro Nivola Albert Brooks Elyes Gabel Catalina Sandino Moreno Peter Gerety Christopher Abbott Glenn Fleshler Jerry Adler
family immigrant family patriarch criminal crime boss thrilling tense suspenseful new york city crime violence city life immigrants corruption life business rise fall 1980s
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
103 Minutes
Dominic Rains Melissa Leo James Franco Rachel Brosnahan Thomas Jay Ryan Tim Kniffin Jason Craig Wendy Vanden Heuvel
journalist war correspondent young man reporter friend colleague police captain police officers tense suspenseful engaging frightful north carolina town crime journalism reporting corrupt police corruption violence
After being exiled from Afghanistan, a former war journalist settles in a small town in Northern California and takes a job with a local newspaper. But when he attempts to cover local crime... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2013
133 Minutes
Tom Hanks Catherine Keener Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman Faysal Ahmed Mahat M. Ali Michael Chernus Corey Johnson Max Martini Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez
navy seal captain wife seaman hostage gunman dark emotional tense intense somalia coast cargo ship boat airport lifeboat hijacking kidnapping rescue terrorism
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Ben Foster Elle Fanning Lili Reinhart María Valverde Beau Bridges Adepero Oduye Robert Aramayo Jamel Chambers
mob enforcer mob boss hit man assassin captive runner brash brooding brutal emotional dark raw galveston, texas house car hotel pool beach on the run mob
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
Comedy, Drama
2003
111 Minutes
Enis Beslagic Bogdan Diklic Sasa Petrovic Izudin Bajrovic Jasna Zalica Senad Basic Admir Glamocak Gordana Boban Aleksandar Seksan Hubert Kramar Ana Vilenica
police chief son bill clinton cop mobster alcoholic dark hilarious quirky bosnia serbia street police station tesanj crime kidnapping war schemes police corruption politics
President Bill Clinton's plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompt the alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) to hatch a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son.
Comedy, Drama
2003
111 Minutes
Enis Beslagic Bogdan Diklic Sasa Petrovic Izudin Bajrovic Jasna Zalica Senad Basic Admir Glamocak Gordana Boban Aleksandar Seksan Hubert Kramar Ana Vilenica
police chief son bill clinton cop mobster alcoholic dark hilarious quirky bosnia serbia street police station tesanj crime kidnapping war schemes police corruption politics
President Bill Clinton's plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prompt the alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) to hatch a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2017
155 Minutes
crime boss gangster smuggler police officer rival religious person brooding fascinating powerful shocking suspenseful thrilling house india police station jail illegal activity alcohol prohibition crime
A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Sweden
2017
101 Minutes
Jason Clarke Kate Mara Ed Helms Bruce Dern Jim Gaffigan Olivia Thirlby Clancy Brown Taylor Nichols Andria Blackman Tamara Hickey Victor Warren
man politician victim coworker campaign manager investigator tense uneasy dark disturbing shocking massachusetts car house ocean study bridge true crime historical events political campaign
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.