20 movies like The Cousin, ordered by similarity : Hera Pheri(1975), La Balance(1982), Blue Story(2019), End of Watch(2012), Pride and Glory(2008), 36(2004), Aakrosh(2010), The Hate U Give(2018), Nightcrawler(2014), Blue Hill Avenue(2001), The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999), Scarface(1983) ...
Crime, Drama
Iran
1997
108 Minutes
Alain Chabat Patrick Timsit Samuel Le Bihan Caroline Proust Marie Trintignant Agnès Jaoui
detective police officer informant drug dealer friend father tense gritty emotional paris slum police station street france drug trade double life suicide friendship police corruption family dysfunction
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
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
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Stephen Odubola Micheal Ward Rohan Nedd Kadeem Ramsay Khali Best Junior Afolabi Salokun Karla-Simone Spence Eric Kofi Abrefa Jo Martin
friend rival gang member teenage mother love interest best friend bleak dreamy gripping intense uneasy gritty london inner city high school neighborhood street subway city life gang war
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
2008
129 Minutes
Edward Norton Colin Farrell Jon Voight Noah Emmerich Jennifer Ehle John Ortiz Shea Whigham Frank Grillo Lake Bell Rick Gonzalez Wayne Duvall
police officer father brother brother-in-law detective best friend gritty emotional tense frightening new york city police station household apartment liquor store courtroom investigation family corruption loyalty
A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.
Crime, Drama, Action
France
2004
105 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Gérard Depardieu André Dussollier Roschdy Zem Valeria Golino Daniel Duval Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Guy Lecluyse Alain Figlarz Vincent Moscato
police officer partner boss criminal gangster suspenseful emotional intense paris police station france street car apartment promotion robbery investigation sabotage competition crime
2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2010
155 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Akshaye Khanna Bipasha Basu Paresh Rawal Reema Sen Amita Pathak
minister student friend police officers gripping intense powerful sad emotional india house college hospital police station murder suicide police work class conflict class distinctions rise
The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
2001
128 Minutes
Allen Payne Angelle Brooks Aaron D. Spears Andrew Divoff Clarence Williams III William Forsythe Myquan Jackson Marlon Young Richard Lawson
drug dealer detective friend drug lord woman bleak suspenseful thrilling gritty boston ghetto drug trafficking friendship investigation betrayal double life inner-city life growing up fall rise
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1999
139 Minutes
Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Cate Blanchett Philip Seymour Hoffman Jack Davenport James Rebhorn Sergio Rubini Philip Baker Hall Celia Weston Fiorello
sociopath playboy expatriates father friend detective thrilling suspenseful tense new york city italy boat hotel rome apartment deception death affair friendship obsession
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
170 Minutes
Al Pacino Michelle Pfeiffer Steven Bauer Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Robert Loggia Miriam Colon F. Murray Abraham Paul Shenar Harris Yulin Ángel Salazar Arnaldo Santana
drug lord friend kingpin detective girlfriend dark brutal gory intense miami household restaurant drug trade organized crime drug addiction violence corruption self-destruction rise fall
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Crime, Drama
India
2004
150 Minutes
Nana Patekar Yashpal Sharma Prasad Purandare Nakul Vaid Kunal Vijaykar Jeeva
police officer wife rogue agent police commissioner gangster criminal intense suspenseful thrilling chilling disturbing mumbai, india police station house bungalow street police work police pursuit criminals organized crime
An honest encounter specialist's life begins to change with the arrival of a new police commissioner who has ties with a local don.
Crime, Drama
India
2005
124 Minutes
gangster son wife daughter-in-law henchman bleak intense suspenseful thrilling emotional moving mumbai, india house bungalow street office police station gangsters family relationships brotherhood
The authority of a man, who runs a parallel government in Mumbai, is challenged. His son rises to face his enemies.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Tyrone Power Jonathan Hale Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold Lloyd Nolan Charley Grapewin Lionel Atwill Marc Lawrence
henchman gangster father girlfriend boss inmate gritty emotional new york city office jail crime imprisonment father/son relationship reputation betrayal quest love transformation fall
The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
India
2014
152 Minutes
Rani Mukherji Sanjay Taneja Tahir Bhasin
young woman detective police officer trafficker child gritty gripping intense disturbing india city police station forest street police work police pursuit child exploitation sex trade quest pursuit
A story of Shivani Shivaji Roy, Crime Branch, who sets out to confront the mastermind behind a child trafficking mafia.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
96 Minutes
Tony Curtis Julie Adams George Nader Jay C. Flippen Kendall Clark Sal Mineo Jan Merlin Richard Castle Bill Murphy Kenny Roberts
delinquent police officer gang member wife girlfriend henchman gripping gutsy moving boston market courtroom police station jail warehouse father figure friendship crime trust investigation
The emotional story of a lifelong friendship between a Boston rookie cop and a young street-wise delinquent.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Liam Neeson Dan Stevens David Harbour Boyd Holbrook Maurice Compte Adam David Thompson Astro Sebastian Roche Mark Consuelos Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laura Birn
detective client drug trafficker murder victim murderer friend brooding confident intense gripping new york city office crime scene car bar apartment detective work murder morality work-life balance
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
85 Minutes
William Holden Edmond O'Brien Alexis Smith Tom Tully Ed Begley Dan Dayton Adele Longmire Ray Teal Ted de Corsia Don Porter Howard Freeman
prosecutor police officer mobster journalist father girlfriend brooding crafty emotional tense midwest courtroom house police station corruption love triangle investigation trial spying organized crime
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.
Romance, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Kiki Layne Stephan James Regina King Colman Domingo Teyonah Parris Michael Beach Aunjanue Ellis Dave Franco Diego Luna Pedro Pascal Emily Rios
daughter fiancé wrongly accused mother pregnant woman emotional gritty tense tender powerful harlem, n.y. prison apartment street subway family wrongful conviction love relationships parenthood
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.