20 movies like Fallen, ordered by similarity : The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Before I Hang(1940), Laura(1944), It(1990), Manhunter(1986), Cure(1997), Badlapur(2015), Terror at the Opera(1987), Requiem for Murder(1998), The Heretics(2017), Cry Danger(1951), Nighthawks(1981) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
124 Minutes
Denzel Washington John Goodman Donald Sutherland Embeth Davidtz James Gandolfini Elias Koteas Gabriel Casseus Michael J. Pagan Robert Joy Bill Clark
serial killer police detective partner theologian prisoner demon dark creepy frightening suspenseful prison execution chamber police station press conference apartment country house evil spirits occult possession serial murders
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
1990
192 Minutes
Harry Anderson Dennis Christopher Richard Masur Annette O'Toole Tim Reid John Ritter Richard Thomas Tim Curry
outcast teen boy friend demon demon hunter adult dark chilling suspenseful creepy united states small town demons evil fighting evil horror mystery pursuit revenge 1990s
In 1960, seven preteen outcasts fight an evil demon that poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1997
110 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Tsuyoshi Ujiki Anna Nakagawa Masato Hagiwara
detective killer police officer victim creepy chilling frightening tokyo police station murder investigation justice pursuit mystery 1990s
A Tokyo detective (Koji Yakusho) investigates a series of murders committed in exactly the same way by people who seem to have no connection.
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, Horror
1987
90 Minutes
Cristina Marsillach Urbano Barberini Daria Nicolodi Ian Charleson Antonella Vitale William McNamara
actress opera singer opera director murderer macbeth detective bleak brutal creepy dark intense frightening opera house stage apartment opera murder serial murders terror sadism
A hooded figure forces a young diva (Cristina Marsillach) to watch as he murders performers in a production of Verdi's opera "Macbeth."
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
1998
105 Minutes
Molly Ringwald Chris Heyerdahl Lynne Adams Alan Fawcett Chris Mulkey Edward Yankie Charles Powell Ellen David Tanja Reichert Serge Houde Jayne Heitmeyer
disc jockey detective music professor killer suspect partner suspenseful tense dark philadelphia radio station police station crime scene serial murders investigation obsession crime police work mental illness mystery
Anne Winslow hosts a popular classical music radio show. Detective Lou Heinz discovers Anne is connected to a series of murders in which the victim is killed via poisoned wine while a radio... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Canada
2017
87 Minutes
Nina Kiri Jorja Cadence Ryan Barrett Nina Richmond Will King Caleigh Le Grand Colin Price Austin Duffy Julie C. Sheppard Sid McMillan
cult figure cult leader cult member demon woman dark bleak chilling brutal frightening gory forest church cabin demon worship demonic possession demons cult kidnapping occult
After she's kidnapped, a young woman begins to undergo a strange transformation.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
79 Minutes
Dick Powell Rhonda Fleming Richard Erdman William Conrad Regis Toomey
ex-convict u.s. marine veteran wife police detective racketeer dark gripping suspenseful los angeles train station prison revenge robbery prison murder revenge discovery fall pursuit 1940s
Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1981
99 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Billy Dee Williams Rutger Hauer Lindsay Wagner Persis Khambatta Nigel Davenport Hilarie Thompson Joe Spinell Catherine Mary Stewart
terrorist detective police chief partner wife police detective dark gritty suspenseful thrilling new york city police station train station apartment london big city terrorism bomb chases violence
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2019
92 Minutes
Taylor Schilling Jackson Robert Scott Peter Mooney Colm Feore Paul Fauteux Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi Elisa Moolecherry Paula Boudreau Mark Sparks Michael Dyson
son mother father demon expert dark uneasy creepy brooding chilling house nursery laboratory bathtub school classroom possession parent/child relationship supernatural demonic possession
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1957
88 Minutes
father convict girlfriend wealthy man wife son suspenseful dark melodramatic london england countryside prison mansion courtroom murder investigation wrongfully accused father/son relationship vigilantism cover-up
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
106 Minutes
Madeleine Stowe Aidan Quinn Laurie Metcalf James Remar Peter Friedman Bruce A. Young Matt Roth Paul Dillon Michael Kirkpatrick Sean C. Cleland Craig Winston Damon
blind woman police detective eye doctor killer partner eerie suspenseful sultry intense chicago apartment building police station memory witness protection serial murders sight police work new romance mystery rescue
Emma, a blind violinist who had recently undergone a revolutionary surgery, joins with a police detective to track a serial killer after she was an inadvertent witness to his latest crime.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2004
99 Minutes
Alison Eastwood Nicholas Celozzi Judd Nelson Claire Anstead Neville Edwards John Rhys-Davies Susan M. Martin Andrea Runge Darcy Laurie Sera-Lys McArthur Rob Van Meenan
serial killer police detective police captain priest informant son suspenseful chilling brutal police station street apartment church crime scene serial murders police corruption investigation crime morality religion
From bribery to brutality to blatant frame-ups, police Detective Billie Palmer (Alison Eastwood) closes cases by any means necessary. As the Department of Internal Affairs descends upon her... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Jill Larson Anne Ramsay Michelle Ang Ryan Cutrona Anne Bedian Brett Gentile Jeremy DeCarlos Tonya Bludsworth Julianne Taylor
alzheimer's patient old woman film producer mother daughter student eerie disturbing creepy dark offbeat frightening family home horror mystery found footage alzheimer's disease possession demons metamorphosis
An elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Rod Steiger George Segal Lee Remick Eileen Heckart Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Barbara Baxley Ruth White Doris Roberts David Doyle
serial killer psychopath overbearing parent police detective mother victim suspenseful amusing dark new york city apartment household bedroom serial murders mother/son relationship mental illness investigation mind games police work pursuit
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
157 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Edwards Dermot Mulroney Brian Cox Elias Koteas Donal Logue John Carroll Lynch Clea DuVall Chloë Sevigny
reporter police officer detective serial killer child creepy gritty suspenseful san francisco bus california police station school obsession murder newspapers violence crime paranoia mystery
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.