20 movies like When the Sky Falls, ordered by similarity : Shagird(2011), The Big House(1930), The Captive City(1952), The Last Gangster(1937), A Prophet(2009), Blood on Her Name(2019), Hammer(2019), Call Northside 777(1948), The Whisky Robber(2017), The Big Heat(1953), Shot Caller(2017), Most Wanted(2020) ...
Crime, Drama
UK|Ireland|USA
2000
108 Minutes
Joan Allen Patrick Bergin Liam Cunningham Kevin R. McNally Jimmy Smallhorne Jason Barry Gerard Flynn Pete Postlethwaite Des McAleer Ruaidhri Conroy
journalist drug trafficker son husband drug lord corrupt cop gripping raw inspiring dublin newsroom club family home coffee shop investigative journalism drug trade police corruption crime irish republican army media
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
India
2011
128 Minutes
Nana Patekar Mohit Ahlawat Rimi Sen Anurag Kashyap Zakir Hussain
inspector police officer wife son journalist media personality intense gripping powerful inspiring profound india city police station house corruption corrupt police fighting corruption bribery political corruption
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson James Stewart Rose Stradner Lionel Stander Douglas Scott John Carradine Sidney Blackmer Grant Mitchell
gangster wife reporter henchman brother son melodramatic gripping spirited new york city alcatraz island newsroom household street organized crime murder father/son relationship marriage kidnapping imprisonment
A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
2009
154 Minutes
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi Reda Kateb Antoine Basler Gilles Cohen Pascal Henault Foued Nassah Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
convict mobster prisoner engaging gripping tense france prison crime ambition murder organized crime prison racism growing up discovery rivalry rise 2000s
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2019
85 Minutes
Bethany Anne Lind Will Patton Elisabeth Röhm Jared Ivers Jimmy Gonzales Chandler Head Tony Vaughn Joshua Mikel Bryant Carroll
dead person family murderer father son bleak chilling dark gripping united states crime scene accidental death cover-up guilt escape mystery sacrifice 2010s
A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2019
82 Minutes
Will Patton Mark O'Brien Dayle Mcleod Lara Jean Chorostecki Ben Cotton Connor Price Curtis Caravaggio Vickie Papavs Jason Weinberg Deidre Gillard-Rowlings Stephen Lush
father estranged son drug dealer criminal family ex-convict engaging dense gripping thrilling crime scene city crime relationships unintended consequences mystery sacrifice rescue 2010s
Crime, Drama
1948
111 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Conte Lee J. Cobb Helen Walker Betty Garde Kasia Orzazewski Joanne de Bergh Howard Smith Moroni Olsen John McIntire Paul Harvey
prisoner mother wife editor reporter police officer thrilling engaging newsroom family home prison police station justice murder corruption pursuit mystery 1940s
A Chicago newsman (James Stewart) digs up the story of a scrubwoman's son (Richard Conte) framed for murder.
Action, Crime, Drama
Hungary
2017
126 Minutes
Zoltán Schneider Bence Szalay Piroska Móga Viktor Klem György Gazsó Mark Ember
criminal thief robber police officer hungarian suspenseful gripping engaging hungary bank city crime violence true crime heist robbery police pursuit escape pursuit 1990s
Viszkis was one of the most famous bank robbers in Hungary. He drunk whiskey before every robbing. This is his story.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Jeanette Nolan Peter Whitney Willis Bouchey Robert Burton Adam Williams Howard Wendell
gangster kingpin police detective wife husband mistress dark gritty suspenseful melodramatic city nightclub household police station penthouse police corruption murder plot investigation conspiracy organized crime
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lake Bell Jon Bernthal Emory Cohen Jeffrey Donovan Benjamin Bratt Jessy Schram Evan Jones
stockbroker gang leader gang member husband inmate white supremacist brooding brutal dark gripping tense thrilling california chino state prison prison street city criminal underworld gang war gangs
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2020
125 Minutes
Antoine Pilon Josh Hartnett Stephen McHattie Jim Gaffigan Cory Lipman Don McKellar J.C. MacKenzie Amanda Crew Rose-Marie Perreault Frank Schorpion Lanisa Dawn
drug addict prisoner canadian bleak shocking tense thailand prison canada imprisonment investigative journalism drug trafficking true crime false accusations discovery fall transformation rescue 1990s
In 1989, a Canadian journalist investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of a heroin addict imprisoned in a Thai jail.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
76 Minutes
William Powell Jean Arthur Kay Francis Regis Toomey Stanley Fields Brooks Benedict
husband wife gambler criminal thug brother melodramatic dark gripping new york city gambling house gambling crime redemption family brotherhood husband/wife relationship escape transformation sacrifice
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
Documentary, Crime, Drama, History
USA
2008
101 Minutes
Nelson Andreu Raul Diaz Bob Palumbo Al Singleton
drug dealer son convict woman drug addict police officer gripping fascinating dark oakland, calif. prison miami ghetto drug trade crime ring partnership investigation griselda blanco charles cosby temptation
Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda ... See full summary »
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
82 Minutes
Scott Brady Jeff Corey Whit Bissell Stanley Clements Charles Russell DeForest Kelley Ralph Byrd
escaped convict prisoner hostage police officer warden brash gripping tense melodramatic canon city, colo. prison house prison break fugitives hostage situation crime escape transformation sacrifice rivalry
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Crime, Drama
Australia
2010
112 Minutes
Ben Mendelsohn Joel Edgerton Guy Pearce Luke Ford Jacki Weaver Sullivan Stapleton James Frecheville Dan Wyllie Anthony Hayes Laura Wheelwright Mirrah Foulkes
grandchild young boy uncle criminal cop engaging gritty gripping tense australia melbourne, australia household crime family loyalty robbery drugs discovery pursuit escape
A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2010
124 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rebecca Hall Jon Hamm Jeremy Renner Blake Lively Titus Welliver Pete Postlethwaite Chris Cooper Slaine Owen Burke Brian Scannell
bank robber best friend hostage love interest crime boss fbi agent gripping disturbing tense charlestown boston bank crime relationships heist cover-up murder disguise transformation pursuit
A longtime thief, planning his next job, tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to an earlier heist, and a hell-bent F.B.I Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.