20 movies like El Cortez, ordered by similarity : The Corpse of Anna Fritz(2015), The Nile Hilton Incident(2017), Borderland(2007), The French Connection(1971), Hell or High Water(2016), Nightcrawler(2014), Blue Velvet(1986), Before I Go to Sleep(2014), Insomnia(2002), Sicario(2015), Addicted(2014), Gone Girl(2014) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Lou Diamond Phillips Tracy Lynn Middendorf Bruce Weitz James McDaniel Glenn Plummer Peter Onorati Robin Adair Joseph Griffin
autistic person ex-convict police officer gold prospector drug dealer girlfriend engaging quirky dark reno, nev. hotel mine bedroom motel jail autism starting over mining sex drugs
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain
2015
76 Minutes
Albert Carbó Alba Ribas Bernat Saumell Cristian Valencia Belén Fabra Montserrat Miralles
abductee celebrity dead person corpse young man friend thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping shocking intense morgue danger death attraction sexual fantasy sexual abuse desire adventure
Anna Fritz, a famous and beautiful actress, has died recently. Three young men sneak into the morgue to see her naked, fascinated by her beauty.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Germany|Denmark|Morocco|France
2017
107 Minutes
Fares Fares Mari Malek Yasser Ali Maher Slimane Dazi Ahmed Selim Mohamed Yousry Hania Amar Tareq Abdalla Nael Ali Ger Duany Emad Ghoniem
police officer maid politician dark thrilling tense sultry cairo hotel city egypt crime justice cover-up murder politics uprising discovery pursuit underdog
A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror
2007
104 Minutes
Brian Presley Martha Higareda Jake Muxworthy Rider Strong Damián Alcázar Sean Astin Marco Bacuzzi Roberto Sosa Francesca Guillén Beto Cuevas Humberto Busto
college student friend tourist drug smuggler disturbing chilling gory mexico vacation cult sacrifice drug smuggling satanism discovery escape 2000s
During a weekend trip to Mexico, three friends look for fun but find death instead when they run afoul of cultists who practice human sacrifice.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1971
104 Minutes
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Roy Scheider Tony Lo Bianco Marcel Bozzuffi Frédéric de Pasquale Bill Hickman Ann Rebbot Harold Gary Arlene Farber Eddie Egan
detective cop drug dealer drug smuggler engaging tense suspenseful new york city brooklyn, n.y. car showdown crime dangerous assignment drugs quest pursuit mystery 1970s
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action, Western
USA
2016
97 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Chris Pine Ben Foster Gil Birmingham Marin Ireland Katy Mixon Dale Dickey Kevin Rankin
divorce brother son ex-convict banker texas ranger brooding raw intense texas house bank casino car office brother relationship foreclosure desperation search family
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas.
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, Drama
USA
1986
120 Minutes
Kyle MacLachlan Isabella Rossellini Dennis Hopper Laura Dern Hope Lange Dean Stockwell Priscilla Pointer Frances Bay
lounge singer girlfriend student psychopath drug addict dark creepy disturbing car abandoned building lounge apartment field suburbia desire vice blackmail drugs corruption sex
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|France|Sweden
2014
92 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Colin Firth Mark Strong Anne-Marie Duff Adam Levy Dean-Charles Chapman Jing Lusi Rosie MacPherson
amnesiac husband doctor friend police detective baby brooding dark intense house bedroom hotel street car office amnesia subconscious survival trust memories
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2002
118 Minutes
Al Pacino Robin Williams Hilary Swank Maura Tierney Martin Donovan Nicky Katt Paul Dooley Jonathan Jackson Larry Holden Katharine Isabelle
detective murderer police officer psychopath dark suspenseful school alaska cabin hotel tunnel blackmail interrogation murder investigation crime mystery pursuit 2000s
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
105 Minutes
Sharon Leal Boris Kodjoe Tasha Smith Tyson Beckford Emayatzy Corinealdi Katerina Graham William Levy Maria Howell Brandon Gonzales Garrett Hines Hunter Burke
businesswoman husband child sex addict friend lover brooding emotional intense office house hotel car bedroom street sex addiction career infidelity love relationships
A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2007
106 Minutes
Brendan Cowell Maia Thomas Henry Nixon Nicholas Bell Katie Wall Maude Davey Luke Elliot Simon Laherty
police officer witness girlfriend murderer survivor dark brutal bleak melbourne, australia train subway small town supermarket murder mental breakdown hearing loss isolation police work massacre mystery
Diagnosed with tinnitus, a lawman (Brendan Cowell) works the night shift while a murderous gunman remains at large.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
112 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Rosemarie DeWitt Ray Liotta Tim Blake Nelson Barry Pepper Oliver Platt Michael Sheen Paz Vega Michael Kenneth Williams Mary Elizabeth Winstead Andy Garcia
journalist cia analyst drug dealer crack addict nicaraguan lawyer brooding chilling dark washington, d.c. courtroom newsroom apartment car street drugs cia secrets danger journalism
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2008
107 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Ewan McGregor Michelle Williams LisaGay Hamilton Maggie Q Natasha Henstridge Lynn Cohen Danny Burstein Malcolm Goodwin Charlotte Rampling Margaret Colin
auditor lawyer sexy woman thief businesswoman stockbroker dark sultry suspenseful tense new york city hotel chinatown, n.y. wall street secret location hotel room corporate culture sex missing persons betrayal
An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2010
82 Minutes
Wunmi Mosaku Isaach De Bankolé Igal Naor Nyokabi Gethaiga Nasser Memarzia Selva Rasalingam Amaar Sardharwalla Jameel Sardharwalla
girl slave family member soldier englishwoman child brooding dark emotional sudan village london house car street slavery hope desperation family fitting in
A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK
2006
126 Minutes
François Cluzet André Dussollier Marie-Josée Croze Kristin Scott Thomas Nathalie Baye François Berléand Jean Rochefort Guillaume Canet Gilles Lellouche Olivier Marchal Philippe Lefebvre
pediatrician wife serial killer gangster husband police officer thrilling crafty gripping intricate lake house park france city frame-up faking death murder conspiracy on the run
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2002
94 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Audrey Tautou Sergi López Sophie Okonedo Benedict Wong Sotigui Kouyaté Abi Gouhad Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jeffery Kissoon Darrell D'Silva
immigrant prostitute refugee manager doctor creepy disheartening thrilling hotel london basement street crime drugs human rights immigration sex black market escape mystery
Illegal immigrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.