20 movies like Sultans of the South, ordered by similarity : Pulp Fiction(1994), Sicario(2015), End of Watch(2012), Dial 1119(1950), High Voltage(1997), On Dangerous Ground(1951), One False Move(1991), The Bourne Identity(2002), To Live and Die in L.A.(1985), Crossfire(1947), Killer Joe(2011), The Pledge(2001) ...
Crime, Drama
Mexico|Spain|Argentina
2007
98 Minutes
Tony Dalton Jordi Mollá Ana de la Reguera Silverio Palacios Celso Bugallo Oscar Alegre Juan Carlos Remolina Brian Maya
mexican prey killer thrilling the south argentina deal money men pursuit
A band of thieves steal from a Mexican bank and travel to Argentina to launder the money. Upon their arrival the plan goes south and it's up to them to figure out what went wrong.
Crime, Drama
USA
1994
153 Minutes
John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Uma Thurman Harvey Keitel Tim Roth Amanda Plummer Maria de Medeiros Ving Rhames Eric Stoltz Rosanna Arquette Christopher Walken
gangster hitman actress boxer military officer drug dealer cool quirky thrilling offbeat suspenseful witty los angeles apartment restaurant car pawn shop vehicle crime faith
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
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.
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
1950
75 Minutes
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
Crime, Drama
USA
1997
92 Minutes
Antonio Sabato Jr. William Zabka Lochlyn Munro George Kee Cheung Mike Mains Veralyn Venezio Shannon Lee James Lew Scott L. Schwartz Antonio Sabato Scott Rose
bank robber kingpin thug drug dealer fiancé partner frenetic gripping thrilling tense bank apartment bar desert church botched crime money laundering mafia betrayal narcotics trade
A bank, where Bruce Lee's daughter plays manager, is a Vietnamese mob front. When a group aborts their try,mobsters try to kill them. Much gun play,but robbers and bank manager, who has ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Crime, Drama
USA
1991
107 Minutes
Bill Paxton Cynda Williams Billy Bob Thornton Michael Beach Jim Metzler Earl Billings Natalie Canerday
drug dealer girlfriend killer sheriff detective son thrilling gritty dark los angeles houston arkansas small town household murder on the run drug trade investigation road trip violence
A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Czech Republic|France
2002
113 Minutes
Matt Damon Franka Potente Chris Cooper Clive Owen Brian Cox Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Gabriel Mick Walton Goggins Josh Hamilton Julia Stiles Orso Maria Guerrini
jason bourne girlfriend assassin government official killer amnesiac gripping thrilling intricate intense europe bank car government offices italy on the run identity memory loss pursuit government agents
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
Crime, Drama
USA
1985
116 Minutes
William Petersen Willem Dafoe John Pankow Debra Feuer John Turturro Darlanne Fluegel Dean Stockwell Steve James Robert Downey Sr.
secret service agent partner criminal fbi agent prostitute dancer bleak thrilling intense los angeles artist's studio street freeway counterfeit money law enforcement murder personal vendetta police corruption pursuit revenge
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2011
101 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Emile Hirsch Juno Temple Gina Gershon Thomas Haden Church Marc Macaulay Gregory C. Bachaud Charley Vance
drug dealer killer mother police officer thrilling brooding brutal gory suspenseful profound united states home life insurance debt hired killers murder danger revenge rivalry escape
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2001
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Robin Wright Aaron Eckhart Patricia Clarkson Benicio Del Toro Dale Dickey Costas Mandylor Helen Mirren Tom Noonan Michael O'Keefe Vanessa Redgrave
detective serial killer girl witness suspenseful dark mountain restaurant church gas station promises murder mental illness child abuse retirement obsession mystery pursuit 2000s
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
racketeer government agent accountant reporter district attorney love interest thrilling suspenseful tense washington, d.c. treasury department office tax evasion crime love undercover operations investigation kidnapping escape underdog
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1980
112 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Faye Dunaway David Dukes George Coe Brenda Vaccaro Martin Gabel Joe Spinell Jeffrey DeMunn Anthony Zerbe James Whitmore Fred Fuster
police detective police chief wife curator serial killer coroner brooding intense suspenseful new york city store hospital apartment building retirement illness serial murders investigation police work crime pursuit
A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Christian Slater Crispin Glover Billy Burke Michael Jai White Roger Bart Andy Dick Bill Duke Gloria Hendry Mark Saul Sabina Gadecki Breanne Racano
cop actress movie producer gritty thrilling amusing detroit career 1970s punishment social commentary pursuit 19th century
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Crime, Drama
Canada|USA
1994
90 Minutes
Gary Busey Kim Cattrall Darlanne Fluegel Jeff Griggs Blu Mankuma Leam Blackwood Laurie Briscoe Michael Tiernan Douglas H. Arthurs Deryl Hayes Philip Granger
serial killer woman man surgeon police officer retired detective brutal rousing thrilling suspenseful dark intense united states sex sexual fantasy serial murders law enforcement crime revenge escape
A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2016
128 Minutes
Ben Affleck Anna Kendrick J.K. Simmons Jon Bernthal Jeffrey Tambor Cynthia Addai-Robinson John Lithgow Jean Smart Andy Umberger Alison Wright Jason Davis
savant accountant agent undercover agent client boss brooding emotional intense thrilling office white house car apartment restaurant bar mathematics accounting undercover operations danger
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK|France|USA
2011
93 Minutes
Jason Statham Paddy Considine Aidan Gillen Luke Evans David Morrissey Richard Riddell Chris Wilson Zawe Ashton
cop colleague serial killer police detective police officer thrilling cool intense suspenseful london police station street city apartment hunting serial murders police work murderous rampage bravery perseverance
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Brad Davis Sharon Stone Jonathan Banks Jay Acovone Adam Ant Eddie Egan
cop killer partner femme fatale gangster lieutenant thrilling gritty los angeles police station store murder vendetta vigilantism investigation disfigurement revenge pursuit mystery 1980s
On Christmas Eve Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't suspect yet that he's also target in a ... See full summary »