20 movies like The Nines, ordered by similarity : The Front(1976), Deadlier Than the Male(1956), A Double Life(1947), Dancing in September(2000), Cherry Crush(2007), Maggie Black(2017), Burton and Taylor(2013), Nayak(1966), The Well(1951), Counsellor-at-Law(1933), Black Legion(1937), Strike(1924) ...
Drama
USA
2007
99 Minutes
Ryan Reynolds Hope Davis Melissa McCarthy Elle Fanning David Denman Octavia Spencer Lorene Scafaria
screenwriter programmer actor dark suspenseful woods forest tv station reality television transformation
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Drama
France
1956
113 Minutes
Jean Gabin Danièle Delorme Lucienne Bogaert Robert Arnoux Liliane Bert Gérard Blain Aimé Clariond Gabrielle Fontan Germaine Kerjean Robert Manuel Jean-Paul Roussillon
restaurant owner young woman ex-wife housekeeper mother-in-law employee dark chilling suspenseful emotional paris restaurant apartment bar france street murder plot deception betrayal estrangement
André Chatelin is a restaurant owner in Les Halles in Paris. One morning, a girl named Catherine asks to see him. She happens to be the daughter of his estranged wife, Gabrielle, that André... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Ronald Colman Signe Hasso Shelley Winters Edmond O'Brien Ray Collins Philip Loeb Millard Mitchell Joe Sawyer Charles La Torre Whit Bissell John Drew Colt
actor actress mistress striking dark chilling broadway theater new york city insanity actors murder transformation fall mystery 1940s
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Drama
USA
2000
107 Minutes
Nicole Parker Isaiah Washington Vicellous Shannon Malinda Williams Jay Underwood Michael Cavanaugh Mel Jackson Jenifer Lewis Marcia Cross Estelle Harris Juanita Jennings
television producer screenwriter actor network executive actress girlfriend lighthearted witty hollywood, calif. television studio office household street television show business workplace romance egoism workplace politics racial issues transformation
A black female TV producer struggles in Hollywood.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
89 Minutes
Nikki Reed Jonathan Tucker Julie Gonzalo Michael O'Keefe Haviland Morris Dennis Boutsikaris Frank Whaley Nicolette Hart Christopher Jon Martin Brooke Mayer Alessa Neeck
teen boy photographer teen girl classmate boyfriend cellist suspenseful dark engaging high school library woods photography high school modeling murder love fall forbidden love transformation
A seventeen-year-old photographer gets caught up in murder when he breaks his own rules and falls in love with one of his teenage models.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2017
87 Minutes
Jessalyn Maguire Chris Beetem John Fugelsang Carolyn McCormick Laura Gómez Catherine Curtin Chandler Williams Nicole Ansari Cox Joseph Adams
writer pregnant woman husband mentally ill person friend family member bleak uneasy emotional thrilling suspenseful house college shop office doctor's office mental breakdown marriage reality pregnancy
A successful, young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.
Drama, Biography
2013
83 Minutes
Dominic West Helena Bonham Carter Greg Hicks Jeff Mash Trevor White Lenora Crichlow Isabella Brazier-Jones Lucille Sharp Stanley Townsend Sarah Hadland William Hope
richard burton star actress dark new york hollywood actors scandal love transformation 1980s
In 1983, actress Elizabeth Taylor (Helena Bonham Carter) and actor Richard Burton (Dominic West) join forces to star in the play "Private Lives."
Adventure, Drama
India
1966
120 Minutes
Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore Bireswar Sen Somen Bose Premangshu Bose Sumita Sanyal Kamu Mukherjee Ranjit Sen
actor journalist passenger executive wife emotional suspenseful melodramatic train calcutta, india new delhi guilt regret fame trust confession depression discovery transformation sacrifice
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.
Drama
USA
1951
85 Minutes
Richard Rober Harry Morgan Christine Larson Gwendolyn Laster Maidie Norman Ernest Anderson Dick Simmons Lane Chandler Pat Mitchell
sheriff white man young girl nephew stranger engineer dark suspenseful melodramatic small town well police station school house segregation missing persons search race relations cover-up racial tension
A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
John Barrymore Bebe Daniels Doris Kenyon Isabel Jewell Melvyn Douglas Onslow Stevens Thelma Todd Clara Langsner
attorney rival wife lover secretary emotional dark family home new york city law office social standing infidelity scandal dark secrets class distinctions jewish identity fall transformation discovery 1930s
Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Drama
1924
73 Minutes
Grigori Aleksandrov Maxim Strauch Mikhail Gomorov Aleksandr Antonov Judith Glizer Boris Yurtsev Vladimir Uralsky Vera Yanukova
factory worker boss spy soldier brooding dark striking russia factory protest class distinctions capitalism underdog wretched excess rivalry 1900s
Authorities try to suppress a strike by factory workers in 1912 czarist Russia, with violent results.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
102 Minutes
Andrew Garfield David Morrissey Rebecca Hall Sean Bean John Henshaw Anthony Flanagan Warren Clarke Jennifer Hennessy Mary Jo Randle Rachel Jane Allen Rita May
reporter widow editor police chief businessman somber suspenseful dark yorkshire, england house construction site police station serial murders police corruption cover-up investigation affair journalism discovery transformation
A rookie crime reporter (Andrew Garfield) becomes intrigued by a missing-child case that mirrors that of a series of child abductions and murders that took place in previous years.
Crime, Drama
USA
1997
136 Minutes
Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce James Cromwell David Strathairn Kim Basinger Danny DeVito Graham Beckel Simon Baker-Denny Matt McCoy John Mahon
police officer detective journalist mobster prostitute actor dark chilling suspenseful emotional coffee shop police station los angeles government building street big city corruption murder prostitution organized crime
As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
1952
143 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Miki Odagiri Kyôko Seki
bureaucrat co-worker writer mayor prostitute sad emotional dark office japan illness politics death alcoholism loneliness meaning of life transformation fall 1950s
A rigid clerk (Takashi Shimura) resolves to do something of lasting importance after learning that he is dying of cancer.
Drama
France|UK
1999
103 Minutes
Jalil Lespert Jean-Claude Vallod Chantal Barré Véronique de Pandelaère Michel Begnez Lucien Longueville Danielle Melador Pascal Sémard Didier Emile-Woldermard Francoise Boutigny Felix Cantet
student factory worker father dark emotional paris factory household politics communism courage class distinctions social change teamwork pursuit sacrifice 1990s
The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial ... See full summary »
Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
USA|UK
2017
115 Minutes
Rea Lest Jörgen Liik Arvo Kukumägi Katariina Unt Taavi Eelmaa Heino Kalm Meelis Rämmeld Dieter Laser Jette Loona Hermanis Jaan Tooming Klara Eighorn
baron daughter young woman young man villager somber intense brooding suspenseful disturbing village castle cabin dark arts desperation poverty epidemic survival winter mystery
An ex-C.I.A. operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level C.I.A. officials and the Russian President-elect.
Drama
USA
2010
99 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence John Hawkes Kevin Breznahan Dale Dickey Garret Dillahunt Sheryl Lee Lauren Sweetser Tate Taylor
daughter family brother father sheriff lawman bleak dark gritty suspenseful the ozarks arkansas rural community abandonment family dysfunction poverty drug trade conspiracy darkness sacrifice
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Comedy, Drama
Sweden|France|Norway|Denmark
2014
120 Minutes
Johannes Kuhnke Lisa Loven Kongsli Clara Wettergren Vincent Wettergren Kristofer Hivju Fanni Metelius Brady Corbet Karin Myrenberg
patriarch friend parent adulterer family child amusing gripping suspenseful dark the alps french alps hotel room balcony ski slopes ski resort disaster holidays children left for dead
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Drama
USA
2001
138 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Tom Wilkinson Nick Stahl Marisa Tomei William Mapother William Wise Celia Weston Karen Allen
teacher doctor son mother psychopath dark gritty suspenseful courtroom maine household forest infidelity murder death abuse kidnapping injustice fall rivalry
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.