20 movies like The Yellow Sea, ordered by similarity : The Hate U Give(2018), Galveston(2018), Nightcrawler(2014), Sicario(2015), Widows(2018), Udta Punjab(2016), Red Riding: 1983(2009), Eastern Promises(2007), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo(2011), Collateral(2004), Captive(2015), Terminal(2018) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2010
139 Minutes
Ha Jung-woo Yun-seok Kim Cho Seong-ha Lee Chul-min Kwak Do-won Tak Sung-eun
gambler illegal immigrant fugitive brutal suspenseful north korea assassination massacre car chase loss of money transformation 2010s
A taxi driver (Ha Jung-woo) goes on the run after an attempt to carry out a hit on a professor (Kwak Do-won) goes terribly awry.
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
133 Minutes
Amandla Stenberg Regina Hall Russell Hornsby KJ Apa Anthony Mackie Sabrina Carpenter Common Issa Rae Lamar Johnson Dominique Fishback Algee Smith
teen girl teen boy neighbor high-school student friend police officer uneasy tense emotional profound passionate neighborhood high school party car police station house police brutality activism racial tension
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Ben Foster Elle Fanning Lili Reinhart María Valverde Beau Bridges Adepero Oduye Robert Aramayo Jamel Chambers
mob enforcer mob boss hit man assassin captive runner brash brooding brutal emotional dark raw galveston, texas house car hotel pool beach on the run mob
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
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, 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, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
128 Minutes
Viola Davis Colin Farrell Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Erivo Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Jacki Weaver Robert Duvall Liam Neeson Garret Dillahunt
police officer widow thief driver crime boss thug emotional tense thrilling uneasy gripping gutsy chicago house shooting gallery funeral warehouse gym heist loss
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2016
146 Minutes
Shahid Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Alia Bhatt Diljit Dosanjh Satish Kaushik
indian drug addict drug dealer investigator young man musician amusing bleak brash suspenseful gripping thrilling india pakistan drug addiction drug trade investigation political activism politics fight for justice
A story that revolves around drug abuse in the affluent north Indian State of Punjab and how the youth there have succumbed to it en-masse resulting in a socio-economic decline.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
103 Minutes
David Morrissey Mark Addy Lisa Howard Chris Walker Shaun Dooley Jim Carter Warren Clarke Sean Bean Sean Harris Steven Robertson Tony Mooney
lawyer disabled person police detective police chief mother bleak suspenseful intense yorkshire, england courtroom prison police station police brutality police corruption serial murders regret law and order investigation discovery mystery
The disappearance of a young girl leads a Yorkshire detective (David Morrissey) to believe that he may have helped convict the wrong man of murder three years earlier.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2007
100 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Naomi Watts Vincent Cassel Armin Mueller-Stahl Sinead Cusack Donald Sumpter Jerzy Skolimowski Josef Altin Raza Jaffrey Mike Sarne Tereza Srbova
midwife prostitute slave mobster assassin uncle suspenseful gritty london restaurant hospital apartment mafia prostitution organized crime murder death deception discovery rise
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Germany|Norway
2011
158 Minutes
Daniel Craig Rooney Mara Christopher Plummer Stellan Skarsgård Steven Berkoff Robin Wright Yorik van Wageningen Joely Richardson Geraldine James Goran Visnjic Donald Sumpter
reporter industrialist investigator executive lawyer hacker gripping brutal suspenseful island subway apartment sweden family home london investigation murder family secrets unlikely allies missing persons
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2004
120 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jamie Foxx Jada Pinkett Smith Mark Ruffalo Peter Berg Bruce McGill Irma P. Hall Barry Shabaka Henley Richard T. Jones Klea Scott Bodhi Elfman
assassin cab driver fbi agent witness intense suspenseful los angeles cab street assassination death deception violence pursuit escape 2000s
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2015
97 Minutes
David Oyelowo Kate Mara Michael Kenneth Williams Leonor Varela Mimi Rogers Jessica Oyelowo Claudia Church Gina Stewart
fugitive son drug addict hostage police officer single mother brooding emotional intense melodramatic moving heartwarming prison house apartment church restaurant car fugitives hostage situation
A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Ireland|UK|Hong Kong|Hungary|USA
2018
96 Minutes
Margot Robbie Simon Pegg Dexter Fletcher Mike Myers Max Irons Katarina Cas Nick Moran Les Loveday Jourdan Dunn Matthew Lewis Thomas Turgoose
femme fatale assassin teacher janitor waitress mastermind cool confident sultry intricate thrilling suspenseful strip club hotel club diner backstage stage revenge double life
A film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add 2 male assassins, female assassin, waitress, teacher, janitor and crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
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.
Comedy, Crime, Western, Drama
France|Spain|Romania|Belgium|USA
2018
120 Minutes
John C. Reilly Joaquin Phoenix Jake Gyllenhaal Riz Ahmed Rebecca Root Allison Tolman Rutger Hauer Carol Kane Patrice Cossonneau
criminal gunslinger brother chemist detective assassin amusing brash thrilling suspenseful unrestrained witty wild west saloon camp wilderness desert guns robbery assassination
In 1850s Oregon, the infamous duo of assassins, Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly) and Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix), chase a gold prospector and his unexpected ally.
Animation, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
China
2017
77 Minutes
group member young man young woman thrilling suspenseful tense china discovery backstabbing bad choices money gang war battle fighting discovery escape mystery temptation rivalry 2010s
A city in southern China and a bag containing a million yuan draw several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2018
123 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Toby Kebbell Tatiana Maslany Sebastian Stan Scoot McNairy Bradley Whitford Toby Huss James Jordan Beau Knapp Jade Pettyjohn Shamier Anderson
police officer gang member gang leader criminal detective brash brutal bleak gripping intense california desert restaurant police station murder revenge police work undercover operations gangs pursuit
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Norway|Denmark|Sweden
2014
116 Minutes
Stellan Skarsgård Pål Sverre Hagen Bruno Ganz Hildegun Riise Peter Andersson Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Jakob Oftebro Anders Baasmo Christiansen Jon Øigarden Gard Eidsvold Goran Navojec
snowplow driver murderer son gangster drug lord melodramatic intense suspenseful thrilling brooding brutal norway criminal underworld drug house murder death of a child retribution mafia underworld adventure
After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|France
2013
101 Minutes
James McAvoy Rosario Dawson Vincent Cassel Danny Sapani Matt Cross Tuppence Middleton Wahab Sheikh Mark Poltimore
art dealer art thief hypnotherapist crime boss dreamy frenetic suspenseful england art museum doctor's office art theft heist amnesia hypnosis mystery transformation 2010s
An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
Crime, Drama
Canada|UK|USA
2018
159 Minutes
Mel Gibson Vince Vaughn Tory Kittles Michael Jai White Jennifer Carpenter Thomas Kretschmann Laurie Holden Jordyn Ashley Olson Don Johnson Udo Kier Fred Melamed
corrupt police officer gangster criminal bank robbers suspenseful thrilling intense brutal gory bank police station prison crime corrupt police violence police brutality bank robbery metamorphosis rise fall
Once two overzealous cops get suspended from the force, they must delve into the criminal underworld to get their proper compensation.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France|South Africa
2013
110 Minutes
Orlando Bloom Forest Whitaker Conrad Kemp Inge Beckmann Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots Regardt van den Bergh Randall Majiet Patrick Lyster Joelle Kayembe
murderer murder victim eunuch detective drug dealer south african man bleak brutal dark thrilling intense suspenseful south africa cape town, south africa beach murder drugs apartheid crime detective work
Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.