20 movies like Wasteland, ordered by similarity : Badlapur(2015), Anything for Her(2008), The Prey(2011), The Drop(2014), In the Fade(2017), Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018), The Informer(2019), Bent(2018), Manhunter(1986), The Keeper(2009), Red Riding: 1980(2009), Wake of Death(2004) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2012
109 Minutes
Luke Treadaway Timothy Spall Iwan Rheon Gerard Kearns Matthew Lewis Neil Maskell Vanessa Kirby Paul Clayton
mobster eccentric robber gritty abandoned house one last job greed life after prison rescue discovery revenge 2000s
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration. Can he get revenge and win back his fed-up girlfriend?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
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, Action, Crime, Drama
Canada
2011
102 Minutes
Albert Dupontel Alice Taglioni Stéphane Debac Sergi López Natacha Régnier Serge Hazanavicius Zinedine Soualem Caterina Murino Lucien Jean-Baptiste Jean-Marie Winling Yves Verhoeven
police commissioner daughter bank robber serial killer thrilling dark gritty prison street race against time affliction manhunt trapped betrayal escape rescue discovery revenge 2010s
With young new player Janeau Trudel, will the enlightened Saint-Hilaire Lynx hockey coach conquer jealousy and rivalry to battle the reigning Russians in the World Pee-Wee tournament?
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany|France
2017
105 Minutes
Diane Kruger Denis Moschitto Johannes Krisch Samia Chancrin Numan Acar Ulrich Tukur Rafael Santana Ulrich Brandhoff Laurens Walter
mother grieving mother terrorist murderer murder victim son husband german sad shocking intense tense germany court workplace family home city terrorism extremism revenge
Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico
2018
122 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Isabela Moner Jeffrey Donovan Catherine Keener Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matthew Modine Shea Whigham Elijah Rodriguez Howard Ferguson Jr. David Castañeda
attorney father hostage drug enforcement agent drug trafficker fbi agent brash gutsy gripping gritty unrestrained mexican-american border mexico office house car truck drug cartel drug trade revenge
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Rosamund Pike Clive Owen Common Ana de Armas Martin McCann Eugene Lipinski Valeria Vereau
reformed criminal soldier fbi agent mobster prisoner drug dealer brutal bleak tense thrilling gritty unrestrained prison informing prison drug trade mob pursuit escape fall
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Spain|USA
2018
96 Minutes
Karl Urban Sofía Vergara Andy Garcia Vincent Spano John Finn Grace Byers Charlotte Bradley Tonya Cornelisse Patrick Brennan Matthew T. Reynolds Andrea Bruschi
detective government agent mentor engaging gripping intricate patriotic powerful united states marina prison house corrupt police framed revenge murder investigation revenge underdog temptation
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2009
94 Minutes
Steven Seagal Luce Rains Liezl Carstens Arron Shiver Kevin Wiggins Trine Christensen Rio Alexander Jessica Williams
ex-cop bodyguard daughter businessman rich girl enemy mobster brutal cool confident engaging gritty raw solemn san antonio kidnapping revenge protection mob mob violence
Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
Action
UK|France|Germany|Spain|South Africa
2004
90 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Simon Yam Tony Schiena Philip Tan Valerie Tian Danny Keogh Claude Hernandez Lisa King Pierre Marais Anthony Fridjohn Tom Wu
ex-mobster mobster triad social worker adopted daughter son fiery gritty intense los angeles revenge gang war organized crime unfinished business grief revenge rescue quest 2000s
After his wife is brutally murdered, club enforcer Ben Archer wages war against the Chinese triads.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1971
103 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Harry Guardino Reni Santoni John Larch Andrew Robinson John Vernon John Mitchum Mae Mercer
police officer psychopath victim mayor clint eastwood gritty suspenseful thrilling san francisco school bus police station secret hideout crime scene kidnapping murder robbery suicide surveillance rebellion
When a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.
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.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
146 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ray Liotta Joe Pesci Lorraine Bracco Paul Sorvino Frank Sivero Tony Darrow Mike Starr Frank Vincent Chuck Low Frank DiLeo
mobster gangster thief partner agent mob enforcer gritty dark thrilling amusing brutal florida new york city restaurant courtroom nightclub prison robbery money mafia
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
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
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
UK
2012
99 Minutes
Michelle Ryan Peter Mullan David Harewood Theo Barklem-Biggs Bhasker Patel Ray Panthaki Ashley Thomas Jason Maza Jenny Jules Carl Barât
young man boxer gangster father trainer bleak brutal brooding cool gripping gritty gutsy london boxing ring prison street life boxing violence gangsters
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK
2009
93 Minutes
Robert Hill Robin Hill Julia Deakin David Schaal Tony Way Kerry Peacock Michael Smiley Mark Kempner Gareth Tunley Kali Peacock
father son uncle girlfriend mother politician rousing suspenseful witty dark house prison bedroom england organized crime betrayal family pregnancy deception discovery
A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.