20 movies like The Mule, ordered by similarity : Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), L.A. Confidential(1997), BlacKkKlansman(2018), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead(2007), Gone Girl(2014), Seven(1995), First Love(2019), Stray Dog(1949), Nightcrawler(2014), The Wolf of Wall Street(2013), Knives Out(2019), Noise(2007) ...
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2014
102 Minutes
Hugo Weaving Juliet John Angus Sampson Leigh Whannell Ewen Leslie John Noble Georgina Haig Chris Pang Marsha Vassilevskaia
police officer courier loser amusing dark australia police station custody drugs law enforcement wretched excess
After a trip to Thailand, a first-time drug mule finds himself in police custody, with his stomach crammed with narcotics. Now, he has to endure seven sphincter-clenching days to convince them of his innocence. Will nature take its course?
Crime, Drama
Italy
1970
115 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Florinda Bolkan Salvo Randone Gianni Santuccio Arturo Dominici Orazio Orlando Sergio Tramonti
police detective mistress police officer murderer victim colleague dark gutsy engaging crime scene italy police station corruption crime police work investigation law enforcement murder wretched excess mystery
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
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.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
134 Minutes
John David Washington Adam Driver Laura Harrier Topher Grace Jasper Pääkkönen Corey Hawkins Ryan Eggold Michael Joseph Buscemi Paul Walter Hauser Ashlie Atkinson Alec Baldwin
detective white supremacist partner undercover cop police officer amusing hilarious tense suspenseful thrilling police station secret headquarters office woods house undercover operations ku klux klan police work investigation underdog
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
116 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Ethan Hawke Marisa Tomei Albert Finney Rosemary Harris Brian F. O'Byrne Amy Ryan Michael Shannon
brother father thief police officer mother cheater dark dense store hospital suburbia police station new york city robbery drugs heist infidelity money death temptation
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Crime, Drama, Comedy
2019
108 Minutes
Masataka Kubota Nao Ômori Shôta Sometani Jun Murakami Sansei Shiomi Seiyô Uchino
boxer call girl police officers assassin amusing confident engaging wild unrestrained spirited tokyo drug smuggling adventure pursuit 2010s
One night in Tokyo, a self-confident young boxer and a prostitute get caught up in a drug-smuggling plot involving organized crime, corrupt cops and a female assassin.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1949
122 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Awaji Eiko Miyoshi Noriko Sengoku Noriko Honma Reikichi Kawamura Eijiro Tono
police officer criminal stripper mentor brooding dark tokyo slum nightclub police station crime corruption poverty murder pursuit mystery 1940s
Two detectives (Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura) track one's stolen revolver into the underworld of late-1940s Tokyo.
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.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2013
179 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Hill Margot Robbie Matthew McConaughey Kyle Chandler Jon Bernthal Jon Favreau Rob Reiner Jean Dujardin Joanna Lumley Cristin Milioti
broker lieutenant investor fbi agent stock exchange officer stockbroker brash charming confident amusing wall street stock exchange office mansion apartment yacht greed sex drugs fraud
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2019
130 Minutes
Daniel Craig Chris Evans Ana de Armas Jamie Lee Curtis Toni Collette Don Johnson Michael Shannon LaKeith Stanfield Katherine Langford Jaeden Martell Noah Segan
novelist detective family member staff member amusing offbeat creative confident cool mansion estate untimely death investigation lie truth mystery pursuit discovery rivalry wretched excess
A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
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.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1996
97 Minutes
Frances McDormand Steve Buscemi William H. Macy Peter Stormare Harve Presnell John Carroll Lynch Kristin Rudrüd Steve Reevis Stephen Park
salesman wife wealthy man thug police officer quirky witty dark minnesota car motel kidnapping deception money violence crime corruption quest rescue 1980s
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1973
124 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Hal Holbrook David Soul Mitchell Ryan Felton Perry Robert Urich Kip Niven Tim Matheson
inspector vigilante rogue lawman police chief criminal police officer dark tense thrilling san francisco police station street vigilantism serial murders corruption police brutality investigation dirty harry mystery pursuit
San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante Police Officers who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
Canada|USA
2018
92 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Noomi Rapace Mark Strong Chris Heyerdahl Bea Santos Thorbjørn Harr Shanti Roney Mark Rendall John Ralston
bank robbers hostage friend bank robber prime minister police officer tense amusing offbeat dark witty heartwarming stockholm bank bank robbery stockholm syndrome hostage situation heist unlikely allies criminal past
Based on the absurd but true 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis in Stockholm that was documented in the New Yorker as the origins of the 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
USA|France
2012
94 Minutes
James Franco Vanessa Hudgens Selena Gomez Ashley Benson Rachel Korine Heather Morris Emma Holzer Gucci Mane Ash Lendzion
college student young woman friend drug dealer police officer offbeat wild amusing dorm college road florida spring break road trip robbery debauchery adventure transformation wretched excess 2010s
Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Belgium|France|Spain
2005
122 Minutes
José Garcia Karin Viard Olivier Gourmet Ulrich Tukur Yvon Back Thierry Hancisse Geordy Monfils Christa Théret Olga Grumberg Yolande Moreau Dieudonné Kabongo
unemployed person wife executive police detective son husband dark emotional amusing suspenseful suburb motel house europe unemployment murder capitalism desperation financial crisis marriage
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
France|USA
2005
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Laurence Fishburne John Alberto Leguizamo Maria Bello Ja Rule Drea de Matteo Matt Craven Brian Dennehy Gabriel Byrne Aisha Hinds Dorian Harewood
police officers criminal drug addict counterfeiter thief dark suspenseful thrilling police station detroit siege blizzard corruption showdown confinement rivalry escape 2000s
A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy
USA
2018
105 Minutes
LaKeith Stanfield Tessa Thompson Jermaine Fowler Omari Hardwick Terry Crews Kate Berlant Michael X. Sommers Danny Glover Steven Yeun Armie Hammer Robert Longstreet
telemarketer friend co-worker ceo amusing hilarious outlandish unrestrained madcap oakland, calif. office protest office building conference room apartment materialism wealth relationships success social issues
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
121 Minutes
Kevin Costner Demi Moore Dane Cook William Hurt Marg Helgenberger Ruben Santiago-Hudson Danielle Panabaker Aisha Hinds Lindsay Crouse Jason Lewis Reiko Aylesworth
serial killer protégé businessman daughter wife detective suspenseful dark portland, ore. palo alto, calif. office house murder mistaken identity family police work pursuit wretched excess temptation 2000s
A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.