20 movies like The Forgiven, ordered by similarity : Escape From Pretoria(2020), Zulu(2013), Mother(2009), In the Fade(2017), Maze(2017), The Third Murder(2017), The Clan(2015), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Woodpeckers(2017), The Town(2010), Scott Turow's Innocent(2011), You Were Never Really Here(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
115 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Eric Bana Jeff Gum Morné Visser Terry Norton Rob Gough Debbie Sherman Warrick Grier
archbishop murderer mother white person tense sultry somber rousing gripping disturbing prison south africa cape town redemption home apartheid racism justice faith crime
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Australia|USA|South Africa
2020
101 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Ian Hart Daniel Webber Nathan Page Stephen Hunter Mark Leonard Winter Jeanette Cronin Paul Harvey Ratidzo Mambo Martin Ayles PJ Oaten
prisoner south african man prison guard friend brash emotional gripping gutsy intense prison south africa apartheid injustice jailbreak activism african politics escape quest 1970s
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
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.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
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, Drama
2017
92 Minutes
Martin McCann Niamh McGrady Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Barry Ward Eileen Walsh Andy Kellegher David Coakley Seán T. Ó Meallaigh Aaron Monaghan James Browne Ross McKinney
prisoner freedom fighter terrorist ira agent fascinating gripping tense thrilling prison europe ireland northern ireland prison break prison escape adventure quest escape 1980s
Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Japan
2017
125 Minutes
Masaharu Fukuyama Koji Yakusho Shinnosuke Mitsushima Mikako Ichikawa Izumi Matsuoka Isao Hashizume Suzu Hirose Hajime Inoue Aju Makita Yuki Saito Kôtarô Yoshida
attorney murder suspect eyewitness disturbing brooding bleak prison japan office crime scene courtroom criminal justice system murder robbery past crimes witnessing murder justice discovery mystery underdog
A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Biography
Argentina|Spain
2015
110 Minutes
Guillermo Francella Peter Lanzani Antonia Bengoechea Gastón Cocchiarale Stefanía Koessl Franco Masini Fernando Miró Giselle Motta
father son clansman murderer kidnapper crime boss intense suspenseful gory brutal disturbing brooding argentina villa clan war mafia kidnapping murder family secrets rise
The true story of the Puccio Clan, a family who kidnapped and killed people in the 80s.
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2010
124 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rebecca Hall Jon Hamm Jeremy Renner Blake Lively Titus Welliver Pete Postlethwaite Chris Cooper Slaine Owen Burke Brian Scannell
bank robber best friend hostage love interest crime boss fbi agent gripping disturbing tense charlestown boston bank crime relationships heist cover-up murder disguise transformation pursuit
A longtime thief, planning his next job, tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to an earlier heist, and a hell-bent F.B.I Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|France
2017
90 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Ekaterina Samsonov Alessandro Nivola Alex Manette John Doman Judith Roberts Dante Pereira-Olson Leigh Dunham Jason Babinsky
kidnapped child kidnapper mother hired hand young girl police officer bleak dark disturbing frightful gripping intense united states new york brothel country house house trauma abuse kidnapping
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2020
90 Minutes
Katie Leclerc Jeff Schine Victoria Barabas Todd Cahoon Heather Ankeny Katie Michels Tyee Tilghman Martha Hackett
mother pregnant woman grieving mother father friend baby bleak disturbing intense raw suspenseful frightening united states family home death of child obsession motherhood jealousy parenting rebuilding
After losing her child, Olivia Davis meets a woman and her daughter and admiration turns into obsession.
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.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|France
2014
109 Minutes
Michael C. Hall Sam Shepard Vinessa Shaw Don Johnson Nick Damici Wyatt Russell Brogan Hall Lanny Flaherty
father ex-convict criminal murderer thrilling tense bleak gritty united states crime scene texas countryside country road police station crime murder fatherhood past crimes violence pursuit
When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK|South Africa|USA
2006
102 Minutes
Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna Mncedisi Shabangu Tumisho K. Masha Sithembiso Khumalo Terry Pheto Michele Burgers
coach police officer wife son beauty queen suspenseful engaging powerful south africa prison inner city car freedom torture corruption politics revolution racism revenge rise
A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
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, Drama
USA
1949
82 Minutes
James Mason Joan Bennett Geraldine Brooks Henry O'Neill Shepperd Strudwick David Bair Roy Roberts Frances E. Williams Paul E. Burns Danny Jackson Claire Carleton
wife daughter boyfriend gangster murder suspect police officer dark intricate intense family home boat crime scene police station southern california accidental death murder blackmail cover-up unlikely allies crime
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.