20 best movies like Blackmail (1939)


List of the best movies like Blackmail (1939): The Divide, The Man in the Trunk, Exposed, Faster, The Infiltrator, The Imposter, The Gambler, Unfreedom, The Book of Henry, Compliance.

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Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

On an otherwise quiet night there is a startling knock at the door. Andrew Tucker answers the door to find an old friend whom he hasn't seen in years. The disheveled and absent friend comes to him with one request: "I need you to come with me but, I can't tell you where we're going." Andrew takes a chance but learns that every answer brings more questions. Nothing good ever comes knocking after midnight and Andrew's nightmare asks how far you would go to help a friend.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, a crazy hitman. With those two close on his trail, Driver races to carry out his mission as the mystery surrounding his brothers murder deepens.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:34

    A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, documentary, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:39

    It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It's only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, India

    A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist bisexual lover with intent to marry. The resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against unfreedom.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

      Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer’s orders to detain Becky, beginning a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience, prudence, legality and reason.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryJapan, USA
      Duration01:30

      A young man, Kazuya Mishima, wakes up alone in an unfamiliar hotel room without any recollection of who he is or how he got there. He is tormented by flashes of his past and by the face of an ominous stranger. The next thing he knows, Kazuya is ambushed and kidnapped by an underground crime organization and, soon after, turned into a ruthless assassin. During a mission to assassinate a man named Brian Fury, Kazuya finds that his target harbors clues to his true identity. With the help of Fury and a female assassin, Kazuya follows the clues, leading him to the lab of his reoccurring flashbacks. Here, he will finally confront his past and the ominous man of his nightmares - Heihachi Mishima, face the ultimate betrayal, and Ieam the truth about who, and what, he really is. TEKKEN 2: KAZUYA’S REVENGE is non-stop action from the first scene to the last.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada

      An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is brought back as well to aid the investigation. This is a 2 part TV Special. Series Finale

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called in to investigate the mystery in a community where everyone seems to have a secret.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden
      Duration01:55

      In Stockholm, Sweden, hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by Frans Balder, a computer engineer, to retrieve a program that he believes it is too dangerous to exist.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      A murdered hotel millionaire's son finds himself tangled up in a game of seduction and murder after a raunchy night with three beautiful women.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

        Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        After Brooke and her boyfriend Lance have a car accident, Lance’s leg injury requires him to be bedridden with at-home care. When an attractive nurse, Chloe, is recommended to them, she seems perfect for the task. However, when her troubled past comes to light, it becomes apparent to the happy couple that someone is out to destroy their lives.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:26

        A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A night out turns deadly when three girls break into a seemingly empty mansion.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        Strong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé. Between her cases, she is determined to find him before it ruins her career.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:16

        When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        In a Brooklyn threatened by disfigurement from greedy urban developers, two young people meet in a late-night bodega. Their unexpected bond takes on a romantic tone and brings solace to these two superheroes who are powerless in the face of oppression.




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