Best popular movies like Call Northside 777:

Do you need specific genre & keyword selection to find films similar to Call Northside 777?
<< FIND THEM HERE! >>

Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Call Northside 777 (1948)

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance fr β€¦om authorities unwilling to be proved wrong. (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptioncouragejusticeguiltcorruptiondivorceinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagemurderlovedeathfriendship
Locations:
chicago illinoistaxi driverprison hospitalcourtroompolice stationelevatortaxisnowschooltrainbar
Characters:
stepfather stepson relationshipex husband ex wife relationshipcatholiclawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Period:
1870s1930s
Story:
newspaper publisherprison wardenprobation officerpolish americanspringfield illinoisparole boardnewspaper officenewspaper articlenewspaper headlinejail cellminiature cameraflash camerastate prisontrain whistlerelease from prison β€¦prison cellmarriage proposalphoto enlargementscrubbing floorphone number in titlepat downswitchboardhouse cleaninglaw and orderarchitectural modelclassified adnumber 7 in titleindictmentrespiratorblood pressurefountain penpatsysubpoenapolygraphtelephone operatorpolice commissionerbailiffspeakeasypardonarchiveslie detectorinvestigative journalismprinting presscleaning womanjigsaw puzzleperjuryprobationbased on articleskepticismintegritywater fountainwardenrewardwrongful imprisonmentremarriageprohibitionpolishpolice captainsurrendersleeplessnessmailmancop killerparoleforgerywrongful convictionillinoisdarkroombunk bedmailimpersonating a police officertavernjurygovernoreditortrue crimepublishertestimonypipe smokingevidencecard playingsafenewsreel footagesexismcynicismgrocery storeattorneywindinnocencejanitorcakewarehousetypewritersleepingwitnesscourtprologueflash forwardpolice officer killedconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudgeprisonernewspaperreporterprayerjailinterrogationrifleletterdrinkcameradigit in titlevoice over narrationfiretelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingnumber in titleflashbackkissgun (See All)

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif β€¦e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)

Themes:
couragejusticeguiltinvestigationprisonfriendshiplove
Locations:
courtroomsnow
Characters:
catholiclawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
jail cellflash cameraprison cellindictmentprinting pressmailjanitortypewriterwitnesscourtconfessiontrialjudgeprisonerprayer β€¦jailinterrogationlettercameratelephone callbased on true storycigarette smokinggun (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Primal Fear (1996)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Primal Fear (1996)

Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.

Themes:
justicecorruptioninvestigationmurder
Locations:
chicago illinoiscourtroompolice stationtrainbar
Characters:
catholiclawyerphotographer
Story:
newspaper headlinejail cellprison cellmailmanjurytestimonyevidenceconfessiontrialjudgereporterjailcameraphotographcigarette smoking

Changeling (2008)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Changeling (2008)

Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's β€¦ not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptioncorruptioninvestigationprisonmurderdeath
Locations:
courtroomschooltrain
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Period:
1930s
Story:
newspaper headlinejail cellflash cameratelephone operatorpolice captainwrongful convictionjurytestimonysexismwitnesscourtconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudge β€¦prisonernewspaperreporterprayerriflecameravoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokinggunflashback (See All)

Conviction (2010) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Conviction (2010)

Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.

Themes:
guiltdivorceinvestigationdrinkingprisonmarriagemurderfriendshipdeath
Locations:
courtroomschoolbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
perjurywrongful convictionjurytestimonyevidenceattorneyinnocencecourtflash forwardfalse accusationtrialjudgeprayerletterdrink β€¦cameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokinggunflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Capote (2005)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Capote (2005)

Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m β€¦urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)

Themes:
investigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonlovedeathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
taxi drivercourtroompolice stationtaxisnowtrainbar
Characters:
stepfather stepson relationshiplawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
prison wardennewspaper articlejail cellprison cellrewardjurypublishersafegrocery storetypewritercourttrialjudgenewspaperreporter β€¦jailrifleletterdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingkissgun (See All)

Zodiac (2007)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Zodiac (2007)

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo β€¦k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)

Themes:
divorceinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathmurder
Locations:
taxi driverpolice stationtaxischoolbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
newspaper headlinephoto enlargementmailmangovernortrue crimeattorneywitnessprologueflash forwardconfessionjudgenewspaperreporterinterrogationrifle β€¦letterdrinkcameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokinggun (See All)

Boy A (2007)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Boy A (2007)

A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei β€¦ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltdrunkennessdrinkingprisondeathlovefriendshipmurder
Locations:
courtroomtaxischooltrainbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper headlinerelease from prisonparoleinnocencewarehousesleepingwitnesscourtprologueconfessiontrialnewspaperreporterjailletter β€¦drinkcameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographflashbackkiss (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Runaway Jury (2003) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Runaway Jury (2003)

Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa β€¦st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)

Themes:
justicecorruptiondrinkingmurderdeath
Locations:
taxi drivercourtroomtaxibar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
water fountainmailjurycynicismattorneycourtprologueflash forwardtrialjudgeprayerrifledrinkcamerafire β€¦telephone callphotographcigarette smokinggun (See All)

The Life Of David Gale (2003)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Life Of David Gale (2003)

When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.

Themes:
justiceguiltdivorcedrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeath
Locations:
snowtrainbar
Characters:
ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
wrongful convictionmailgovernorsexisminnocencefalse accusationreporterjaildrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashback

In The Name Of The Father (1993)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

In The Name Of The Father (1993)

A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also i β€¦mplicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptionjusticeguiltprisonfriendship
Locations:
courtroomsnow
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
prison wardenjail celljigsaw puzzlewrongful imprisonmentattorneyinnocencefalse accusationtrialjudgeprisonerinterrogationvoice over narrationbased on true storycigarette smoking

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

The Rainmaker (1997)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Rainmaker (1997)

Rudy Baylor is a jobless young attorney. However, he is also the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. In this judicial drama, Rudy learns to hate corporate America as he falls in love with a battered young married woma β€¦n. Will he be up to the task? (Read More)

Themes:
justicecorruptioninvestigationmurderfriendshiplove
Locations:
courtroompolice stationbar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship
Story:
newspaper headlinejail celljuryevidenceattorneytypewritercourtjudgelettervoice over narrationphotographcigarette smoking

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose (2005)

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants t β€¦o believe what Father Moore says is true. (Read More)

Themes:
investigationdrunkennessdrinkingdeathmurder
Locations:
courtroomsnowbar
Characters:
catholiclawyerpolicemanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
jail celltavernjurytestimonywitnesscourttrialjudgeprayerletterdrinktelephone callbased on true storyphotographflashback

The Accused (1988)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Accused (1988)

Sarah Tobias goes to her local bar and is gang-raped by three men. The district attorney on the case is Katheryn Murphy who wants to prove that although Sarah had taken drugs that night and was acting provocatively while in the bar, this is no reason for her to be so brutally attacked and the men re β€¦sponsible should be brought to justice. (Read More)

Themes:
justiceguiltinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingfriendship
Locations:
courtroombar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
jurytestimonysexismattorneyinnocencewitnesscourttrialjudgereporterinterrogationdrinkcameratelephone callbased on true story β€¦photographcigarette smokingkissflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

16 Blocks (2006)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

16 Blocks (2006)

Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choos β€¦e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptionguiltdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
police stationelevatorbar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
jail cellpolice captaintestimonywitnessprologuejailrifleletterdrinkvoice over narrationtelephone callphotographnumber in titleflashbackgun

Nothing But The Truth (2008)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Nothing But The Truth (2008)

Thinking Pulitzer Prize and hoping to bring down a President, D.C. political columnist Rachel Armstrong writes that the President ignored the findings of a covert CIA operative when ordering air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the agent, Erica Van Doren, a woman whose young daughter is in Ra β€¦chel's son's class at school. The government moves quickly to force Rachel to name her source. She's jailed for contempt when she refuses. She won't change her mind, and the days add up. Chaos descends on Van Doren's life as well. First Amendment versus national security, marriage and motherhood versus separation. What's the value of a principle? (Read More)

Themes:
prisonmarriagemurder
Locations:
courtroomschool
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
newspaper officenewspaper articlenewspaper headlinelie detectorintegritybunk bedjuryattorneycourtjudgenewspaperreporterjailbased on true storyflashback

The Master (2012) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Master (2012)

Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingmarriage
Locations:
courtroomelevatortaxischool
Characters:
ex husband ex wife relationshipphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice
Story:
jail cellprinting pressdarkroombunk bedtypewritersleepingcourtflash forwardfalse accusationjailrifleletterdrinkcameratelephone call β€¦photographcigarette smokingkissflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

The Secret In Their Eyes (2009)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Secret In Their Eyes (2009)

In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamin Esposito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamin, his assistan β€¦t Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menendez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamin and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamin and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gomez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gomez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamin learns now that that premise still holds true. (Read More)

Themes:
justicecorruptioninvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeathlovemurder
Locations:
courtroompolice stationelevatortaxitrainbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
jail cellflash camerarelease from prisonprison cellevidencetypewritersleepingcourtprologueconfessionjudgeprisonerjailinterrogationletter β€¦drinkvoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingkissflashbackgun (See All)

The Judge (2014)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Judge (2014)

Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de β€¦fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltdivorcedrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagedeathmurder
Locations:
chicago illinoiscourtroombar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
newspaper headlineparolejurytestimonycynicismattorneyinnocencecourtflash forwardconfessiontrialjudgenewspaperdrinkphotograph β€¦flashbackkiss (See All)

Woman In Gold (2015)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Woman In Gold (2015)

Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

Themes:
justiceguiltdrinkingmurderdeath
Locations:
courtroomelevatortaxi
Characters:
lawyerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
newspaper articleflash cameracynicismattorneysleepingflash forwardfalse accusationtrialjudgenewspaperreporterrifleletterdrinktelephone call β€¦based on true storyphotographcigarette smokingflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Appaloosa (2008) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Appaloosa (2008)

1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an β€¦d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)

Themes:
justicedrunkennessdrinkingfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
courtroomtrainbar
Characters:
lawyerfriend
Story:
jail celllaw and orderpardontestimonywitnesscourtprologuepolice officer killedtrialjudgeprisonernewspaperjailrifledrink β€¦voice over narrationcigarette smokinggunkiss (See All)

Rang De Basanti (2006)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Rang De Basanti (2006)

A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-d β€¦rama. She finds DJ, who graduated five years ago but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey, the fundamentalist in the group, the only one who still believes that politics can make the world a better place and finally Sonia - the sole girl in the group, tomboy and vivacious spirit, engaged to Ajay - the dashing air pilot. Through her film, Sue wishes to showcase to the world the efforts of these young revolutionaries and the enormity of their contribution to the freedom movement in India. What unfolds is the inspiration behind Sue's passion for bringing their story to the world. The twist in the tale is of course the fact that more than just telling the world, Sue's film makes DJ and his friends stop… (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptioncouragecorruptioninvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeathfriendship
Locations:
taxi drivertaxitrainbar
Characters:
policemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper headlinejail cellflash cameramarriage proposalsurrendersafenewsreel footagesexismsleepingprologueflash forwardconfessiontrialprisonernewspaper β€¦prayerjailinterrogationrifledrinkvoice over narrationfiretelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgun (See All)

And Justice For All (1979)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

And Justice For All (1979)

When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.

Themes:
justiceguiltcorruptioninvestigationdrunkennessprison
Locations:
courtroompolice station
Characters:
lawyer
Story:
jurytestimonyevidenceattorneyinnocencewitnesscourttrialjudgeprisonerreporterphotograph

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)

In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M β€¦cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)

Themes:
divorceinvestigationdrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath
Locations:
elevatortrainbar
Characters:
lawyerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
flash cameraperjuryintegritytestimonyevidencenewsreel footageattorneytypewriterwitnessfalse accusationtrialnewspaperreporterdrinkcamera β€¦telephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackkiss (See All)

Rendition (2007) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Rendition (2007)

After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs β€¦ for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)

Themes:
investigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagelovemurderdeathfriendship
Locations:
chicago illinoistaxi
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
prison cellpipe smokingtypewriterwitnessprologueconfessionprayerinterrogationrifledrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgun β€¦kiss (See All)

Big Eyes (2014)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Big Eyes (2014)

In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children wit β€¦h big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. (Read More)

Themes:
divorcedrunkennessdrinkingmarriagefriendship
Locations:
courtroombar
Characters:
ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerphotographerfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
newspaper headlineflash cameramarriage proposalprinting pressmailjurygrocery storeinnocencetypewriterwitnesscourtflash forwardconfessiontrialjudge β€¦newspaperreporterdrinkcameravoice over narrationfiretelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingkiss (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

88 Minutes (2007)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

88 Minutes (2007)

In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of β€¦ one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltinvestigationdrinkingprisonmurderdeath
Locations:
taxi drivercourtroomelevatortaxibar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
newspaper headlinewrongful convictionforgeryjuryevidencewitnesscourtprologueflash forwardconfessiontrialjudgedrinkfiretelephone call β€¦number in titlegunflashback (See All)

Dead Man Walking (1995)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Dead Man Walking (1995)

A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately  β€¦try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation. (Read More)

Themes:
justiceguiltprisonmurderdeath
Characters:
catholiclawyermother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
prison celllie detectorjurygovernortestimonyevidencewitnesscourtconfessionprisonerreporterprayerriflelettertelephone call β€¦based on true storyphotographflashback (See All)

Legend (2015) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Legend (2015)

The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni β€¦e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagedeathmurder
Locations:
courtroompolice stationtaxibar
Characters:
photographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper headlineflash cameraprison cellmarriage proposalcynicisminnocencecakewarehousewitnesscourtprologueconfessionjudgenewspaperrifle β€¦drinkcameravoice over narrationbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokinggunkiss (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Dial M For Murder (1954)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Dial M For Murder (1954)

In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for th β€¦eir marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theater. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltinvestigationdrinkingmarriagelovemurderdeath
Locations:
taxi
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper articlenewspaper headlineflash camerawrongful convictionpipe smokingevidenceconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudgeletterdrinkcameratelephone callphotograph β€¦cigarette smoking (See All)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β€¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)

Themes:
prisonmarriagedeathmurderfriendship
Locations:
courtroomelevatortaxisnowtrain
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendmother son relationshippolice
Period:
1930s
Story:
newspaper headlinemarriage proposalbunk bedjurypipe smokingattorneytypewriterwitnessflash forwardconfessiontrialjudgeprisonernewspaperrifle β€¦lettertelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgunkiss (See All)

Double Jeopardy (1999)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Double Jeopardy (1999)

When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".

Themes:
prisonmurder
Locations:
courtroompolice stationschoolbar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper headlinejail cellparolewrongful convictionjurytestimonyevidencetrialjudgeprisonercameraphotographcigarette smoking

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Tell No One (2006) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Tell No One (2006)

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β€¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptionguiltcorruptioninvestigationdrinkinglovedeathmurderfriendship
Locations:
police stationelevatorbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
perjurymailinnocencetypewriterprologueflash forwardconfessionfalse accusationnewspaperjailrifledrinkcameratelephone callphotograph β€¦cigarette smokingflashbackgun (See All)

Dark Places (2015)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Dark Places (2015)

Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and β€¦ two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)

Themes:
investigationdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmurderdeath
Locations:
taxibar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
newspaper headlineflash cameratestimonyevidenceinnocencewitnesscourtprologueflash forwardconfessionfalse accusationjudgenewspaperrifleletter β€¦drinkcameravoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingkissflashbackgun (See All)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners β€¦, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red. (Read More)

Themes:
prisonfriendshipmurder
Locations:
courtroom
Characters:
photographerfriend
Story:
parole boardnewspaper headlineflash cameraprison cellwardenwrongful imprisonmentparolewrongful convictioninnocencetypewriterfalse accusationtrialjudgeprisonerreporter β€¦jaillettervoice over narrationphotographflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Citizen Kane (1941)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Citizen Kane (1941)

A group of reporters are trying to decipher the last word ever spoken by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: "Rosebud." The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane's life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane's life. As the reporters investigat β€¦e further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man's rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the top of the world. (Read More)

Themes:
divorceinvestigationdrunkennessdrinkingmarriagedeathfriendship
Locations:
chicago illinoistaxisnowtrain
Characters:
photographerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Period:
1870s1930s
Story:
newspaper publisherindictmentjigsaw puzzlewardenrewardgovernoreditorpublisherpipe smokingtypewriternewspaperreporterletterdrinkcamera β€¦voice over narrationfirephotographflashback (See All)

Sleepers (1996) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Sleepers (1996)

As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The β€¦ one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)

Themes:
justicecorruptiondrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagefriendshipmurderdeath
Locations:
courtroomsnowtrainbar
Characters:
catholiclawyerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
perjuryjurytestimonyattorneyinnocencewitnesscourtflash forwardconfessiontrialjudgenewspaperreporterdrinkvoice over narration β€¦telephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackgun (See All)

Public Enemies (2009)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Public Enemies (2009)

This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets β€¦ Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingprisonlovedeathmurderfriendship
Locations:
chicago illinoispolice stationelevatortrainbar
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendpolice
Period:
1930s
Story:
prohibitionimpersonating a police officercard playingsafecourtjudgejailinterrogationrifleletterdrinkcameratelephone callbased on true storyphotograph β€¦cigarette smokingkissgun (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

21 Grams (2003)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

21 Grams (2003)

This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con β€¦vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)

Themes:
courageguiltdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmarriagelovemurderdeath
Locations:
snowbar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
newspaper articlerelease from prisonprison cellevidenceflash forwardprisonerprayerjaildrinkdigit in titlevoice over narrationtelephone callphotographcigarette smokingnumber in title β€¦gunkissflashback (See All)

Lovelace (2013)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Lovelace (2013)

Themes:
divorcedrinkingmarriagefriendshipdeath
Locations:
taxi
Characters:
catholicphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice
Story:
jail cellmarriage proposalpolygraphlie detectorpublisherflash forwardprayerjaildrinkcameratelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokinggun β€¦kissflashback (See All)

Catch Me If You Can (2002) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tra β€¦cks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. (Read More)

Themes:
divorceinvestigationprison
Locations:
courtroomtaxisnowbar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper articlejail cellflash cameramarriage proposalprinting pressparoleforgeryattorneytypewriterflash forwardconfessionjudgeprisonerprayerletter β€¦voice over narrationbased on true storyphotographcigarette smokingflashback (See All)

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

The Reader (2008)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Reader (2008)

THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love β€¦s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)

Themes:
justiceguiltdivorceprisondeathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
courtroomtaxisnowschooltrainbar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
integritymailcourtflash forwardconfessionfalse accusationtrialjudgejaillettervoice over narrationfiretelephone callphotographcigarette smoking β€¦kissflashbackgun (See All)

Pride And Glory (2008)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Pride And Glory (2008)

A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights. Four officers die in an ambush at a drug dealer's apartment. It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption β€¦, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug dealer who killed the cops. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Jimmy, a hothead and an enforcer, is visited at home by a lowlife. Is Jimmy involved in the corruption? Where can this take the family? (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptionjusticecorruptioninvestigationdrunkennessdeathmurder
Locations:
snowbar
Characters:
policemanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
investigative journalismperjurycop killergrocery storecourtpolice officer killedfalse accusationreportercigarette smokinggun

The Untouchables (1987)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Untouchables (1987)

1920's prohibition Chicago is corrupt from the judges downward. So in going up against Al Capone, Treasury agent Eliot Ness picks just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One is a sharp-shooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man. The four of them are ready to battle Capone and  β€¦his empire, but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get him. (Read More)

Themes:
police corruptioncorruptionmarriagemurderdeath
Locations:
chicago illinoiscourtroomelevatorbar
Characters:
police
Period:
1930s
Story:
flash cameraspeakeasyprohibitionimpersonating a police officerjurywarehousetrialnewspaperinterrogationbased on true story

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

The Prestige (2006) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Prestige (2006)

In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma β€¦gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)

Themes:
drunkennessdrinkingprisonlovemurderdeathfriendship
Locations:
courtroomsnowtrainbar
Characters:
lawyerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper articlejail celltavernevidenceattorneycourtflash forwardtrialjudgeprisonerjailletterdrinkvoice over narrationfire β€¦photographgunflashback (See All)

Bronson (2008)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Bronson (2008)

In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been  β€¦behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage. Inside the mind of Bronson - a scathing indictment of celebrity culture. (Read More)

Themes:
drinkingprisonlovemurderdeath
Locations:
schooltrain
Characters:
policemanhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice
Story:
prison wardenrelease from prisonindictmentparoleprologuetrialjudgeprisonerjaildrinkvoice over narrationtelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smoking β€¦flashbackkiss (See All)

The Company You Keep (2012)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Company You Keep (2012)

After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e β€¦xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)

Themes:
guiltprisonmurderfriendshipdeathlove
Locations:
chicago illinoistaxitrain
Characters:
lawyerphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
newspaper officenewspaper headlineflash camerasurrendertestimonyinnocenceprologuenewspaperreporterinterrogationcameratelephone callphotograph

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Oldeuboi (2003)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Oldeuboi (2003)

Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only  β€¦companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)

Themes:
guiltdrinkingdeathmurderlovefriendship
Locations:
police stationelevatortaxisnow
Characters:
catholicfriendhusband wife relationshippolice
Story:
flash cameraprison cellwrongful imprisonmentwrongful convictionnewsreel footageinnocenceprologueflash forwardprisonernewspaperprayerdrinkcameravoice over narrationtelephone call β€¦photographcigarette smokingkissflashback (See All)

Bridge Of Spies (2015) is one of the best movies like Call Northside 777 (1948)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

Bridge Of Spies (2015)

In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co β€¦mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)

Themes:
justiceprison
Locations:
courtroomtaxisnowtrainbar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice
Story:
newspaper headlinejail cellpipe smokingtypewritercourttrialjudgeprisonernewspaperinterrogationlettertelephone callbased on true storyphotographcigarette smoking

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
MovieTV-SeriesTV-Mini-SeriesTV-MovieTV-SpecialStraight-To-Video
ActionAdventureAnimationComedyCrimeDocumentaryDramaFamilyFantasy
HorrorMysteryMusicalRomanceSci-FiThrillerWarWestern

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case β€¦ might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)

Themes:
investigationdrunkennessfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
courtroomelevatorbar
Characters:
ex husband ex wife relationshiplawyerfriendmother son relationship
Story:
bailiffperjuryjuryevidencewitnesstrialjudgejailphotographflashback

Want to refine your search by certain categories/keywords? Please email us and explain your needs!

Showing Top 50 Matches Above.
Do you need specific genre & keyword selection to find films similar to Call Northside 777?
<< FIND THEM HERE! >>