Best movies like Shallow Grave
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Shallow Grave? Share your knowledge to guide others to movies and tv shows you've viewed before that may likewise appeal to them. Support broadening the network of people mentioning videos to one another. We appreciate your involvement!
Plot Summary:
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, psychological, suspense, surprise ending, suspenseful, cult classic, action thriller, tense
Best tv shows and movies like Shallow Grave (1994):
Similar in 87%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological
Similar in 84%
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Plot Summary:
A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity presents him with a chance to change it.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black and white, atmospheric, psychological, melancholic, surreal, visually appealing, cynical, captivating, cerebral
Similar in 82%
Layer Cake (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, intense, clever, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak, dark comedy, suspense, entertaining
Similar in 89%
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Plot Summary:
An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, grim, neo noir, realistic, dark comedy, atmospheric, surprise ending
Similar in 90%
Cold in July (2014)
Plot Summary:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, suspense, atmospheric, tricky, bleak, serious
Similar in 84%
Son of a Gun (2014)
Plot Summary:
Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, stylized, exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, surprise ending, noir, bloody, suspense, crime drama
Similar in 78%
Red Rock West (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie, suspense, rough, independent film, black comedy, clever
Similar in 83%
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Plot Summary:
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, clever, exciting, surprise ending, psychological thriller, captivating, serious, psychological
Similar in 90%
Best Laid Plans (1999)
Plot Summary:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical, psychological, clever, crime drama, twisted, independent film
Similar in 87%
Blood Simple (1984)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, independent film, tense, cult classic, atmospheric, dark comedy, serious
Similar in 89%
Jackie Brown (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punch”.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 367000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, serious, tense, talky, cult classic, dark comedy, rough, suspenseful, bloody
Similar in 90%
Derailed (2005)
Plot Summary:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, suspense, rough, twist ending, tense, neo noir, psychological, psychological thriller
Similar in 81%
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Plot Summary:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman Polanski's tense drama, the author realizes that his discovery threatens some very powerful people who will do anything to ensure that certain episodes from Lang's past remain buried.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, atmospheric, political thriller, captivating, political, tricky, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, psychological thriller
Similar in 79%
Sexy Beast (2000)
Plot Summary:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, neo noir, psychological, talky, atmospheric, black comedy, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
A Simple Plan (1998)
Plot Summary:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, bleak, realistic, dark comedy, disturbing, serious
Similar in 88%
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological, depressing, bleak, non-linear, emotional, serious
Similar in 81%
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Plot Summary:
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, talky, realistic, serious, psychological, sincere, clever
Similar in 77%
Deception (2008)
Plot Summary:
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, sensual, neo noir, surprise ending, psychosexual thriller, twisted, erotic
Similar in 75%
Trance (2013)
Plot Summary:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, clever, surreal, mind bending, serious, sexy, mindfuck
Similar in 82%
Bound (1996)
Plot Summary:
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tricky, sexual, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 90%
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Plot Summary:
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, stylized, thought provoking, captivating, tense, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, intellectual
Similar in 76%
Fargo (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 711000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, clever, independent film, funny, absurd
Similar in 90%
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Plot Summary:
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, cerebral, enigmatic, psychological thriller, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, disturbing
Similar in 85%
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Plot Summary:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, clever, suspense, neo noir, twisted, twist ending, dark comedy, mindfuck, tricky, mind bending
Similar in 79%
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, serious, realistic, suspense, dark, cult classic, clever
Similar in 77%
Trainspotting (1996)
Plot Summary:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 715000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, psychedelic, black comedy, captivating, cult classic, stylized, controversial, depressing, clever
Similar in 84%
Following (1998)
Plot Summary:
A struggling, unemployed young writer takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his new novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, suspense, black and white, tense, clever, surprise ending, atmospheric, cerebral, mindfuck
Similar in 85%
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
Plot Summary:
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, independent film, witty, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 86%
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, twist ending, serious, melancholic, intense, detective, enigmatic
Similar in 90%
The Departed (2006)
Plot Summary:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense, captivating, serious, neo noir, psychological, mind bending