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Movies Like Virtualia Episode 3: The Dark Side

If you liked Virtualia Episode 3: The Dark Side (2001), a crime and drama movie directed by Antonio Adamo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Blindfire

    Blindfire (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the…

  2. 2Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  3. 3The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  4. 4El padrino: The Latin Godfather

    El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper…

  5. 5The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  6. 6Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…

  7. 7Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime and drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  8. 8Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…

  9. 9The Corruptor

    The Corruptor (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…

  10. 10Assassination Games

    Assassination Games (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…

  11. 11Jesse Stone: Sea Change

    Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during…

  12. 12Rise of the Footsoldier 3

    Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.

  13. 13Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  14. 14Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

    Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime and drama

    Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…

  15. 15Marathon Man

    Marathon Man (1976)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

  16. 16Homicide

    Homicide (1991)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.

  17. 17Repo Men

    Repo Men (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and crime

    In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…

  18. 18A Clockwork Orange

    A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    ★ 8.2/10Also science fiction and crime

    In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to…

  19. 19Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

  20. 20A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

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