Movies Like The Big Fall

If you liked The Big Fall (1997), a drama movie directed by C. Thomas Howell, 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
Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
2
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also 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…
3
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
4
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
5
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
6
The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
7
American Gigolo (1980)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and…
8
Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
9
Gone Girl (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
10
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
11
McQ (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
12
Klute (1971)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
13
I Am All Girls (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
14
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…
15
The Little Things (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes…
16
Reptile (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
17
Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
18
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled…
19
Fallen (1998)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
20
Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…