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10 Best Movies Like Nighthawks

If you loved Nighthawks, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ticker

Ticker

2001★ 3.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful sc...

#2
It Couldn't Happen Here

It Couldn't Happen Here

1988★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England - but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of ...

#3
Kristin Commands

Kristin Commands

1946★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy housemaid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges...

#4
Jack of Diamonds

Jack of Diamonds

1967★ 4.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in the daring heist of several famous jewels from a seemingly impenetrable vault....

#5
Three Men to Kill

Three Men to Kill

1980★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him ...

#6
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nighthawks for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthle...