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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.

#1
The Town

The Town

2010★ 7.2

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

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive bra...

#2
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

1987★ 6.6

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

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes...

#3
Strip Jack Naked

Strip Jack Naked

1991★ 5.2

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

Ron Peck talks about his experiences of growing up as a gay man, the attitudes to homosexuality in Britain, and his journey towards making his film "Nighthawks"....

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#5
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970★ 8.2

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

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t...

#6
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....