
Movies that feel like In the Heat of the Night (1967)
If you loved In the Heat of the Night, the closest films we have are Charley Varrick (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and Anatomy of a Murder (1959). All three share In the Heat of the Night's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If In the Heat of the Night hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: small town life, stolen money
The difference: None of the twists In the Heat of the Night is built on

Both are built on the same subject: whodunit

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

The same preoccupation in both: murder
The difference: 48 years apart, and the 2010s show

One thread runs through both: whodunit

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

Twisty drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Leans harder into western than In the Heat of the Night does

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Mystery built on grit, twice over

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

Common ground: racism

Twisty crime in both cases
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