In the Heat of the Night
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

similar movies
Mystery Street
1950
genre:Crime
Thriller
Dolemite
1975
genre:Action
Comedy
Crime
Mum & Dad
2008
genre:Horror
Thriller
Kill Theory
2009
genre:Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Mr. Untouchable
2007
genre:Crime
Documentary
The Man from Yesterday
1949
genre:Thriller
Georgia
1989
genre:Thriller
Mystery
The Toll
2021
genre:Comedy
Thriller
Crime
Gandhi
1982
genre:Drama
History
The Fog
2005
genre:Horror
Mystery
Platoon
1986
genre:Drama
War
Action
Blue Velvet
1986
genre:Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Drama
Lolita
1962
genre:Drama
Comedy
Romance
The Omen
2006
genre:Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Se7en
1995
genre:Crime
Mystery
Thriller
The Music Room
1958
genre:Drama
Music
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
genre:Drama
History
War
Chinatown
1974
genre:Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
2046
2004
genre:Drama
Science Fiction
Romance
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
genre:Crime
Thriller