Movies like The System 2018
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The System (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Vastly different lives and perspectives become intertwined after a police officer suffering from reoccurring PTSD mistakenly shoots a deaf African-American kid, exposing layers of racial tension and corruption within the political, judicial and prison system.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, tense, realistic, emotional, dark
Plot:
racial tension, corruption, deaf, police officer, racism, prejudice, racial injustice, african american, deafness, post traumatic stress disorder, social justice, police procedural, trauma, ptsd, investigation, cover up, mental health, moral ambiguity, political corruption, mistrust, ethical dilemma, betrayal, activism, confrontation, angry ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The System
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, revenge, corruption, small town, betrayal and conspiracy mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The System: Nenjuku Needhi (2022), Sirens (1999), Bug (2017), In the Heat of the Night (1967), How We Got Away with It (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An upright city-bred IPS officer investigates a mysterious case of three missing Dalit girls in a rural part of Tamil Nadu. While two are found dead, one is missing without any trace. Can he crack the case and get hold of the culprits?
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
oppression, social justice, social commentary, investigation, class conflict, female victim, corruption, police procedural, human rights, missing person, law and order, confrontation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
police brutality, racism, police corruption, corruption, interracial relations, racial injustice, racial tension, female protagonist, social commentary, investigation, vigilante justice, revenge ...
Time:
90s
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111
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bug is a 12-year-old girl who finds out that her grandpa, the town's retired sheriff, may have committed and covered up a racially motivated murder years ago. Now Bug is out to right an old wrong.
Style:
dramatic, emotional, tense, realistic
Plot:
small town, racial injustice, coming of age, interracial relations, racial tension, family drama, moral dilemma, courage, secrets, guilt, confrontation, investigation ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, detective, intense ...
Plot:
racism, small town, prejudice, african american, murder mystery, racial tension, police officer, police procedural, civil rights, false accusation, police, murder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa, north carolina, america ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man and his friends react to a sudden, unexpected tragedy during their annual all-weekend summer party.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, prison, tragedy, danger, guilt, grief, youth, moral ambiguity, trauma, secrets ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
small town, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity, sexual assault, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A talented young female police sketch artist uses her abilities to track down an evil child molester.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, trauma, law enforcement, investigator, police procedural, threat, obsession, confrontation, cat and mouse, stalking, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, fraternity, catholic, female vigilante, mockery, motherhood, family tragedy, bullying, life is a bitch, changing lives, trauma, cover up ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on ...
Style:
realistic, art house, tense, political thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, conspiracy, cover up, corruption, political corruption, intelligence agency, social commentary, hitman, betrayal, investigation, justice, character study ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Turkey, Italy, India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Matters turn violent after an ex-police detective (Richard Tyson) and psychiatrist (Kurt Sinclair) manipulate a grieving father (Matt Cinquanta) in pursuit of justice.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, manipulation, secret, justice, vigilante, grief, violence, problem, police detective, manipulative person, detective inspector ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, law enforcement, legal investigation, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, twists and turns, legal, parents and children, rivalry, investigation, family secret, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After her dad is critically injured in a so-called hunting accident, Maggie returns to her hometown in the mountains of Colorado to be by his side. But during her stay, this devoted daughter learns that the shooting was no mistake. As Maggie ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, secret, father daughter relationship, cover up, murder mystery, small town, murder investigation, getting home, crime investigation, puzzle, murder ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Television thriller in which a scheming doctor murders once for love and then has to kill again to cover it up.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, twisted, noir ...
Plot:
infidelity, murder, adultery, manipulation, planned murder, greed, scheming, deception, betrayal, cover up, love triangle, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A successful and renowned novelist — haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer — returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past.
Style:
dark, psychological, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, secrets, investigation, hometown, investigative journalism, journalism, small town, trauma, corruption, cold case, family drama, political corruption ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After losing everything and his wife's disappearance, Siddharth faces arrest. While investigating, he uncovers widespread societal crimes and vulnerabilities.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, missing person, conspiracy, social realism, ethical dilemma, family tragedy, urban, underworld, moral ambiguity, organized crime, cat and mouse ...
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47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Champa is a labourer in Dholpur village, where her employers and policemen gangrape her. As the culprits are directly related to the local MLA, they go scot free until a brave female SP steps in to bring the rape survivor justice
Style:
tense, emotional, realistic, intense
Plot:
village, sexual abuse, social injustice, rape, corruption, women's rights, justice, political corruption, patriarchy, courage, empowerment, law and order ...
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46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Police officer Pipa works on her first big case while simultaneously investigating her boss, who is suspected of murder. The prequel to "Perdida".
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, dark, detective, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, danger, rescue, police procedural, death, brutality, corruption, female detective, female protagonist, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
It's birthday time and it's celebration time. Based on true incidents.
Style:
emotional, realistic, intense, tense, tension ...
Plot:
friendship, birthday, coming of age, celebration, tragedy, college life, youth, trauma, loss, realism, loyalty, remorse ...
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43%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ustanička ulica is a Serbian political thriller. Dušan Ilić (Gordan Kičić), employed at the Serbian state prosecutor's office, gets a top secret case to investigate a war crime committed by a disbanded paramilitary unit. He manages to ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, memories, redemption, war crime, post war, father and son, investigator, father, ex soldier, son, father son relationship, crime investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
serbia, balkan
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, rough, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, superstition, ptsd, folklore, supernatural, love interest, forest, post traumatic stress disorder, abandoned baby, child in peril, danger, isolation ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When a transgender teen goes missing, Annie Ryder—a cop at odds with her hometown—dives in to unravel the disappearance that suggests foul play, despite finding herself in a difficult position as she must cast suspicion on people she has known ...
Style:
mysterious, tense, suspense, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
missing person, small town, criminal psychology, female detective, investigation, female protagonist, police detective, danger, psychopath, death, suspicion, identity ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A single mother's search for her stolen new born baby sends her on a journey through the underworld of London and on a collision course with her past.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, psychological thriller, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
paranoia, conspiracy, hospital, abduction, underworld, grief, city, chase, desperation, single mother, cat and mouse, investigation ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After Carlos, an impoverished teen from a fractured home, receives a desperate note from Sarah, a pen pal he lost touch with a year ago, he uses her letters to solve the mystery of her disappearance and crimes she may have been a part of.
Style:
tense, enigmatic, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, secrets, private investigation, crime solving, mysterious girl, uncover truth, undercover, criminal, crime investigation, secret, puzzle, missing person ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate, the team's brilliant but jaded lead agent battling demons both past and ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, detective, tension ...
Plot:
murder, corruption, fbi, small town, investigation, cover up, violence, threat, moral ambiguity, evidence, mansion, congressman ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An attorney is trying to solve her younger brother's mysterious disappearance while simultaneously helping a new friend rid herself of a stalker. As she begins to uncover the truth, it turns out that the seemingly separate situations are ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, crime thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, amateur detective, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, who done it, danger, stalking, false identity, disappearance, private detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
4K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, social, noir
Plot:
home invasion, dying mother, family drama, brothers, family secret, sibling rivalry, estrangement, dark past, emotional breakdown, hostility, claustrophobia, loss ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Since the death of his colleague, which was partly his fault, Lieutenant Nick Gentry lives a lonesome life. Reporter Joan wants to write a story about him, and seems to be interested in other ways too, but he rejects. Instead he falls in love with ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, neo noir, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abusive husband, domestic violence, shooting, moral ambiguity, cover up, wrongful accusation, isolation, investigation, suspicion, murder mystery, female reporter, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, murder, danger, twists and turns, love, stalking, surveillance, deception, adultery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
170
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, relationships, private investigation, brother, religious faith, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, affair, faith, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Chris Carrington looses his father to hereditary kidney disease. He is painfully aware he may die from it as well. While dealing with the agony of his loss, Chris is unexpectedly contacted by a mysterious Russian immigrant who tells him his father ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, government, crisis of faith, deception, religion, terrorism, intrigue, weapon of mass destruction, underground, biological warfare, biohazard, investigation ...
Similarity:
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