Movies like Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
world war two, investigation, gangster, soldier, heist, crime spree, frame up, wartime life, dishonesty, criminal heroes, cons and scams, serial killer, lovers on the run, war, showgirl, murder, psychopath, taxi, destiny, chorus girl, love, sex, sex scene, stripper, taxi driver ...
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
england, london, europe
Keyword:
gangsters, american
Most similar movies to Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about dishonesty, murder, deadly, law enforcement, criminal heroes, rivalry and gangster mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Chicago Joe and the Showgirl: The Killing Time (1987), Hard Boiled Sweets (2012), Small Town Conspiracy (2002), Resistance (2011), Resurrection Man (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff (Beau Bridges) and his lover (Camelia Kath) are cooking ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, frame up, small town, disorder, investigation, hidden identity, mistaken identity, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, love triangle, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, rivalry, pimp, cons and scams, danger, mob boss, murder, escapades, violent, outlaw, shrewd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, who done it, frame up, wartime life, political conspiracy, injustice, life is a bitch, serial killer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
usa, florida, pearl harbor
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, period drama ...
Plot:
missing person, wartime life, life is a bitch, war, danger, espionage, undercover, world war two, alternate history, alternate universe, strong female presence, village ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1944
Place:
england, madagascar
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence, anglo irish relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rise and fall, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, vengeance, drug dealing, ambition, violence ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1967, 60s, year 1965, year 1944 ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers ...
Style:
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Plot:
nazi germany, espionage, world war two, double agent, wartime, spy, wartime life, behind enemy lines, secret agent, working undercover, love and romance, destiny ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, new york, berlin germany, europe, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Style:
neo noir, romantic drama, crime drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
photograph, photography, photographer, journalism, media, blackmail, photojournalism, mobster, past, nightclub, black market, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the days following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, a British platoon leader named Saul (Gabriel Byrne) and his corporal (Paul Wyett) reach an isolated farmhouse and encounter a beautiful French girl named Belle (Marianne Basler). Love ...
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realistic, serious, tense, emotional
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girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Veteran Detective Ed Delopre (Dennis Hopper) and partner Mike McGivern (Fredric Forrest) have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
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intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time:
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Place:
new mexico, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, brother brother relationship, lesbian, organized crime, british gangster, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, murder, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, police detective, false accusation, frame up, legal, dishonesty, media ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds ...
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
boxing, gang, ambition, vengeance, athlete's life, rivalry, dishonesty, down on your luck, gangster, boxer, promoter, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge across the River Thames, the story follows Alan, a man from Northern England who is homeless after the loss of his wife and job. One night while ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
police, reporter, witness, freemason, chase, murder, homeless, life is a bitch, witnessing a crime, journalism, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe, tower bridge london
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
rough, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, murderous pair, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, James Coburn portrays a military lawyer assigned to defend a confessed psychotic killer. Set in the context of WWII and the uneasy US-Australian military alliance. The accused killer claims to have killed 3 women in order to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
serial killer, world war two, true crime, killer, murder, soldier, diplomacy, trial, psychopath, army investigation, legal, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, psychopath, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, police investigation, mind game, murder, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, killer ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A wealthy, successful, East-Anglian tulip grower, Dad Savage is also something of a godfather in the local criminal fraternity but doesn't trust banks to take care of his money. On recommendation from his son, Sav, Dad hires two of Sav's ...
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81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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