Movies like Bolero 2004
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Bolero (2004)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on real event, Bolero is an excellent story of progressive recovery of a crime. The story surprises all the time, shows new connections, new possibilities, exposes new ideas and facts. It's possible to understand the film on more levels. It describes the position and all the feelings of victim's family, the police work as well as the impact of the crime on it's malefactors. It also touches the topic of moral decay of the descendants of rich, high-posted families. In addition to this, the power of the storyline is accentuated by the quality of the artistic treatment of the whole piece.
Style:
rough, serious, suspense, realistic, non-linear, detective, poliziottesco
Plot:
lawyer, murder, true crime, gang rape, courtroom, rape, police, violence, party, female nudity, death, rapist, photographer, murder investigation, investigator, father daughter relationship, high society, dancer, sexualized violence, photograph, father son relationship, female judge, woman, female lawyer, old woman ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century, 1990s
Place:
prague, central europe, prague czech republic
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Most similar movies to Bolero
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and detective films with plots about murder, police, investigation, courtroom, police investigation, police detective and lawyer mostly in Crime, Drama and History genres. Some movies like Bolero: SK1 (2014), Absolution (2017), Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995), Blue Shadows (2016), The Roubal Case (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, murder of a girl, murder trial, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, danger, true crime, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place:
paris france, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
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Story:
Richard is a police investigator who hasn't seen his daughter Lily for very long time. The series starts when Lily shows up at his door and asks for help. She tells him that she fell in love with judge Kowalský but he attacked her and she ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, suspense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
police detective, estranged daughter, father daughter relationship, murder investigation, husband wife relationship, murder, police investigation, female killer, organized crime, secret, police, extramarital affair ...
Place:
central europe
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91%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, murder investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, suspect, assassination attempt, woman, whodunit, nypd, murder, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
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Story:
This time the detectives deal with the case of a murdered professor. One day a cleaning woman finds him shot to death in his own study. The detectives will thus investigate whether the murder is connected with the victim's persistent effort for ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, policewoman, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, professor, murder investigation, murder, coworker relationship, police station, corruption, murder suspect, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
The mini-series are inspired by the real, albeit incredibly terrifying, events and actions that Ivan Roubal committed in the 1990s. Hynek Čermák is in the role of one of the biggest serial killers in Czechoslovak history.
Style:
poliziottesco, detective, period piece
Plot:
serial killer, advocate, trial, female lawyer, killer, true crime, criminal, teamwork, police detective, investigator, murder investigation, police investigator ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
czechoslovakia, central europe, prague
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
true crime, murder investigation, police detective, murder, investigation, police procedural, sleuth, police department, partnership, lawyer, moral ambiguity, justice ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, false accusation, trial, courtroom drama, husband wife relationship, judge, lawyer, true crime, murder suspect, conspiracy theory, prison ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
central europe, czech republic
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
51%
175
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal, legal investigation, life is a bitch, courtroom, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, savannah georgia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
law, lawyer, love, adultery, framed for murder, murder, infidelity, con artists, accused of murder, murder mystery, murder trial, murder investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Similarity:
48%
722
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them.
Style:
erotic, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
making love, sex scene, lesbian sex, juvenile delinquency, rape, female nudity, attempted rape, interracial sex, rough sex, lgbt, black, sex crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A successful career woman is raped by a prominent lawyer. However, when she takes the case to court, it results in a hung jury. When the DA's office declines to retry the case, the lawyer opts to sue the woman for malicious prosecution and ...
Style:
realistic, intense, suspense, tension
Plot:
rape, trauma, legal battle, courtroom drama, sexual assault, anger, female protagonist, psychological abuse, testimony, sexism, courtroom, public humiliation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A success-hungry lawyer meets a young sister and brother suffering from domestic abuse and digs into their case.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
child murder, redemption, lawyer, murder, police investigation, death of child, violence, death, life is a bitch, trauma, confession, child abuse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After his wife and daughter are raped and killed by a motorbike gang a man sets out to take revenge.
Style:
gothic horror, classic horror, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, injustice, rebellion, vengeance, chases and races, life is a bitch, gang, rivalry, husband wife relationship, female nudity, wedding ring ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, investigator, law enforcement, partner, name calling, escapades, serial killer, who done it, family relations, testimony, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, psychological, neo noir
Plot:
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Similarity:
38%
454
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Slim Williams, a small-time dealer, is poised to make his big score with his partner Paulie. But the easy deal becomes a nightmare when Slim is caught in deadly police sting and ends up in a maximum-security penitentiary. Sold out by his partner, ...
Style:
tense, rough, realistic, serious, hispanic ...
Plot:
prison gang, drug addict, prison, jail, revenge, police, power, gang, racism, murder, grudge, voice over narration ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime drama, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, family drama, police procedural, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, journalism, investigative journalism, family secret, murder mystery, small town, suspicion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, suspense, detective
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, testimony, murder mystery, uncover truth, evidence, friendship, escapades, heroes, vengeance, murder investigation, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993.
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
deaf, lawyer, disabled, legal, district attorney, courtroom, crooked cop, attorney, disabled person, police, police detective, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the ...
Style:
tense, contemplative, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
legal investigation, unlikely criminals, college, courtroom drama, murder, partner, law enforcement, police investigation, legal action, murderous pair, prison, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape, mental illness, couples, love and romance, life is a bitch, hopes, guilt, love letter, moving, mental disorder, lgbt ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, realistic, poignant, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, rape, injustice, sexual assault, rape victim, violence, gang rape, sexual abuse, violence against women, legal action, fraternity, legal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
massachusetts, boston, usa, washington d.c., washington state ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant ...
Style:
detective, tense, twisted, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, courtroom, murder, amateur detective, strangulation, secrets, blackmail, illusion, whodunit, magician, cover up, private investigator ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
142
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A car deliberately runs down a young man on a road by a small border town. The locals recognize the dead man as one of the students who were there on volunteer work some time before. The police detectives, Major Kalas (Rudolf Hrusínský) and ...
Style:
crying, poliziottesco, detective
Plot:
photography, trespassing, excavation, following someone, suicide, landlady, photograph, war criminal, photo studio, burglary, police detective, eavesdropping ...
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, murder, perfect crime, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, dirty cop, crooked cop, male pubic hair, male nudity, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, nordic, european, immigrant, racism, murder, investigation, society, law enforcement, urban, city life, job ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
32%
150
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, partner, police detective, fighting crime, police investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, amateur detective, society, partners against crime, murder, police station ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Style:
suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
police officer, investigation, police detective, investigator, police investigator, teamwork, police investigation, who done it, coworker, serial murder, murder investigation, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central europe
Similarity:
32%
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