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Narc (2021)
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story:
Officer Tracy Smith deals with family, the reoccurring nightmare of the brutal murder of his parents and his Secret Internal Investigation of a Special Narcotics Unit. Tracy quickly learns that being a Detroit Narcotics Officer nothing is what it seems while trying to gain the trust of Narcotics Unit.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, intense, psychological, noir, bleak, neo noir, realistic, ambiguous ending
Plot:
investigation, corruption, law enforcement, police procedural, narcotics, violence, betrayal, undercover, conspiracy, urban, internal affairs, moral ambiguity, deception, trauma, underworld, revenge, nightmare, surveillance
Place:
detroit
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Most similar movies to Narc
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, noir and detective films with plots about corruption, investigation, moral ambiguity, revenge, urban, betrayal and police procedural mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Narc: Day of Thunder (1990), Hangup (1974), Down 'n Dirty (2000), Dusk for a Hitman (2023), Betrayed (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Day of Thunder is a Hong Kong Crime Drama starring Alex Man.
Style:
crime drama, dark, intense, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
organized crime, urban, law enforcement, investigation, revenge, police procedural, moral ambiguity, confrontation, violence, shootout, corruption, bribery ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
narcotics, rookie, drug trade, undercover, drug addiction, police procedural, urban, moral ambiguity, street crime, law enforcement, sting operation, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, private investigator, private detective, uncover truth, law enforcement, race against time, life is a bitch, twists and turns, danger, moral ambiguity, drug abuse ...
Time:
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Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious police officer.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, manhunt, killer, investigation, organized crime, underworld, killing, police officer, crime and punishment, criminal underworld, accomplice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In an effort to control the city the Mayor opens the doors to the Russian Mob. It is not long until he realizes they aren't going to follow his rules. To fix the problem he accepts an offer to set up the Russians and open the door for the ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, abduction, corruption, violence, murder, kidnapping, russian mafia, criminal underworld, drug cartel, corrupt politician, hostage ...
Place:
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Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kaja Miller, a young and honest police officer, is caught on one of her missions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, corruption, criminal, police, investigation, police detective, violence, teamwork, police officer, fighting crime, policewoman, physical abuse ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
58%
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160
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, noir ...
Plot:
who done it, police officer, murder investigation, graphic violence, death, partner, law enforcer, society, murderer, chase, evidence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
56%
2K
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Story:
An international Nigerian drug smuggler blackmails air hostesses to smuggle drugs through flights. When a beautiful air hostess is murdered, her sister wants to find out the truth. Will she find the man responsible?
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, twisted, noir
Plot:
drug smuggling, murder, airport, investigation, danger, flight attendant, blackmail, airline, sisters, master criminal, underworld, betrayal ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime
Country: China
TV show
Story:
In a rapidly developing Hanzhou, police officer Qin Feng and his sworn brother Liu Tianye face off against dangerous criminals while grappling with deep moral dilemmas and the complicated ties between family, power, and justice.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, investigation, justice, police procedural, police corruption, betrayal, urban, moral ambiguity, corruption, morality, loyalty, brotherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hustlers, players and gangsters rule the urban streets of New York in this story about loyalty and betrayal. Billy Goode, a street-smart crook and his partner Jackie Williams are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, tense, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
undercover, covert operation, drug crime, heroin addiction, drug traffic, corruption, manipulation, investigation, deception, double life, moral ambiguity, police procedural ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, redemption, organized crime, undercover, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, covert operation, corruption, violence, city, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, dark, detective, fast paced ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
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Country: Poland
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Story:
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Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
43%
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, dark, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, violence, psychopath, police procedural, murder, psycho killer, criminal, investigator, brutality, murder investigation, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
east asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
During his investigations in an increasingly criminal metropolis, detective Jimmy Cloud gets into a world of gangsters, espionage, murder, prostitution and drugs, in which a terrorist group also targets his girlfriend to stop him.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, dark, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, gangster, murder, underworld, kidnapping, violent, urban decay, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, drug, surveillance ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
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41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, cover up, police corruption, investigation, conspiracy, murder investigation, mysterious death, betrayal, mistrust, underworld, suspicion, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rookie detective, son of a dead disgraced cop, works to solve his first major case while under the watchful eye of a ghost-like assassin.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
cleveland ohio
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, serious, tense, sinister, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, forest, evidence, police procedural, whodunit, isolation, moral ambiguity, suspect, forensics, obsession, betrayal ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A casino security officer investigates the rape and murder of her teenage daughter.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, crime drama, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, casino, murder, investigation, murderer, revenge seeker, rape, grief, loss, uncover truth, avenge, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
When Terry (Grantham) is sentenced to a twenty-year stretch for a murder he did not commit, his wife Sam (Dobson) discovers that his apparently respectable business life has in fact been a cover for a vast criminal empire - drugs, protection, armed ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, dark, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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