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Frame by Frame (1996)
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Original name: Conundrum
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
Style:
tense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot:
yakuza, murder of a nude woman, vietnam war, policewoman, triad, nypd, gambling, investigation, pregnancy, murder, law enforcement, police corruption, partner, police detective, dishonesty, police, female nudity, sex scene, photograph, lust, sexual harassment, death of wife, female police officer, asian gangster, secret passageway ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about deadly, law enforcement, murder, dishonesty, investigation, female nudity and police mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Frame by Frame: Double Bang (2001), Dead Connection (1994), Traces of Red (1992), The Killing Time (1987), American Crime (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, investigation, hidden identity, law enforcement, working undercover, fighting crime, master criminal, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, vengeance, rivalry ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style:
sexual, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone sex, police, interracial, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, detective, independent film ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, reluctant partners, serial killer, whore, private investigator, sexual relations, dangerous attraction, voice over narration, adultery, anonymous letter, child molestation, lust ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, key west florida
Similarity:
100%
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, small town, frame up, disorder, hidden identity, investigation, mistaken identity, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, love triangle, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cartel, rogue agent, computer, gunfight, car chase, dishonesty, chases and races, betrayal, undercover, police investigation, rivalry, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he resketches the pictures so they don't look like her, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, outdoor sex, murder, investigation, false accusation, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, call girl, black bra, bare breasts, prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, drug abuse, gangster, district attorney, investigation, money, police, policewoman, female police officer, killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, the two find themselves forced to deal with a number of painful secrets from their past.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, psychopath, parents and children, family life, fighting crime, law enforcement, estrangement, who done it, partner, transvestite, cash ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A series of cop murders plagues the city. The remaining officers on the force are increasingly worried as the deaths increase with no leads. As the department's finest must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female killer, serial killer, rape and revenge, sexual harassment, rivalry, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, police detective, murder, policewoman, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, gambling addiction, card playing, poker, gambler, pregnancy, gangster, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
424
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.
Style:
neo noir, detective, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
sex scene, reluctant partners, murderous pair, terminal illness, murder, police corruption, friend, blonde, lust, corrupt cop, interracial relations, die hard ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, forgery, urban, highway, on the road, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, misfit partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews to psychiatrist Samantha Stone, who has disquieting lifestyle issues of her own. It falls to her to ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, making love, murder, police investigation, mind game, who done it, mental illness, life is a bitch, sex scene, killer, misogynist ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, making love, woman in danger, redemption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, sex scene, serial murder, swat team ...
Place:
france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
psychopath, criminal heroes, gangster, investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, riddles and clues, dishonesty, killer, american football, kidnapping, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jack just lost his P.I. license and his life is on a downward spiral. He decides to steal a cash briefcase from the local gangsters. He hides in a strip joint owned by a local mob legend Jimmie D and pays a stripper to help him escape. The gangsters ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, stripper, law enforcement, criminal heroes, murder, henchman, deception, strip club, mobster, organized crime, heist, private investigator ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, independent film, rough ...
Plot:
making love, male nudity, investigation, sex scene, murder, voyeur, serial killer, cop, couples, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, dancer's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
463
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, police corruption, nypd, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, investigation, murder, violent content, bare chested male, female nudity, bare breasts ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, sex, skinny dipping, highway, adultery, road trip, nudity, police, robbery, wife, husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
murder, white supremacy, religion, robbery, hostage, working undercover, down on your luck, interracial relations, police corruption, injustice, terrorism, investigation ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Low Winter Sun is an American television drama series developed by Chris Mundy, starring Mark Strong and Lennie James. The series premiered on August 11, 2013, on AMC, with the first season consisting of ten episodes. It is based upon the 2006 ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, vengeance, police corruption, law enforcement, perfect crime, right and wrong, rivalry, dishonesty, dirty cop, crooked cop, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
Style:
erotic, sexual, grindhouse, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, lesbianism, murder of a prostitute, strip show, woman with a gun, nudity, murder, prostitute, partner, violent content, hollywood, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A gang of young thieves try to rob a mob boss, but their heist is interrupted by an officer of the Tokyo Police Department's elite Zero Division. They get away with the loot, but the officer, a beautiful, more-than-slightly psychotic young ...
Style:
crime drama, manga, psychotronic
Plot:
asian sex, female assassin, sexploitation, yakuza, woman, twins, japanese police, sexual attraction, loot, chase, heist, theft ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
tough heroes, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, dominatrix, death of brother, older brother, stripper, violent, prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thriller about a man who, along with his family, moves from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, they soon discover that life in The Colony is much more sinister than ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, psychological thriller, tension, crime thriller ...
Plot:
authoritarianism, manipulation, claustrophobia, surveillance, mistrust, moral ambiguity, family drama, suspicion, coercion, conspiracy, paranoia, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
contract killing, hitman, dangerous attraction, murder, manipulation, crime gone awry, hidden identity, femme fatale, couples, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this offbeat thriller, Ann is a young woman trying to put her life back together after she lost her child in a car wreck. Formerly a single mother, Ann has recently started dating a man named Tom, and one day Tom asks Ann for a favor -- would she ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
psychopath, kidnapping, marriage proposal, hostage, surrogate mother, family relations, couples, family problems, single parent, dealing with death, confined, missing person ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, haunted by the past, perfect crime, partner, investigation, dishonesty, corrupt law enforcer, police detective, partners against crime, private detective, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
22%
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