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Dead Badge (1995)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Policeman Dan Sampson happens to have the same badge # as deceased policeman Manny Torres, who died while on duty. The circumstances surrounding Torres' death, officially ruled a drug overdose, become Sampson's obsession. After Sampson begins investigating Torres' file and visiting Torres' widow, various parties begin making attempts on Sampson's life.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, detective, neo noir, surprise ending, independent film
Plot:
investigation, corruption, obsession, danger, cover up, police procedural, moral ambiguity, heroin, violence, betrayal, conspiracy, urban, paranoia, drug overdose, revenge, loyalty, male protagonist, internal affairs, urban decay, nypd, stalking, police officer, police, policewoman, crooked cop ...
Place:
long beach california
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Most similar movies to Dead Badge
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, dark, tense and noir films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, revenge, betrayal, urban and conspiracy mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Dead Badge: The Guardian (2000), Restraining Order (1999), Felony (1994), Confidential Informant (2023), The Deal (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul Randall finds his mother murdered one day, he himself comes under suspicion.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, grim, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Robert Woodfield is a criminal defense attorney, and he has defended a lot of criminals, many of whom are guilty, but has maintained that everyone deserves a competent defense, which he provides whether they are guilty or not. Currently he is ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
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362
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A reality cop show films a police raid on a drug ring that goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. All of this gets taped by the cameraman who tries to sell the tape to the gangsters and gets killed for his efforts. Meanwhile the film ...
Style:
crime thriller, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, detective, serious, action drama ...
Plot:
police, organized crime, drug lord, narcotics, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, revenge, smuggling, justice, violence, corruption ...
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, conspiracy, sex trafficking, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, estrangement, identity, violence, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack 'Cash' Conry left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to his two daughters. Despite a fulfilling life at home, Cash misses the chance to make an ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric
Plot:
conspiracy, corruption, protective parent, reluctant hero, family drama, investigation, revenge, betrayal, rescue mission, undercover, private investigation, redemption ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
Style:
crime thriller, detective, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, police procedural, investigation, hollywood, homicide, cover up, murder mystery, law enforcement, conspiracy, evidence, urban, crime scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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tense, detective, suspense, noir, neo western ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, small town, law enforcement, investigation, justice, police procedural, cover up, corruption, violent, moral ambiguity, betrayal ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
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337
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two bodyguards set out to find their boss's killer before his son starts a mob war.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, bodyguard, revenge, betrayal, loyalty, underworld, crime family, investigation, retribution, gunfight, moral ambiguity, power struggle ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
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:
detroit
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who works for a seedy private detective decides to turn over a new leaf, but ends up antagonising the men behind his last assignment, and gets entangled in a web spun by greedy politicians, corrupt cops and ruthless gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangster, corruption, organized crime, private detective, underworld, violence, danger, moral ambiguity, criminal conspiracy, criminal syndicate, political corruption, power struggle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Police sketch artist, Jack, helps blind rape victim Emmy describe her attacker.. a serial rapist and murderer who is now out to get her.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, serial killer, blindness, danger, investigation, cat and mouse, threat, rape, justice, obsession, paranoia, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An architect witnesses a brutal murder in a small Texas town.
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, sinister, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, architect, witness, fear, danger, violence, small town, investigation, suspicion, corruption, survival, cover up ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the ...
Style:
crime thriller, detective, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
lapd, corruption, drug cartel, investigation, law enforcement, moral dilemma, justice, moral ambiguity, police procedural, internal affairs, betrayal, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
After her best friend is tragically murdered in an apparent robbery gone wrong, Tiffany Jackson takes justice in her own hands to find his killer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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350
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was about to turn states evidence. The killing came as the mobster was with his girlfriend Alma. Jack ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
undercover, gang, police, drug, rivalry, outlaw, drug dealer, danger, undercover agent, criminal, real life, informant ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, dark
Plot:
drug traffic, corruption, informant, snitch, underworld, deception, investigation, organized crime, moral ambiguity, double life, conspiracy, police procedural ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidential candidate
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, twisted, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style:
tense, intense, detective, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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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:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, noir, tense
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, female protagonist, investigation, law enforcement, urban decay, scandal, murder investigation, tough cop, police procedural, violence, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Madrid, Spain. During an eviction procedure, Dani, a police officer, makes a shocking discovery.
Style:
tense, thrilling, exciting, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
police corruption, conspiracy, eviction, political corruption, corrupt cop, runaway, political conspiracy, corruption, adventure hero, corrupt sheriff, corrupt law enforcer, problem ...
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
40%
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:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A dirty police sergeant and a drug kingpin try to clean up their own organization by murdering all the street snitches while attempting to frame it on two Lady Riders, who are trying to get revenge on the drug dealers that raped them. Meanwhile, a ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, dark, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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