Movies like The Deadly Tower
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The Deadly Tower (1975)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspense, factual, psychological, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, investigation, obsession, shooting, university, mass murder, violence spree, killings, criminal, disaster, killer, isolation, mental breakdown, police, school shooting, heroism, bravery, panic, school ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
Keyword:
oldies
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, rivalry, psychopath and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Deadly Tower: Starkweather (2004), Targets (1968), Blue Steel (1990), Relentless 3 (1993), Monster (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1958 Nebraska 19 year old garbageman Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree with his 14 year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate killing 11 people in three months, introducing America to spree killing.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, gory, teenage life, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, wyoming
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california
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95%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style:
suspense, psychological, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
sniper, serial killer, psychopath, violence, killing spree, monster, filmmaking, mass murder, confrontation, target practice, actor, old man ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, texas, vietnam, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, die hard, serial murder, police investigation, police officer, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, murder, mind game, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bok-Soon (Kim Go-eun-I) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Bok-Soon may not be the brightest girl but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage. She’s infamously known as the “psycho ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, police investigation, psychopath, rivalry, murder, asian prostitute, gangster, assassination, criminal heroes, law enforcement, contests and competitions ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
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Plot:
obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage, violence, police officer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, mind game, life is a bitch, true crime, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
police, cop, epic battle, criminal, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, investigation, on the run, rivalry, chases and races, fighting crime ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, psychopath, murder, police detective, obsession, killing spree, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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92%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When ruthless drug lord Raffaello murders the family of the little girl named Angel in a gangland hid in Spain, he makes one fatal mistake : Letting her live. Thus Raffaello sets in motion a bloody chain of events in this gritty street tale of ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA, Germany
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Story:
The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style:
rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, snitch, informant, swamp, deep south ...
Time:
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Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
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tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, rivalry, femme fatale, police detective, serial killer, xmas, revenge, police, police officer ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 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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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, spoof
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, on the run, chase, dishonesty, police investigation, female assassin, master criminal, criminal heroes, single parent, femme fatale, danger, law enforcement ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
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Story:
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Theodore Robert Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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88%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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87%
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 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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⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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