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Dirty (2005)
6K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, hood, crime drama, grim, bleak, hispanic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dirty cop, police corruption, gang, street gang, drug dealing, guilt, internal affairs, investigation, murder, working undercover, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, cop, profanity, nypd, police officer killed, urban, gangster, interracial friendship, police shootout, black cop, police, russian roulette, spy, intelligence agency ...
Time:
year 2005, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, south america, latin america, cuba
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Most similar movies to Dirty
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, police corruption, police investigation, murder, deadly, dishonesty and police mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Dirty: Training Day (2001), Caught in the Crossfire (2010), Monument Ave. (1998), Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011), Snitch'd (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, hood, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, police detective, partners against crime, gang, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, profanity, friendship, danger, rivalry, crooked cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, vengeance, police investigation, criminal's revenge, investigation, best friend, police corruption, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) delivers an intense, electrifying performance in this explosive follow-up to the gritty urban crime thriller Street Kings. Liotta plays Detroit detective Marty Kingston, the leader of an undercover narcotics team, whose ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, murder, profanity, police detective, police corruption, gunfight, investigation, vigilantism, partners against crime, uncover truth, working undercover, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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126K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
Style:
psychological, rough, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, serial killer, vengeance, police investigation, life is a bitch, police corruption, uncover truth, wrestler, violence spree, urban, memory loss, city life ...
Place:
south america, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, neo noir, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, corrupt cop, police detective, corruption, rookie, undercover, organized crime, nypd, dirty cop, guilt, robbery ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, undercover, partner, police corruption, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, fighting crime, police investigation, master criminal, partners against crime, tough guy ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style:
hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, police corruption, murder, false accusation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, ghetto, murder, investigation, law enforcement, undercover, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Laughing (MICHAEL TSE) is formally a police undercover. However due to a drug trafficking case, Inspector Pan (FELIX WONG) is hot on his trails. Before Laughing becomes a police undercover, he works under triad leader Yi (ANTHONY WONG). Yi treats ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
working undercover, car chase, secret agent, hidden identity, rivalry, police investigation, fighting crime, espionage, partner, police corruption, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
22%
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 ...
Similarity:
22%
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, gang, gangster, drug dealing, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, police investigation, human trafficking, drug, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
22%
971
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, partner, police investigation, crime gone awry, dishonesty, undercover, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, partners against crime, drug dealing, working undercover, police officer killed ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
8K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style:
talky, neo noir, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, tough law enforcer, fighting the system, against the rules, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico, new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), decide to take the kids in. But the lives ...
Style:
exciting, emotional, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
justice, father daughter relationship, orphan, drug dealer, partner, murder, family relations, law enforcement, cop, drug dealing, fighting crime, working undercover ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, south america, usa
Similarity:
21%
Movie in collections
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence ...
Style:
suspense, intense, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police officer, blaxploitation, racism, gunfight, revenge, violence, drug lord, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, urban, black ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, switzerland, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
20%
519
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, mind game, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, police investigation, master criminal, dishonesty, vengeance, betrayal, law enforcement, confined, survival ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, fighting the system, uncover truth, police detective, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, vengeance, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A trigger-happy outlaw goes on the run and a burned out, disillusioned cop gives chase. They end up head-to-head in a Los Angeles shoot out.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cop killer, police officer, showdown, duel, beach, tough cop, reporter, cop, heroes, law enforcement, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An epic battle rages lawn on the streets of Harlem between Italian mobsters and black gangsters. The battles are intense, the more each side tries to oust another. Both groups use their best killers. Since it is a brutal gangster transvestites to be ...
Style:
independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, cross dressing, martial arts, revenge, gangster, transvestism, psychopath, urban ghetto, injustice, hitman, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s, year 1956
Place:
new york, ohio, harlem
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above and beyond the call of duty to solve the murder; and bust the ...
Style:
suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, police corruption, partner, investigation, working undercover, criminal heroes, partners against crime, conspiracy, drug, maverick cop, corruption, redemption ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
hood, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gang, undercover, gangster, ghetto, police detective, hip hop, adaptation, friendship, brutality, betrayal, mentor, transformation ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 70s
Similarity:
19%
114K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, sexy, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, corruption, nypd, dirty cop, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, justice, investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, legal action, police investigation, bad cop, reluctant partners, dishonesty, buddies, partners against crime, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, detective, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, investigation, corruption, police officer, police investigation, abusive husband, sociopath, betrayal, murder, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
19%
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