Movies like Eyewitness 1981
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Eyewitness (1981)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play this game, the killers are watching, assuming that Daryll and Tony both know more about the crime than they do.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, light, romantic, clever, melancholic, talky, tricky, reflective ...
Plot:
murder, janitor, female reporter, love story, investigation, jewish, suspense, catastrophe, gangsters, killer, twists and turns, relationships, vietnam war, gang, hunting, assassin, obsession, love triangle, betrayal, divorce, beautiful scenery, gunfight, conspiracy, lone hero, fantasy world ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, california, usa, vietnam, manhattan new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, interesting, serious and unusual plot structure films with plots about pornography, corruption, suspense, runaway, investigation, murder and twists and turns mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Eyewitness: Sea of Love (1989), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), Jagged Edge (1985), Mulholland Falls (1996), The Morning After (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
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sexy, tense, erotic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
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boys' night, adult
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
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Time:
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Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, legal, murder, courtroom drama, twists and turns, suspense, surveillance, women, murder mystery, guilt ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, san francisco
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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political corruption, murder, investigation, suspense, police, gangsters, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, partners against crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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34%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex ...
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murder mystery, murder, amnesia, suspense, corpse, twists and turns, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, partners, unlikely partners, ex cop, female protagonist ...
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexual, sexy, neo noir, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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23%
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