Movies like Flic Story
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Flic Story (1975)
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, cult classic, period piece, detective, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, gangster, robbery, prison, psychopath, investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, police investigation, jail, police station, police interrogation, basement, mobster, restaurant, dead cop, breaking the fourth wall, pretending to be someone else, master criminal, chases and races, danger, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 1950s, 50s, 40s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Keyword:
gangsters, bruise, visit
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Country: France, Italy
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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