Movies like I Witness
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I Witness (2003)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, police corruption, murder, crimes, investigation, confined, deadly, partners against crime, uncover truth, life is a bitch, danger, political corruption, fighting crime, dishonesty, law enforcement, police detective, state affairs, investigator, police brutality, husband wife relationship, evidence, special agents, politics, crime ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mexico, latin america, somalia, tijuana mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about crimes, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, crime, deadly and police investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like I Witness: Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011), Caught in the Crossfire (2010), Streets of Blood (2009), Snitch'd (2003), Indian (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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suspenseful, twists and turns, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police corruption, crimes, partners against crime, working undercover, uncover truth, vigilantism, investigation, loss of partner, cop as target, mission gone awry ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
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95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
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suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
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police detective, gang, police investigation, partners against crime, partners, law enforcement, deadly, police corruption, investigation, profanity, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, 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:
bleak, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, law enforcement, undercover, crimes, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, ghetto, deadly, crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
186
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:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, gang, criminal heroes, police corruption, tough law enforcer, society, drug dealing, deadly ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, vigilantism, frame up, danger, confined, dishonesty, deadly, partners against crime, bollywood, political corruption, idealism, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Upon discovering a den of corrupt policemen, a fresh-faced journalist makes a shaky allies in a jaded reporter and investigator for a powerful district attorney.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
police corruption, police brutality, fighting the system, uncover truth, crimes, legal, dishonesty, crime, deadly, law enforcement, conspiracy, justice ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
boston, new orleans, los angeles
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90%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, twists and turns, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, serial killer, psychopath, crimes, police investigation, mystery, investigation, dishonesty, deadly, doctor patient relationship, foot chase ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
460
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, heroes, psychopath, crimes, who done it, reluctant partners, police investigation, law enforcement, female detective, dishonesty, partners, serial killer ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
tense, psychological, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, investigation, false accusation, lovers reunited, police investigation, uncover truth, testimony, dishonesty, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, power relations ...
Time:
contemporary
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84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned ...
Style:
rough, serious, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, crimes, fighting crime, police investigation, incompetent police, deadly, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, police corruption, injustice ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Movies similar to Elite Squad
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, fighting crime, crime, gang, undercover, crimes, heist, police investigation, dishonesty, partners, master criminal, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles
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84%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
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kidnapping, crimes, law enforcement, partners against crime, police detective, tough heroes, hopes, deadly, confined, danger, child in peril, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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84%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Three friends from Delhi go missing in a small village - Jhanjhar, in Bihar. It's 2 months and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
police corruption, state affairs, police investigation, injustice, political corruption, uncover truth, partners against crime, deadly, society, partners, heroes, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
india, new delhi
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83%
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, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, street gang, undercover, police corruption, track down, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners against crime, partners, danger, master criminal, deadly ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
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82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, guilt, internal affairs, investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, murder, working undercover, police corruption, police officer killed, interracial friendship ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles, cuba, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
missing person, drug dealing, confined, secret agents, police investigation, undercover, terrorism, partners against crime, race against time, life is a bitch, law enforcement, deadly ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
spain, barcelona, usa, los angeles, europe
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81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, criminal heroes, on the run, chase, law enforcement, deadly, police investigation, murder, femme fatale, suspicion, bank robbery, chases and races ...
Time:
contemporary
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80%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, crimes, undercover, police investigation, police corruption, hitman, police detective, partners against crime, heroes, partners, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police corruption, vigilantism, police station, undercover, crime, against the rules, journalism, society, investigation, partners against crime, reluctant partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, venice beach california
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79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A grissled cop with tendencies towards excessive force teams up with an ambitious and righteous prosecutor to track down a dangerous crime boss whom they both want desperately to catch. But their quarry resorts to devious methods to stall their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
investigation, murder, gangsters, partners against crime, vigilantism, unlikely partners, deadly, legal, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, crimes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia, seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
police corruption, police detective, crimes, haunted by the past, crime, law enforcement, murder, housing project, husband wife relationship, mental institution, apartment complex, dishonesty ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Style:
rough, bleak, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, law enforcement, crimes, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, chases and races, deadly, police officer, tough heroes, chase, police ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, new york, asia, usa, tokyo
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78%
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 ...
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exciting, suspenseful, serious, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
justice, adoption, undercover, orphan, drug dealer, murder, family relations, law enforcement, partner, crime, crimes, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police, police corruption, murder, family relations, moral dilemma, dishonesty, cover up, crimes, crime, betrayal, uncover truth ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
First-class assassin Lee Choe (Pak) has spent years working for the mob. When his handler turns on him by killing his girlfriend and framing him for the murder, Lee stops at nothing to seek revenge. He fights back with a vengeance and violently ...
Style:
serious, dark, bleak, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, crimes, danger, gangsters, fighting crime, murder, violence, dark past, lone wolves, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
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suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, tough law enforcer, investigation, mind game, police corruption, crime, rivalry, law enforcement, crimes, fall in love, dishonesty ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
frame up, racism, gangsters, police investigation, crime, crimes, life is a bitch, false accusation, social decay, murder, police corruption, gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, racism, police, corruption, investigation, gang, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, rivalry, crimes, society, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
536
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, murder, hitman, organized crime, mafia, vengeance, disorder, missing person, rescue, investigation, crimes, gangsters ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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77%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
police corruption, police detective, investigation, crimes, deadly, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, graphic violence, law enforcement, crime, bagpipes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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