Movies like Inspector Lavardin

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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Original name: Inspecteur Lavardin
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, captivating, neo noir, clever, cynical, surprise ending ...
Plot: murder, investigation, friendship, life is a bitch, who done it, uncover truth, village life, legal, law enforcement, legal investigation, mind game, police corruption, police detective, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, paparazzi, statutory rape, serial killer, village, ocean, gays and lesbians, manipulation, small town, social relations, police investigation ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, europe, brittany
Keyword: ocean or sea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and detective films with plots about law enforcement, deadly, murder, investigation, dishonesty, who done it and uncover truth mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Inspector Lavardin: Murder in Greenwich (2002), Chicken with Vinegar (1985), Skeletons in the Closet (2001), Small Town Conspiracy (2002), The Wandering Soul Murders (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Murder in Greenwich (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot: amateur detective, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, murder suspect, who done it, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, teenage life ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, connecticut
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Chicken with Vinegar (1985)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Style: neo noir, detective, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: small town, postman, sick mother, murder disguised as accident, investigation, judiciary, murder, woman in a wheelchair, mother, widow, police brutality, murder investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: france
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Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
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Small Town Conspiracy (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot: police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, who done it, frame up, wartime life, political conspiracy, injustice, life is a bitch, serial killer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa, florida, pearl harbor
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Wandering Soul Murders (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending
Plot: prostitute, murder, police detective, police investigation, journalism, amateur detective, riddles and clues, dishonesty, serial killer, false accusation, who done it, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
Plot: courtroom, murder, amateur detective, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, who done it, parents and children, legal, mind game, false accusation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
Style: psychological, detective, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, lawyer, advocate, viking, intelligence agency, cons and scams, false accusation, courtroom drama, power relations, legal action, crime gone awry ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Style: detective, clever, cynical, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, advocate, lawyer, tennis, law enforcement, legal investigation, false accusation, wrong place wrong time, righting the wronged, courtroom drama, private detective ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
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51%
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The Murder Room (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Story: The lease on the Dupayne Museum is almost up and under the terms of their father's will, all three of the Dupayne children must agree to continue or the museum is to close. Neville Dupayne is dead set against continuing the museum when the ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, detective, realistic ...
Plot: museum, investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, murder, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, mission of murder, detective inspector, battles ...
Place: london, europe, england
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51%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a ...
Style: neo noir, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: femme fatale, murder, seduction, police detective, investigation, who done it, couples, law enforcement, dishonesty, crime investigation, jealousy, brother sister incest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Unnatural Causes (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a ...
Style: detective, crime thriller, mind bending, tense, psychological ...
Plot: mysticism, murder, legal investigation, law enforcement, danger, obsession, dishonesty, private detective, police investigation, amateur detective, reluctant partners, obsessive quest ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
Style: psychological, cynical, talky, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, church, courtroom, false accusation, love affair, who done it, courtroom drama, power relations, dishonesty, legal ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, woman in danger, police detective, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, legal, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Blood Relatives (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
Style: surprise ending, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, incest, diary, investigator, sex crime, plot twist, relatives, family relations, pedophile, couples, psychopath, sexual relations ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: canada, montreal
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49%
The Missing Gun (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this tense thriller, Ma Shan (Wen Jiang) is a Chinese police detective who awakes one morning after a night of heavy drinking at his sister's wedding reception to discover that his gun has been stolen. Since only police officers are allowed ...
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Place: china, asia
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Fissure (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
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Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
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Place: usa, new york, oregon
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Three Blind Mice (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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48%
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The Commander (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she arrested James Lampton for murder. He was subsequently sentenced ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, who done it, manipulation, law enforcement, dishonesty, police, nypd, strong female presence, big breasts, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, brighton
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Style: detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
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Time: 80s
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The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Dean Cain portrays Scott Peterson, the California man accused of murdering his 8 month pregnant wife, Laci. Based on a true story.
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: husband murders wife, murder, pregnancy, false accusation, missing person, courtroom drama, investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, infidelity, amateur detective, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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47%
Murder In The Tarentaise Valley (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While she was jogging Lisa Campion , the daughter of the retired police officer Fabio Campion , discovered the frozen corpse of Julien , a child who disappeared 20 years ago.The police officer Simon Beauregard is then sent to Roches Noires , a ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: accusation, witness, missing child, crime investigation, murder investigation, partner, who done it, violence, police detective, uncover truth, investigation, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
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47%
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The Color of Lies (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial ...
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Stolen (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: loss of child, life is a bitch, dead child, missing child, haunted by the past, police detective, dealing with death, police investigation, interrogation, loss of son, uncover truth, children ...
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Empire of the Wolves (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, detective ...
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Place: france, paris france, istanbul turkey, europe, turkey
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47%
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State of Mind (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
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46%
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Bound by Lies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, police investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
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46%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
Style: detective, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, clever ...
Plot: courtroom, amateur detective, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, flirting, performer's life, legal, investigation, uncover truth, false accusation, courtroom drama ...
Time: 90s
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46%
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The Badge (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, political corruption, fighting the system, politics, investigation, dishonesty, sheriff, gender bending ...
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
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