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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
6K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Small-time police chief and struggling alcoholic Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake. The case brings the former LAPD cop up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens.
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Plot:
child molester, murder, jesse stone, investigation, split personality, psychopath, domestic violence, life is a bitch, law enforcement, haunted by the past, uncover truth, framed for murder, murder investigation, serial killer, secret service, murder mystery, cop, obsession, alcohol abuse, teenage life, small town, police investigation, bishop, graduation, small town life ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new england, massachusetts, usa, boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, law enforcement, deadly, serial killer, investigation, small town and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise: Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005), Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007), Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010), Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006), Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two favorite ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, crime drama, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, small town, murder, jesse stone, law enforcement, chief, small town life, cop, investigation, female psychopath, tough cop ...
Place:
nova scotia, new england, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
jesse stone, police investigation, investigation, uncover truth, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, heist, cop, drug, animal, secret service ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1994, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new england, nova scotia, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, jesse stone, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, die hard, secret service, cop, chief of police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying ...
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
small town, jesse stone, investigation, small town life, police officer killed, murder, danger, rivalry, secret service, serial killer, law enforcement, tailing a suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, an L.A. cop who relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.
Style:
captivating, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, small town, jesse stone, who done it, gangster, law enforcement, police station, serial killer, secret service, dog, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, new england, santa monica california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
investigation, jesse stone, false accusation, law enforcement, murder, small town, funeral, serial killer, secret service, cop, tattoo, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa, boston
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
memory loss, small town, jesse stone, investigation, kidnapping, murder, law enforcement, police detective, missing child, missing person, inadvertently, secret service ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, nova scotia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, realistic, detective, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, small town, murder mystery, homicide detective, police investigation, small town life, missing child, social relations, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
serial murder, sleuth, serial killer, murder mystery, detective inspector, cold case, forensics, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, killing, killing spree ...
Place:
nova scotia, boston
Similarity:
25%
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:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
20%
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, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a reporter travels to Juarez to cover the ongoing story of the mass murder of local working women, she uncovers the amazing story of "The Virgin Of Juarez," a survivor of an attack who has developed stigmata, a sign of holiness, and ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, talky ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, woman in danger, investigation, psychopath, who done it, law enforcement, journalism, religions or cults, life is a bitch, immigrant, mexican american border ...
Place:
los angeles, latin america, mexico, usa, el paso texas
Similarity:
20%
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:
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Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
18%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
partners against crime, police investigation, partner, journalism, law enforcement, serial killer, uncover truth, reporter, danger, urban, homicide, newspaper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
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Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, riddles and clues, investigation, ex cop, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, uncover truth, death of daughter, serial murder, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, emotional, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe, california
Similarity:
17%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
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Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his release, the girlfriend wants her new boyfriend to kill him. Only trouble is the boyfriend knows that the fault was ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, friendship, haunted by the past, murder, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, drug dealing, dishonesty, gang, heist, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, rough, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, haunted by the past, manhunt, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, woman in danger, murder, friendship, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
17%
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, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, year 2009, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970's. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft... ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, harsh, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, organized crime, small town, father son relationship, sociopath, violence, psychopath, revenge, violent, sexualized violence, gang, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, california
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
17%
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