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Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
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Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
Original name: Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly.
Plot: heist, prison escape, money, police, gang, murder, hospital, judge, corruption, tunnel, rabbit, telephone call, factory, threat, dead animal, gang violence, threatening telephone call, armored truck, shootout, gangster, gunfight, young, dead rabbit, shot in the knee, demolition ...
Place: france, switzerland
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about murder, police, gangster, police officer, gang, money and heist mostly in Crime, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff: Public Friends (2016), The French Detective (1975), The Gang (1977), Choice of Arms (1981), Second Breath (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Public Friends (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In order to make his little sick brother's dream come true, Leo and his best mates organize a fake score...but on the d day, they make a mistake and the fake score becomes a real hold up.Here starts the extraordinary adventure of PUBLIC Amis.
Plot: child cancer, cancer, money, siblings, nudity, prison, soccer, elderly woman, police, flashback, cigarette smoking, poker ...
Place: lyon, argentina
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The French Detective (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning ...
Style: crime drama, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: politics, police officer, judiciary, hostage, murder, manslaughter, prostitute, partner, price of justice, police corruption, political corruption, police investigation ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france, normandy
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42%
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The Gang (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, gangster, heist, chases and races, dishonesty, police investigation, chase, law enforcement, gang, criminal heroes, marriage, siege ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Choice of Arms (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, gangster, on the run, basement, chase, escape, heist gone wrong, prison escape, violent behavior, prison break, murder, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france, paris france, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Second Breath (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, noir, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: robbery, criminal, caper, fugitive, jazz, post war, dream, escape, manipulation, organized crime, mafia, planning ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france, marseille
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31%
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: "Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, heist, robbery, dishonesty, murder, photojournalism, betrayal, criminal, prostitute, criminal heroes, jewel robbery, jewel thief ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france, cannes
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31%
The Lawbreakers (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: The story of a scheme to double-cross the syndicate and steal its money, and of a police commissioner '​s efforts to investigate homicides that take place as the scheme unfolds while also fighting corruption in the city government and ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: exotic dancer, train station, locker, promotion, blackmail, crooked lawyer, deception, nightclub, lawyer, car accident, airport, murder ...
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Yamakasi (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in ...
Style: semi serious, witty, exciting, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parkour, thief, money, chase, police, gang, yakuza, climbing, friends, unlikely criminals, hospital, ghetto ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Borsalino (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story: In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, friendship, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, tough heroes, ex convict, boxing, italian mafia, organized crime, interwar period, mediterranean ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: europe, france, south of france, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Grand Pardon (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Le clan Bettoun : Raymond (le patriarche), Maurice (le fils), Jacky (le neveu), Roland (le neveu), Albert (le cousin de Raymond), Pépé (l'ami de Raymond), Samy (le garde du corps) sont un clan familial de caïds pieds-Noirs juifs du crime ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, police detective, family relations, family business, family life, interracial relations, gangster, violent content, murder of a nude woman ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Slams (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict (Jim Brown) who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
Plot: blaxploitation, prison, organized crime, murder, black, heist, jail, mobster, prison escape, interracial relations, african american, sadism ...
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26%
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The Nark (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Paris police detective (Richard Berry) plays rough with a prostitute (Nathalie Baye) and her pimp/lover (Philippe Léotard), whom he wants as an informant.
Style: neo noir, anthology, detective, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sex, undercover police officer, undercover agent, prostitution, spy, gangster, nudity, hooker, french algerian war, vice squad, love triangle, male nudity ...
Time: 80s
Place: paris france, new york, france, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Massacre for an Orgy (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A police officer attempts to shut down an illegal girls-for-drugs operation (American version).
Plot: white slavery, gang, sex, nudity, playing footsie, prostitute, lesbianism, murder, lesbian, female nudity, police, drug
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
Plot: mobster, shootout, criminal gang, fbi, murder, gangster
Place: kansas city
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25%
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Payroll (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured ...
Style: noir, offbeat, independent film, neo noir, poliziottesco ...
Plot: heist, caper, kitchen sink realism, armored car robbery, criminal, armored truck, female nudity, nudity, deception, factory, robbery, ambush ...
Time: year 1961
Place: northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Paris by Night (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, intrigue, lifestyle, dishonesty, police corruption, nightlife, betrayal, friendship, organized crime, police officer, cop, nightclub ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Angel's Leap (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: revenge, killer, politician, murder, mafia, police, brother brother relationship, police officer, criminal, vigilantism, widow, mafia don ...
Place: marseille, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
Style: detective
Plot: courtroom, nurse, murder, unfaithful wife, justice, criminal lawyer, woman, money, wife, femme fatale, cynicism, injection ...
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style: neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, mafia, organized crime, sicilian, gangster, robbery, female nudity, prison escape, unfaithful wife, revenge, mobster ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: rome italy, france, venice, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Money (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to ...
Style: spiritual, slow cinema, cynical, neo noir, anthology ...
Plot: betrayal, prison, trial, existentialism, post war, modernism, labor, spirit, spirituality, entertainment, fugitive, dream ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Young Americans (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American.With the help of a young teen wronged by gangsters, Harris ...
Style: hood, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, gangster, police officer, ghetto, interracial, police, drug dealing, society, law enforcement, politics, tough law enforcer, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: london, england, europe, new york, usa
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22%
Desperate Crimes (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the large industrial port of an Italian city - sailors, women, black market traffickers, sleazy nightclubs, and dingy narrow alleys make up a world of danger, where a young American girl vanishes without a trace while an Italian man tries to ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: woman with a gun, lesbianism, italian mafia, mob boss, flashback, pistol, blood, gang violence, gunfight, sex scene, mafia, machine gun ...
Place: italy
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22%
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Plot: boat, yacht, police officer, police, murder, ex husband, wound, diving, sailor, captain, sailboat, arms smuggling ...
Place: france, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Terry (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In the summer of 2009, Charlie Ruez made a documentary. 6 months later the footage was seized for evidence by the Metropolitan Police Department. In 2010, the footage was released.
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, rough, mockumentary ...
Plot: found footage, gangster, gang, law enforcement, drug dealing, murder, drug abuse, violence spree, thug, hooligan, fighter, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Robbery in Athens (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three young people have decided to rob the safe of the estate agent Thomas Christidis, whose office is in the center of Athens. The first of them is Ntinos, who is Christidis’ clerk, the second one is Stavros, Ntinos’ younger brother who works ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: heist, car chase, car, night, girlfriend, police, blood, money, shot by the police, street, gun
Place: athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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One Way Out (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: gangster, revenge, murder, released from prison, ex convict, heist gone wrong, one last job, heist, caper, garage
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 454
Cat and Mouse (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a ...
Plot: porn actress, kidnapping, police, infidelity, suicide, stolen money, prostitute, money, dog, flashback, chauffeur, telephone call ...
Time: year 1975
Place: paris france, normandy, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Jai Gangaajal (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story: The film features SP Abha Mathur who is appointed the first female SP of Bankipur district, Bihar. She then goes against the Local MLA of Bankipur and henchmen of Lakhisarai district.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: gang, police officer, female protagonist, police, organized crime, hand to hand combat, sexism, tough girl, murder, corrupt cop, policewoman, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Glass Shield (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style: tense, harsh, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangster, hip hop, crime gone awry, brutality, fbi, justice, false accusation ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Crack (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two buddies from the hood are forced to rob a mafia-backed crack house or go to prison.
Plot: african american, corrupt cop, telephone call, gas mask, murder, handgun, helicopter, bare breasts, blood, robbery, money, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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