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Miami Blues (1990)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, especially since the job of cop in 1980's Miami is getting crazier all the time.
Style:
neo noir, bloody, harsh, witty, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, prostitute, twists and turns, hitman, police detective, character study, loneliness, police corruption, storytelling, law enforcement, dishonesty, criminal heroes, violence spree, chase, violence, murder, sociopath, robbery, female nudity, sex scene, call girl, supermarket, impersonating a police officer, hare krishna, tragic romance ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
miami, florida, usa, los angeles, san francisco
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Most similar movies to Miami Blues
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, neo noir, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about murder, violence, corruption, gangster, crime gone awry, storytelling and dialogue mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Miami Blues: 2 Days in the Valley (1996), The Player (1992), The Getaway (1994), Killing Zoe (1993), Out of Sight (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, erotic, dark comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, murder, hitman, contract killing, home invasion, sex, art dealer, insurance fraud, destiny, nudity, hostage, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style:
suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, writers, movie business, satire, police investigation, male nudity, showbiz, blackmail, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, future, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, pasadena california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex scene, hitman, prison, sexual favor, anti hero, making love, heist, chase, betrayal, murder, lust ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
el paso texas, texas, latin america, sonora, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Zed (Eric Stoltz) is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade). Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his ...
Style:
cult classic, brutal, neo noir, controversial, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, safecracker, bank robber, bank robbery, bank, masked man, drug abuse, caper, drug, sex, murder, prostitute ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, robbery, fbi, runaway, love story, making love, hotel, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, miami, michigan, florida, detroit
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Casey has given up drug dealing for a suburban idyll in Houston, a job as an architect and a new wife. They are even planning to adopt a child. But Casey's past arrives on the doorstep in the shape of Nick, an old business partner. And all hell ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, independent film, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, drug dealer, drug dealing, crime gone awry, male rape, female rapist, woman rapes man, marijuana, gangster, criminal heroes, violent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, usa, texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, police, terrorist, investigation, murder, male pubic hair, vigilante, hitman, undercover, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, southern california, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, erotic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, chase, stalking, murder, police investigation, police, dangerous attraction, psychopath, investigation, life philosophy, runaway, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police detective, robbery, bank robbery, femme fatale, hostage, police, manipulation, rivalry, confined, runaway, murder, bank ...
Time:
year 2002, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, new york, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speeding getaway car.
Style:
neo noir, cynical, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, robbery, interracial, hitchhiker, chase, on the run, love and romance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, chases and races, betrayal, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place:
usa, new orleans, new york
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, obsession, courtroom, trial, murder mystery, hitman, lawyer, murder of a nude woman, danger, unlikely friendships, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, stylized, intense, black comedy ...
Plot:
hitman, murder, contract killer, gangster, killer, dark humor, moral ambiguity, professional killer, opposites attract, dishonesty, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
small town, police investigation, heist, gangster, gunfight, justice, corruption, criminal heroes, law enforcement, criminal, femme fatale, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, louisiana ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
neo noir, intense, harsh, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
plastic surgery, prison, murder, vengeance, betrayal, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, disfigured, revenge, money, doctor ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
157K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Style:
sexy, bloody, dark comedy, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
hitman, assassin, gunfight, sniper, gangster, violent, group of criminals, mafia, torture, mob hit, multiple storylines, disguise ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas, israel
Similarity:
100%
153K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, revenge, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, kidnapping, existentialism, money, chase, violence ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, erotica, infidelity, love triangle, manipulation, dangerous attraction, extramarital affair, voyeur, skinny dipping, car salesman, menage a trois, bank robbery ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 90s
Place:
texas, virginia, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, detective, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, investigation, corruption, police officer, police investigation, abusive husband, sociopath, betrayal, murder, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style:
neo noir, detective, dark, cynical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, profanity, whodunit, investigation, beach, mental institution, supermarket, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, malibu california, california, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, black comedy, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
stripper, christmas, strip club, femme fatale, robbery, murder, gangster, mobster, dark humor, organized crime, voyeur, crooked lawyer ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, ex convict, female pubic hair, diamond, murder, crime and punishment, coldhearted, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, chases and races, on the run ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, police, police detective, psychopath, fugitive, informant, anti hero, police procedural, hierarchy, police commissioner, extramarital affair, grief ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Miles Cullen is a bored teller at a bank in a Toronto mall who accidentally learns that his place of business is about to be robbed. Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police, Miles cleverly devises a way of keeping the cash.
Style:
neo noir, offbeat, christmas horror, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, female nudity, bank, chess, robbery, caper, shopping mall, bank teller, xmas, criminal, bank robber, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, psychological, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
private detective, murder mystery, twists and turns, murder, crime gone awry, extramarital affair, adultery, hired killer, investigation, betrayal, visceral, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker gang, biker, undercover, gang, working undercover, undercover cop, sex on first date, female nudity, murder, dishonesty, police investigation, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
100%
512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Style:
neo noir, noir, stylized, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, heist, betrayal, assassin, killer, corruption, racing, femme fatale, murder, professional killer, crime gone awry, gangster ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa, miami, california
Similarity:
100%
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