Movies like Narc
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Narc (2002)
42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead.
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, psychological, atmospheric, thought provoking, brutal, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, drugs, police, investigation, murder, suspense, police investigation, police officer, twists and turns, addiction, dark humor, drug overdose, child abuse, police brutality, drug addict, brutality, violence, revenge, obsession, justice, vengeance, police shootout, crime gone awry, foul language ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
detroit, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, neo noir, intense and tense films with plots about murder, twists and turns, storytelling, corruption, dialogue, brutality and suspense mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Narc: Training Day (2001), The Pledge (2001), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Mystic River (2003), Insomnia (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, 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, realistic, tense, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, ghetto, corrupt cop, gang member, drugs ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Style:
bleak, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, twists and turns, child murder investigation, murder mystery, small town, suspense, obsession, promise, psychology, child murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nevada, turkey
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, bleak, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
private detective, serial killer, murder, kidnapping, suspense, drug dealer, murder of wife, investigation, violence, mafia, redemption, strong violent content ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, year 1991, 90s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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100%
464K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, loss of child, murder, suspense, sexual abuse, childhood, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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300K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police investigation, small town, murder, investigation, character study, investigator, police, suspense, police corruption, snow, guilt, murderer ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, los angeles, usa
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, police investigation, kidnapped child, missing child, suspense, moral dilemma, tragic event, disappearance, child abuse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
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37%
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:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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, intense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, suspense, organized crime, murder, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, moral dilemma, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, boston, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
99K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, mafia, police, police corruption, nypd, internal affairs, gangsters, sheriff, dirty cop, organized crime, investigation, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twist ending, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, surveillance, twists and turns, murder, police station, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, mass murder, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
147K
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:
twist ending, clever, bloody, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, gangsters, hitman, assassin, violent, twists and turns, sniper, multiple storylines, disguise, killer, violence, violence spree ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
israel, usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
23K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Style:
tense, harsh, intense, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police investigation, police brutality, police officer, police, corruption, investigation, rookie, robbery, partners, fighting the system, testimony ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, disturbing, scary, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, insanity, police investigation, murder, suspense, killings, sin ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, police officer, home invasion, police, suspense, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, tense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, police, suspense, mole, organized crime, undercover cop, gunfight, violence, corruption, undercover, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, china, taiwan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
intense, tense, realistic, dark, depressing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corrupt cop, police corruption, corruption, police, guilt, organized crime, gangsters, suspense, betrayal, murder, dirty cop, police brutality ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, los angeles, new jersey, usa
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33%
75K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
dark, neo noir, intense, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, death, vigilantism, vigilante, suspense, car, violence, murder, brutality, violent, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style:
twist ending, tense, rough, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
train, murder, travel, suspense, murder mystery, drugs, snow, twists and turns, death, couples, winter, train travel ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, china, moscow russia, siberia
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33%
211K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style:
bleak, realistic, thought provoking, political, dramatic ...
Plot:
drug dealer, organized crime, drug addiction, drug lord, addiction, drug traffic, drug abuse, drug cartel, gangsters, corruption, war on drugs, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico, california, los angeles, latin america, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, sinister ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police corruption, investigation, psychopath, killer, police officer, suspense, vigilantism, violence, vigilante, gunfight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
440K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, enigmatic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, suspense, swat team, drug cartel, revenge, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, organized crime, fbi, crime boss, u.s. mexico border ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
bloody, neo noir, bleak, brutal, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police corruption, violence, hitman, drug dealer, yakuza, gangsters, police officer, mafia, vigilante, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, memory, vengeance, justice, suspense, false accusation, race against time, conspiracy theory, woman in danger, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The intriguing relationship between three desperados, who try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, cynical, surreal, tense ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
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Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
tense, realistic, bleak, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, murder, vigilante, revenge, suspense, violence, brutality, investigation, gangsters, widower, gang ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, ireland
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
australia, melbourne australia
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32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun ...
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
child abuse, gunfight, mafia, twists and turns, police corruption, undercover agent, suspense, violent, racism, police investigation, gangsters, mob boss ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style:
surprise ending, clever, neo noir, twist ending, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hitman, revenge, disorder, mistaken identity, suspense, organized crime, mafia, mysterious character, master criminal, deception, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1979, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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32%
9K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down ...
Style:
realistic, neo noir, tense, dramatic, twist ending ...
Plot:
drug addiction, drugs, undercover cop, addiction, police, paranoia, heroin, drug abuse, spy, drug addict, small town, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
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32%
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