Movies like The Night of the Generals
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also involved in a plot to kill Hitler
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, serious, captivating, detective, retro, neo noir, psychological ...
Plot:
world war two, war, serial killer, murder, prostitute, investigation, conspiracy, nazi occupation, nazi, male male relationship, homosexual subtext, nazi occupied poland, twists and turns, who done it, uncover truth, world war, police investigation, german soldier, justice, nazi germany, german army, spy, mysticism, holocaust, politics ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 1944, year 1965, 60s, year 1967, 20th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, poland, warsaw poland, hamburg germany, europe, germany ...
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Most similar movies to The Night of the Generals
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, investigation, serial killer, law enforcement, police investigation and police detective mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Night of the Generals: The Rosary Murders (1987), Without Evidence (1995), Brass Target (1978), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Inspector Lavardin (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. However, now speculates that his death was actually a murder carefully prepared by his staff to cover a large theft of gold.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
world war two, conspiracy, revolutionary war, revolution, ss, revolutionary, struggle, secret mission, gold, violent content, hitman, heist ...
Time:
year 1978, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style:
suspense, detective, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, murder, twists and turns, justice, private detective, railway, multiple suspects, conspiracy, nobility ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, 70s
Place:
new york, turkey, persia, britain, greece ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, friendship, who done it, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, village life, police detective, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, mind game ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, europe, brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
detective, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, conspiracy, rape, murder, gang rape, strangulation, military, reluctant partners, corruption, rape victim, military training, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, west point
Similarity:
100%
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, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
What's in a name but murder? Münster comes across the strangled body of a young woman in her home and surprises the murderer who is still on the premises. Though the murderer escapes, a rare book is found at the scene with a dedication by the ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, law enforcement, investigation, police detective, murder mystery, evidence, twists and turns, escapades, witnessing a crime, danger, nypd ...
Time:
19th century, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
At the height of the London blitz, Dr Lennox Collins, pioneer of the new forensic science, is enlisted by DI Wilkins after prostitute Mary Williams is strangled and a swastika carved on her tongue.
Style:
realistic, stylized, period piece, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, serial killer, investigation, forensics, partner, law enforcement, danger, life is a bitch, world war, murder mystery, intrigue, unconventional method ...
Time:
year 1940, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, violent, dark hero, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
japanese occupation, espionage, world war two, medieval, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, rivalry, danger, chinese history ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, law enforcement, private detective, partner, police procedural, investigation, moral ambiguity, obsession, decapitation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police investigation, murder, hunt down, danger, society, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
100%
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, forbidden sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada, france
Similarity:
100%
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:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In april 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who knew the date and place of the "D" day). To achieve this goal, he will ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, world war, double agent, spy, cell mate, revolutionary war, struggle, revolutionary, nazi officer, mole, covert operation, man on a mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, london, berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party. (IMDb)
Style:
poliziottesco, detective, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
italian politics, conspiracy, police, politics, italian police, serial killer, city, organized crime, italian mafia, sicilian mafia, trust, jazz ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Plot:
police detective, uncover truth, murder, serial killer, memory loss, danger, terrorism, master criminal, life is a bitch, police officer, female fighter, brainwashing ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
france, paris france, istanbul turkey, europe, turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, southern gothic, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, swamp, police investigation, ghost, deep south, law enforcement, hallucination, uncover truth, dishonesty, life is a bitch, civil war ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In 1943, during the midst of World War II, a serial murderer appears in the Blue Division, volunteer body of Spanish soldiers who fought on the Russian front with German troops. After finding the body of a Spanish soldier who has been stuck in the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, world war two, murder, soldier, army investigation, riddles and clues, military, superior officer, rivalry, danger, gay, spanish civil war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
crime spree, world war two, gangster, investigation, soldier, heist, criminal heroes, dishonesty, cons and scams, frame up, wartime life, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot ...
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, hidden truth, mysterious character, hidden identity, police investigation, dishonesty, cons and scams, true crime, mysterious man, deception, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, paris france, geneva switzerland, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Moscow and the frozen northern town of Archangel, the drama revisits the stark landscape of Communist Russia and takes place over four days in the life of academic Fluke Kelso. His fateful meeting with a former Stalinist ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sensual ...
Plot:
josef stalin, conspiracy, college professor, murder, murder witness, uncover truth, obsession, investigation, intrigue, soldier, politics, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1953
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, murder, infidelity, investigation, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, police detective, false accusation, frame up, dishonesty, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
682
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, private detective, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth, blackmail, doctor, nypd, european, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Belarus
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
world war two, counter intelligence, spy, russian soldier, wartime, traitor, camaraderie, friendship between men, patriotism, betrayal, nazi, machine gun ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
ussr, russia
Similarity:
100%
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