Movies like Proof of the Man

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Proof of the Man (1977)
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Proof of the Man (1977)
Original name: 人間の証明
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Style: neo noir
Plot: killer, police detective, police, murder, elevator, fashion show, witness, police investigation, dying words, multiple murder, serial killer, straw hat, killed in a car accident
Place: new york
Keyword: american

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Most similar movies to Proof of the Man

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, detective, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, police, police detective, police investigation, police officer, killer and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Proof of the Man: The Kill-Off (1989), Hero (2015), Angel's Leap (1971), Flinch (2021), An Obsession (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Kill-Off (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete (played by Jackson Sims), can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, eighties
Plot: bartender, gossip, murder, janitor, stripper
Time: year 1989
Place: new jersey
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95%
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Hero (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office ...
Style: captivating
Plot: murder, crime investigation, police officer, criminal, police, whodunit, social problems, investigation, fighting crime, communication problem, homicide detective, problem ...
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70%
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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
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61%
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Flinch (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, neo noir
Plot: kidnapped, hitman, murder, witnessing a crime, murder witness, killer, bandit, criminal, murderer, attempted murder, criminal gang, gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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An Obsession (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, detective
Plot: police, wife, fistfight, shooting, heroin addict, murder, gun, gunshot wound, stolen gun
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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The Innocent (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The owner of a drugstore is killed in a hold-up. The only witness who saw one of the murderers without his mask is Gregory, a nine year old autistic boy. Cop Barlow is sure they'll try to silence him. He tries to get him to draw a picture of ...
Style: detective
Plot: autism, nypd, youth, police detective, multiple murder, murder, scientist, witness, mask
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Onion Field (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder, police investigation, true crime, legal, moral ambiguity, manipulation, brutality, courtroom, trial, law enforcer killer, haunted by the past ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place: los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Broken (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A policewoman returns with her young daughter to her hometown to care for her dying mother. The murder of a young girl will keep her there longer than expected. She will try to solve a case that no one seems to care about, risking everything on the ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: mother daughter relationship, police detective, female protagonist, murder, policewoman, police, police investigation, murderer, police officer, murder investigation, life is a bitch, murder mystery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Flag in the Mist (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately ...
Plot: courtroom, trial, murder, revenge, evidence, retribution, class differences, baseball player, witness, lawyer, flashback, french restaurant ...
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53%
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Running Hot (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
Style: neo noir, independent film, hot
Plot: lust, escape, police, prostitute, death, killer, manhunt, blonde, sleazy, masturbation, teenager, love ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Hunter: Return to Justice (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall. But upon their reunion, Hunter and McCall become embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: cat versus mouse, partners against crime, teamwork, police investigation, police detective, investigation, fighting crime, police partner, police, police officer, crime investigation, die hard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Brass (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, partner, police detective, society, fighting crime, police investigation, partners against crime, amateur detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, murder, police station ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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49%
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The Man (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story: An undercover LAPD cop struggles to find a balance between his professional life running sting operations and his family life raising three adopted kids.
Style: tense, thrilling, detective, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: undercover cop, lapd, police officer, fighting crime, police investigation, criminal, undercover agent, police detective, working undercover, undercover police officer, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, workplace, law enforcement, partners against crime, police station, die hard, crime solving, law and order ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
City Under Siege (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, suburbs, police officer, prostitution, murder, criminal
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Zero Focus (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's ...
Style: neo noir, twisted
Plot: train, vice squad, husband, business, flashback, secret, prostitute, confession, death of husband, arranged marriage, newlyweds, poisoning ...
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43%
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style: neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, small town, psychopath, profanity, violent content, small town life, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, danger, dishonesty, social relations ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Boston Strangler (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, strangulation, split personality, murder, double life, police investigation, serial rapist, psychopath, police detective, obsession, manhunt ...
Time: 20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Keys (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
Plot: child kidnapping, interracial relations, african american, black american, missing person, female protagonist, police detective, disappearance, haunted by the past, missing child, investigation, kidnapping ...
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Bensoussan, raised in foster homes, now a small-time pusher for a bar owner named Rashid, comes to the station needing a spark plug for a ...
Style: neo noir, noir, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: drug addiction, female nudity, anarchist, revenge, motorcycle, drug dealing, haunted by the past, punk rock, law enforcement, police investigation, life is a bitch, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, paris france
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39%
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13 West Street (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Walt Sherill (Alan Ladd) is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from work one night. The boys who attacked him are not previously known by the police and are therefore hard to track down. As Sherill starts ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, juvenile, slang, classic noir
Plot: juvenile delinquent, hooligan, thug, bare chested male, man hits a woman, car chase, private investigator, assault, suicide by hanging, arrest, husband wife relationship, detective sergeant ...
Time: year 1962, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Mafia (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, police investigation, carabinieri, card playing, police officer, town, sicilian mafia, murder ...
Place: italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Maigret Sees Red (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the ...
Plot: deal, ex boxer, police inspector, bowling, villa, golf, telephone call, doctor, beer, cigarette smoking, photograph, waiter ...
Time: 1950s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Sign of the Cancer (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A murder in a hospital run by incompetents.
Style: poliziottesco, neo noir, psychotronic
Plot: nurse, doctor, female doctor, cancer, murder mystery, photography, hospital, female protagonist, secretary, bare breasts, jealousy, female killer ...
Time: 60s
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Night Heat (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network. CBS aired the ...
Style: detective
Plot: tough cop, police, informant, police detective, reporter, police investigation, police station, police partner, murder, buddy cop, night, irish american
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 416
Scam (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime ...
Style: neo noir, surprise ending
Plot: gambling, con artists, casino, throat slitting, severed head
Time: year 1993
Place: jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is ...
Plot: murder, confession, strangulation, strangled to death, friend
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and ...
Plot: serial killer, child abuse, killer, murder, police, church, true crime, fugitive, murder of a family, husband wife relationship, fired from the job, filicide ...
Time: 80s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
32%
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