Movies like The Offence
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The Offence (1973)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
Style:
neo noir, detective, noir, offbeat, social, cerebral, psychological, tense, rough, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, psychology, politics, 007, corrupt cop, interrogation, corrupt, paranoia, mental breakdown, sex crime, manhunt, police investigation, police detective, school, police officer, missing child, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, self discovery, society, law enforcement, introspection, dishonesty, con artists, police ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
britain, united kingdom, england, london, europe
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Most similar movies to The Offence
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, police, police investigation, deadly and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Offence: The Interview (1998), Under Suspicion (1981), The Innocent Sleep (1995), Hyena (2014), Resurrection Man (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Style:
clever, suspense, dark, independent film, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, plot twist, police, mind game, police investigation, psychology, nypd, politics, police station, supernatural horror, life changing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
police inspector, serial child killer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, murder, child murder, suspect, rape, false accusation, courtroom, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge across the River Thames, the story follows Alan, a man from Northern England who is homeless after the loss of his wife and job. One night while ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
freemason, police, witness, reporter, chase, murder, homeless, best friend, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, journalism, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe, tower bridge london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, gang, gangster, drug dealing, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, police investigation, human trafficking, drug, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sexual abuse, uncover truth, murder, lie, love, memory loss, danger, blackmail, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is ...
Style:
psychological, detective, suspense, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, twists and turns, lawyer, rape, murder mystery, pedophile, murder, secret relationship, plot twist, marriage of convenience, dysfunctional marriage, christmas ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, police investigation, fighting the system, law enforcement, political unrest, dishonesty, police detective, political conspiracy, dictatorship, working class, cold war, secret service ...
Time:
50s, 1920s
Place:
europe, prague, central europe, czech republic
Similarity:
40%
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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:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, gang war, revenge, waitress, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, couples, woman in danger, murder, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
brighton, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, prison, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, los angeles, britain
Similarity:
39%
8K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style:
talky, neo noir, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, tough law enforcer, fighting the system, against the rules, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film followed the adventures of DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen) is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC stabilising the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, black comedy ...
Plot:
police, president, police investigation, investigation, politics, political conspiracy, police detective, law enforcement, dishonesty, state affairs, espionage, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland yard, big ben london ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, murder, perfect crime, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, dirty cop, crooked cop, male pubic hair, male nudity, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, psychological, mind bending ...
Plot:
nypd, pregnancy, life is a bitch, fighting crime, law enforcement, legal, couple relations, dishonesty, femme fatale, murder, power relations, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, drug abuse, gangster, district attorney, investigation, money, police, policewoman, female police officer, killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detective agency. When a filthy caddie named Freddy "Fat Dog" Baker wanders into Fritz's ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
private detective, gangster, investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, tough heroes, life is a bitch, mafia, pervert, father daughter incest, partner, society ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by American forces.
Style:
tense, action adventure, captivating, exciting, thrilling ...
Plot:
police shootout, police inspector, police, cartel, police officer, police chase, police detective, police station, tough cop, police investigation, drug cartel, murder
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.
Style:
neo noir, retro, psychological, twisted, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, death penalty, murder, cop, cheating wife, homosexuality, notebook, promotion, wrongful conviction, trespassing, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
37%
673
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, rough, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gangster, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, rivalry, police investigation, drug dealing, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug abuse, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
344
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy that only the fate of children inspires. This is a story that touches all our lives. And it's ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, uncover truth, society, confined, police detective, law enforcement, danger, investigation, child in peril, captivity, rescue, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style:
sexual, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone sex, police, interracial, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
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:
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:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. ...
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, police corruption, haunted by the past, law enforcement, murder, profanity, mental institution, husband wife relationship, police, nypd, 9/11, corrupt ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police corruption, tough law enforcer, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, drug abuse, false accusation, addiction, partner, drug, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot is a hard-as-nails police detective who is attracted to a beautiful woman named Sylvia. Sylvia, however, is having an ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, lonely man, police corruption, murder, frame up, honest law enforcer, who done it, righting the wronged, tough law enforcer, race against time, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is ...
Style:
erotic, detective, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
private investigator, pornographic video, sexual abuse, private detective, pedophile, child prostitution, boy, real world, supernatural horror, prostitution, sex crime, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, latin america, england, mexico
Similarity:
37%
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