Movies like The Night Caller
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The Night Caller (1975)
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Original name: Peur sur la ville
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
Style:
neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, slasher, sadistic, psychotronic, cult film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, car chase, psychopath, bank robbery, chase, woman in danger, homicidal maniac, strangulation, law enforcement, criminal, evil man, mysterious villain, female nudity, killer, investigation, judiciary, skyscraper, motorcycle, hostage, subway, murder investigation, greek mythology, hospital, helicopter ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Most similar movies to The Night Caller
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about murder, deadly, psychopath, serial killer, blood, law enforcement and chases and races mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Night Caller: The Tough Ones (1976), The Loner (1987), Death Proof (2007), The Outsider (1983), The First Deadly Sin (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police officer, car chase, gangsters, psychopath, chase, injustice, vigilantism, serial killer, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style:
rough, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, police officer, boy, graphic violence, godparent, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
Style:
road movie, sexy, absurd, scary, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, violence, psychopath, dark humor, vengeance, car chase, exploitation, revenge, stalking, car, violent, stuntman ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, gangsters, police officer, revenge, fighting crime, drug abuse, injustice, lone wolves, hotshot hero, lgbtq, gang, drug lord ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
france, paris france, europe, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, law enforcement, life is a bitch, police investigation, couple relations, mysterious villain, psychopath, murder investigation, evil man, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mystery killer, diving, murder, scuba diving, psychopath, investigation, mind game, track down, murder mystery, unknown killer, killer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, netherlands, holland, amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, serial rapist, rape, psychopath, hostage, police, confined, child in peril, violence, police officer, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before killing them.
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, juvenile delinquency, heist, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, master criminal, reluctant partners, working undercover, tough heroes, police detective, spy, bank robbery ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, chase, partners, police investigation, police corruption, dishonesty, criminal heroes, investigation, criminal, suspense, robbery, car ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, athens greece, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Fresh out of the joint, young Ricco is eager to get home to see his family. He was cut loose a year early for good behavior, but it certainly wasn't good behavior that got him in the big house in the first place. Two years prior, Ricco took it ...
Style:
psychotronic, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, exploitation, lust, erotica, murder, tough heroes, hitman, criminal's revenge, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A police officer is murdered with a bayonet while staying in hospital. The investigative team, lead by Martin Beck, soon discover that the man had frequently abused suspects as well as civilians but that any complaints had been ignored owing to the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, exciting, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, murder, killer, killings, police inspector, police brutality, manhunt, investigation, urban setting, police, violence, cavalry ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
europe, sweden, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Vietnam
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, murder, fbi, psychopath, psychiatrist, obsession, chase, mind game, race against time, police investigation, killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, los angeles, usa, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this actioner, a bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous and angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steal. Rock'em sock'em mayhem ensues.
Style:
surreal, sadistic, slasher
Plot:
revenge, torture, bounty hunter, retribution, prison, ex convict, rage, money, criminal, brutality, murder, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.
Style:
slasher, sadistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
police, suspense, teenage girl, killer, mystery killer, sex, serial killer, psychopath, maniac, criminal, death, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, police investigation, psychopath, investigation, rivalry, master criminal, vengeance, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, stalking, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A killer of young women is loose in an exclusive apartment complex and a detective is out to stop him. The chief suspect is a Shakespeare-spouting doorman who lives with his invalid mother. Meanwhile, an undercover cop moves into the apartment ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, bloody, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, murder, brutality, manipulation, psychopath, law enforcement, female nudity, disability, dishonesty, criminal, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
Style:
scary, slasher, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, stalking, psychopath, mystery killer, murder, unknown killer, police investigation, killer, maniac, vengeance, mind game ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, post world war two
Place:
arkansas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, chase, psychopath, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, runaway, mind game, stalking ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, prison, assassination, car chase, secret agents, suspense, hitman, lone hero, fighting the system, government agency, on the run, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, africa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker whom threatens to kill them unless they take him to a santuary, and in return agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, road movie, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
psychopath, rape, rape and revenge, hitchhiker, hostage, violence, suspense, rape turns to consensual sex, exploitation, on the run, on the road, misogynist ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, arizona, southern california, yuma arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
slasher, intense, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder, car chase, car, hostage, police investigation, violence, suspense, tough cop, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, law enforcement, fish out of water, criminal heroes, dishonesty, culture clash, disorder, tough heroes, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, paris france, usa, california, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murderer, psychopath, police investigation, chase, investigation, mind game, life is a bitch, police detective, law enforcement, violence, serial murder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, riddles and clues, rivalry, police investigation, law enforcement, gang, psychopath, suspense, murder, assassin, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three years after Steve Peterson's wife, Nina, was murdered in front of their 11 year old daughter Julie, she and his new girlfriend Sharon Martin are kidnapped by the same killer, the psychotic Artie Taggart. Imprisoning them in a bunker below ...
Style:
slasher, realistic, serious, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, psychopath, serial killer, kidnapper, psycho killer, tv reporter, rape victim, violence, race against time, subway, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, memory loss, murder, serial killer, mind game, master criminal, life is a bitch, terrorism, police officer, spy ...
Place:
france, istanbul turkey, paris france, europe, turkey
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25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
Style:
intense, brutal, slasher, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, wilderness, survival, conspiracy, hitman, chase, fbi, murder, violence, justice, homicidal maniac, commando ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, kosovo, portland oregon, usa, british columbia ...
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25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Style:
bleak, serious, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, murder, maniac, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, police investigation, mind game, sadism, killer, exploitation ...
Time:
70s, 1880s, 19th century
Place:
england, london, scotland, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, slasher, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, mad scientist, chase, supernatural, deadly creature, hospital, investigation, scientific experiment, suspense, zombie, police, murder ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london, europe
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25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reluctant bride to be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt him down before it is ...
Style:
slasher, tense, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, suspense, wedding, psychopath, chase, insanity, stalking, law enforcement, police detective, woman in danger, police investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
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25%
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