Movies like Heads or Tails 1980

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Heads or Tails (1980)
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Heads or Tails (1980)
Original name: Pile ou face
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni (Philippe Noiret) has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others. His period of mournful contemplation is broken when he is called out to look into the suspicious death of Madame Morlaix who, according to her husband Edouard (Michel Serrault), fell from an upstairs window. Curious to find out more, Baroni begins his inquiry.
Style: detective
Plot: sex, police officer, police, death, murder, false accusation, police inspector, suspect, suspicion
Place: france
Keyword: french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, detective and neo noir films with plots about murder, police, police officer, death, investigation, murder investigation and suspicion mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Heads or Tails: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982), Under Suspicion (1981), He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), The Hatter's Ghost (1982), Pendulum (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After the suicide of her friend and employer, who has been teaching her to be a detective, Cordelia Gray (Pippa Guard) takes over his business and begins an investigation of the apparent suicide of the son of a businessman. When the suicide turns ...
Style: detective, independent film
Plot: private investigator, mysticism, murder investigation, suspicion, private investigation, mysterious death, twenty something, private detective, female protagonist, cross dressing, accident, murder ...
Time: year 1982
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Under Suspicion (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police inspector, serial child killer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, murder, pedophile, child murder, suspect, rape, false accusation, courtroom ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
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, brother sister incest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, france
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48%
The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A hatter in a provincial town (Michel Serrault) leads the life of a respectable citizen but is in fact a serial murderer. The only person to suspect this is his neighbour the tailor (Charles Asnavour).
Style: anthology, neo noir
Plot: serial killer, literary, police officer, time travel, small town, doctor, husband wife relationship, murder of wife, anonymous letter, dead wife, tailor, maniac ...
Time: year 1982
Place: france, brittany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Pendulum (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality ...
Plot: police officer, mental disorder, death, murder, falsely accused, police captain, on the run, cop, police, wife, murderer, false accusation ...
Time: year 1969
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Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their misdeeds. Police inspector Grindel (Delon) understands the ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: guy, bad guy, cop, vigilante, neo fascism, ambush, massacre, suicide, torture, bazooka, police officer, death squad ...
Place: paris france
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43%
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I'm a Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, investigation, husband wife relationship, trial, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion, dead body ...
Time: 70s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Max & Jeremie (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, stylized
Plot: killer, gangster, violent content, danger, criminal heroes, retiring, hitman, swimming pool, police brutality, immaturity, police, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Body of My Enemy (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: false accusation, criminal, gangster, rivalry, rise and fall, criminal heroes, dishonesty, murder trial, murder, violent content, nudity, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.
Style: detective
Plot: murder, teacher, obsession, high school reunion, kidnapping, hostage, investigation, danger, tape over mouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
40%
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The North Star (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: adventurer, traveler, pyramid, tram, train, murder, bare breasts, prostitute, hotel room, hotel, steam train, dinner ...
Time: year 1982, 1930s
Place: egypt, belgium, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Death in the Soul (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Marc Lagnier confesses to the murder of his adored son, but refuses to explain.
Style: unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot: murder, father son relationship, father, husband wife relationship, half sister, confession, young woman, lawyer, murderer, murder investigation, death, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Without Compassion (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Peru, Mexico, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Lima, 1980s. Based upon Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
Plot: death, punishment, student, hate, landlord, college student, religion, suspicion, landlady, double murder, catholic, torment ...
Place: peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Most Gentle Confessions (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Algeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: hearing, murder, confession, police, police raid, prison, circus, burglar, psychological manipulation, wedding ceremony, psychological torture, police interrogation ...
Time: 70s
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Intrusive Behavior (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Years after the institutionalizing and abandoning of their mentally unstable daughter, the Kilpatrick family becomes victim to mental instabilities of their own as their past comes back to haunt them.
Style: twisted, independent film, detective
Plot: police officer, insanity, fear, past, family relations, psychiatric hospital, homicide, evil, reporter, rape, hospital, court ...
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The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Plot: boat, yacht, police officer, police, murder, ex husband, wound, diving, sailor, captain, sailboat, arms smuggling ...
Place: france, caribbean
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Sweet Killing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A business man decides to kill his wife but the plan sets off a chain of weird events that cause his life to become a living hell.
Style: suspense, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film
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Red Herring (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Las Vegas homicide detective investigating his best friend uncovers a professional assassin.
Style: neo noir, detective
Plot: friend, homicide detective, best friend, assassin, investigation, murder, death, wrestler
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris who kills and robs her rich husband(s) on their wedding night. Although he never approaches her directly, he follows her and increasingly feels to be ...
Style: neo noir, detective, slasher, psychological, serious ...
Plot: private detective, obsession, femme fatale, female nudity, age-gap relationship, private investigator, investigation, on the run, murder, on the road, law enforcement, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, cote d'azur, las vegas, miami, sicily ...
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38%
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 ⇓
37%
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Mad Dog (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: detective
Plot: police, victim, killing spree, murder, psychopath, mental illness, death, telephone call, serial killer, crime scene, insanity, killer ...
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Angels (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hameem Haider (Indrajith) is a police officer who meets with an accident while investigating a series of murders and is forced to take a break from his duties. Years later the unsolved murders are picked up by a reality TV show.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: police, priest, serial killer, medical research, investigation, murder investigation, murder, partner, death, who done it, murderer, escapades ...
Place: india
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Cadaver (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A pathologist and a police commissioner try to solve a series of murders involving a prisoner. Their journey leads to shocking revelations!
Style: suspense, dramatic, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Plot: police, pathologist, woman, police investigation, police officer, corpse, investigation, death, secret service, prison, murder, forensic ...
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37%
Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brutal murder. And he is trying to decide which of two inspectors shall he recommend for the ...
Plot: murder, disappearance, homicide, shootout, police officer, priest, revenge, judge, father daughter relationship, promotion, sergeant, parole officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco
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37%
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Bad Boy (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Benoît Delage is a university professor loved by everyone. But his whole life is thrown off course when his son starts dabbling in crime, and it's revealed that Benoît himself went to prison years ago for killing a policeman. His excellent ...
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: murder investigation, name calling, who done it, uncover truth, murderer, escapades, investigation, revenge, brutality, murder mystery, partners against crime, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Naked Violence (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Some youngsters rape and kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.
Style: poliziottesco, detective
Audience: teens
Plot: police officer, lgbt, rape, interrogation, teacher, murder, murder investigation, flashback, police brutality, male nudity, female nudity, physical abuse ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Blue Room (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, sensual ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, neglected wife, extramarital affair, sexual content, police interrogation, murder trial, infidelity, couple relations, couples, lawyer, interrogation, murder suspect ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, ...
Style: neo noir, slasher, noir, perverse, political ...
Plot: train, police, serial killer, investigation, boxing, murder, trippy, railway, age-gap relationship, swing, characters murdered one by one, police detective ...
Time: 60s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
A Smell of Blood (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Murder strikes a family-run perfume business, and everyone is a suspect.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: murder investigation, partner, revenge, police detective, law enforcement, death, police investigation, murder mystery, vengeance, chase, who done it, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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