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Poodle Springs (1998)
1K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, murder, private investigator, love, gambling, prostitute, drug addict, police officer, desert, businessman, stripper, mental illness, rain, pimp, swimming pool, blackmail, gigolo, motel, gambler, older man younger woman relationship, casino, corpse, husband wife relationship, parrot, small town ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
california, nevada, usa, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Poodle Springs
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about murder, investigation, deadly, dishonesty, law enforcement, police and police officer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Poodle Springs: Twilight (1998), Diary of a Hitman (1991), Lady in Cement (1968), The Drowning Pool (1975), Marlowe (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, bare breasts, murder, murder mystery, femme fatale, amateur detective, swimming pool, voyeurism, missing person, corruption, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, murder, professional killer, assassin, investigation, dishonesty, rescue, betrayal, seduction, african american, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
columbus ohio, pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if ...
Style:
neo noir, thrilling, crime drama, noir, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, diving, underwater, murder, scuba diving, chess, yacht, passionate kiss, boat, go go dancer, redheaded woman, poker ...
Time:
60s
Place:
miami, rome italy, florida, usa, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspense, thrilling, cult classic ...
Plot:
private detective, political corruption, private investigator, russian roulette, guard dog, private investigation, marriage of convenience, deep south, underwater, newspaper, police corruption, murder ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, mind bending, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, blackmail, femme fatale, investigation, gangster, missing person, murder, stripper, karate, striptease, police detective, destruction of property ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
Style:
detective, neo noir, retro, noir, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, murder, redheaded woman, boat, lesbian, mysticism, sea, deep south, beach, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
miami, florida, usa, miami beach
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Dashiell Hammett, who... in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries... helped get murder out of the vicar's rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, noir, metafiction, stylized ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, blackmail, murder, missing person, writers, prostitute, investigation, private investigator, chinese gangster, extortion, morgue ...
Time:
1920s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, dirty cop, redemption, police corruption, betrayal, crime gone awry, crooked cop, cop, casino, police officer, death of protagonist ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling addiction, college, addiction, gambler, poker, gambling debt, character study, bookies, hopes, gangster, casino, bet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, las vegas, harvard university ...
Similarity:
20%
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, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, special agent, uncover truth, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, fbi agent, ex husband ex wife relationship, frame up ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, an L.A. cop who relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.
Style:
captivating, tense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, small town, jesse stone, who done it, gangster, law enforcement, police station, serial killer, secret service, dog, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, new england, santa monica california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot:
private investigator, private detective, murder, hollywood, manipulation, reluctant partners, law enforcement, chases and races, on the run, chase, fighting crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute
Style:
neo noir, detective, intelligent, crime drama, talky ...
Plot:
murder, catholic priest, cop, priest, politics, serial killer, clergy, redemption, police corruption, political corruption, desert, catholic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former prostitute discovers that her philanthropic fiance is involved in perversion.
Style:
neo noir, controversial, grindhouse, art house, disturbing ...
Plot:
prostitute, hospital, small town, social commentary, marriage proposal, sex, hooker, nurse, abortion, pedophilia, bald woman, prostitution ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 1961
Place:
america, switzerland, usa, venice
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
Style:
erotic, sexual, grindhouse, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, lesbianism, murder of a prostitute, strip show, woman with a gun, nudity, murder, prostitute, partner, violent content, hollywood, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, christmas horror ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, gory, winter, christmas, prostitute, deception, snow, sex, small town ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alcoholic, private detective, investigation, murder, police officer, warehouse, argument, shootout, cocaine, recovering alcoholic, drug dealer, going straight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
18%
659
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A private eye (Warren Oates) is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress (Leslie Caron).
Style:
neo noir
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, dancing, simpleton, loan shark, morgue, tap dance, bait, pianist, photographer, map, money ...
Time:
year 1971
Place:
monterey california, california, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in the porno pits of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, erotic, disturbing, harsh, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, sex, porn industry, hairy pussy, making love, father, female nudity, sex worker, group sex, strip club, perversion, violent ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style:
neo noir, detective, dark, cynical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, profanity, whodunit, investigation, beach, mental institution, supermarket, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, malibu california, california, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
18%
427
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, murder, corpse, private investigator, drug dealing, private detective, urban ghetto, injustice, investigation, society, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
18%
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Style:
bleak, rough, psychological, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
police corruption, police, police brutality, dysfunctional family, bigotry, cop, scandal, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, sexualized violence, dirty cop, crooked cop ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
investigation, jesse stone, false accusation, law enforcement, murder, small town, funeral, serial killer, secret service, cop, tattoo, flashback ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa, boston
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, betrayal, investigation, mafia, law, courtroom, private investigator, blackmail, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
17%
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