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A Stranger Among Us (1992)
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A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in!
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, detective, melancholic, neo noir, independent film, exciting, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, orthodox jew, police, judaism, police corruption, conspiracy theory, brutality, unlikely friendships, investigation, who done it, master criminal, law enforcement, fish out of water, dishonesty, partners against crime, cons and scams, culture clash, female protagonist, police detective, dealer, diamond, religion, femme fatale, exploitation ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: new york, israel, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Keyword: jewish, partners, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, murder, deadly, dishonesty, police detective and police mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Stranger Among Us: Mulholland Falls (1996), Brass (1985), Divergence (2005), Shakedown (1988), Vice (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, detective, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political corruption, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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95%
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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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64%
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Divergence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, police investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, heroes, dishonesty, police corruption, hitman, police detective, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Shakedown (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, fighting the system, police investigation, legal action, bad cop, drug dealing, law enforcement, partners against crime, dishonesty, reluctant partners ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Vice (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, undercover, drug dealing, crime gone awry, partners against crime, dishonesty, working undercover, nypd, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, undercover, gang, fighting crime, heist, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.2
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True Blue (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blackmail, murder, uncover truth, tough law enforcer, mind game, investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, police corruption, gang, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Streets of Blood (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ghetto, murder, investigation, police detective, undercover, law enforcement, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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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 ⇓
55%
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 464
Double Bang (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Small Town Conspiracy (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot: police detective, uncover truth, police investigation, who done it, frame up, wartime life, political conspiracy, injustice, life is a bitch, serial killer, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s
Place: usa, florida, pearl harbor
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 723
1st to Die (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style: rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, mind game, murder, who done it, partners against crime, master criminal, partner, wedding, psychopath, terminal illness, reluctant partners, fall in love ...
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Sea of Love (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to ...
Style: sexy, tense, erotic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, femme fatale, strong sexual content, erotica, police investigation, newspaper, sexual relations, police, partners against crime, law enforcement, danger, twists and turns ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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38%
 3.4
 110
Interference (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A retiring detective tries to discover the identity of a half charred woman found in front of a District Attorney's boat who is pursuing a child serial killer.
Style: psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, boat, police officer, murder investigation, heroes, who done it, investigation, danger, murderer, brutality, child murderess, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Glass Shield (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style: tense, harsh, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangster, hip hop, crime gone awry, brutality, fbi, justice, false accusation ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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37%
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Raghavan (Kamal Haasan) is an honest cop in Tamil Nadu. His wife Kayalvizhi (Kamalinee Mukerji) dies in a violent incident. Raghavan is deputized to investigate the murder of Rani, the daughter of his colleague Arokiya Raj (Prakash Raj) in a remote ...
Style: suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police detective, police station, who done it, police, psycho, murder mystery, cop, police chase, doctors and patients ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Unnatural Causes (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a ...
Style: detective, crime thriller, mind bending, tense, psychological ...
Plot: mysticism, murder, legal investigation, law enforcement, danger, obsession, dishonesty, private detective, police investigation, amateur detective, reluctant partners, obsessive quest ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland yard
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36%
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PTU: Police Tactical Unit (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police detective, gang, investigation, partners against crime, goofy hero, rivalry, murder, tough law enforcer, master criminal, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Badge (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, tough law enforcer, police investigation, dishonesty, police corruption, law enforcement, violent content, corruption, police
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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36%
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Exiled (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Law & Order TV movie centered on the character Mike Logan.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, detective
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, legal investigation, starting over, reluctant partners, partners against crime, prostitute, obsession, tough law enforcer, workplace, police station ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Beast Cops (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Beast Cops is a visceral and hard-hitting exploration of the dichotomous existence of two cops charged with upholding the law, while balancing on a moral ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, heroic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, triad, organized crime, kung fu, heroic bloodshed, martial arts, murder, battles, police detective, hitman, screwball, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Strike Force (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
Style: fast, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: fbi, surveillance, basketball, drug dealing, murder, investigation, state trooper, drug cartel, gang, undercover, police investigation, intrigue ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Out of Time (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: adult
Plot: twists and turns, murder, police investigation, murder mystery, police detective, betrayal, conspiracy, police, frame up, investigation, double murder, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
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33%
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One Good Cop (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When his loyal longtime partner, a widower, is killed in the line of duty and leaves behind three young children, Artie Lewis (Michael Keaton), a dedicated New York City cop and his wife, Rita (Rene Russo), decide to take the kids in. But the lives ...
Style: exciting, emotional, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, orphan, drug dealer, partner, murder, law enforcement, family relations, cop, drug dealing, fighting crime, working undercover, police corruption ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Wandering Soul Murders (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Widowed Joanne Kilbourn is an ex-police officer turned criminology professor. Her husband Ian was the Ontario provincial Attorney General when he was murdered, the murder never solved. Her current home life is on the most part a happy one, except ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, mind bending
Plot: prostitute, murder, police detective, police investigation, journalism, amateur detective, riddles and clues, dishonesty, serial killer, false accusation, who done it, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Organization (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Style: neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, blaxploitation, vigilantism, african, urban, business, police officer, gangster, heist, murder, partner, tough heroes ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.4
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The Gunman (2004)
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, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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