Movies like Summer of Sam

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Summer of Sam (1999)
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Summer of Sam (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Style: psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, serious, captivating, realistic, tense, stylized, sexual, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder, psychopath, punk, infidelity, true crime, lust, dark humor, punk rock, drug, profanity, danger, satanist, psycho killer, sex, paranoia, violent, vigilante, obsession, rock, investigation, love and romance, american history, sexual content ...
Time: 70s, 90s, year 1999, year 1977, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, harlem manhattan new york city
Keyword: gangsters, americana, latin, retrospective

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Most similar movies to Summer of Sam

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, serial killer, violence, death, killer and psychopath mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Summer of Sam: Sea of Love (1989), Zodiac (2007), Cruising (1980), Out of the Darkness (1985), Kalifornia (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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100%
 7.7
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Zodiac (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style: atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, killer, true crime ...
Time: 70s, year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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100%
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Cruising (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S/M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, detective, sexual, cult classic ...
Plot: serial killer, gay, murder, police investigation, psychopath, sex, investigation, pretending to be gay, male nudity, gay sex, gays and lesbians, violence ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Out of the Darkness (1985)
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: detective, psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: serial killer, true crime, murder, killer, parent child relationship, couple relations, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, law enforcement, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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100%
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Kalifornia (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Style: neo noir, bleak, road movie, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, road trip, lovers on the run, journalist, redneck, on the road, mental illness, insanity, journalism, ex convict, motel ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, pittsburgh, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style: detective, neo noir, visually stunning, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, adultery, love triangle, infidelity, witness protection, hostage, hitman, witness, husband wife relationship, home invasion, psychopath, death threat ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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100%
 7.3
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Targets (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style: suspense, psychological, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: sniper, serial killer, psychopath, violence, killing spree, monster, filmmaking, mass murder, confrontation, target practice, actor, old man ...
Time: year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, texas, vietnam, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 4K
Crónicas (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, journalism, psychopath, media, obsession, insanity, greed, uncover truth, ambition, journalist, reporter ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: ecuador, latin america, florida, miami
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30%
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The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man ...
Style: neo noir, disturbing, cult classic, black and white, grindhouse ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, female serial killer, con artists, spinster, loneliness, valentine's day, violent, marriage, male nudity, wedding, biopic ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: alabama, usa, missouri, michigan, new jersey ...
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30%
All Good Things (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: murder, disappearance, mentally unstable, overbearing parent, divorce, abusive husband, investigation, dysfunctional marriage, missing person, twists and turns, justice, obsession ...
Time: 80s, year 2010, future, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, los angeles, vermont ...
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29%
 5.6
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Dahmer (2002)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, scary, slasher, stylized ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, rape, gay club, biopic, gay, torture, violence, necrophilia, blood, killer, serial murder ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s
Place: ohio, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.4
 6K
Karla (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, rape, abusive husband, domestic violence, kidnapping, sister sister relationship, murder, true crime, rape victim, rough sex, incest rape, courtroom drama ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: ontario canada, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, talky, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, gambling, twists and turns, loser, redemption, investigation, debt, moral dilemma, siblings relations, sailing, secrets, hitman ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: london, brighton, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Supper (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, witty, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: politics, sexism, death, dinner, culture clash, vigilante, serial killer, murder, assassination, brainwashing, justice, propaganda ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iowa, usa
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100%
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Guncrazy (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita ...
Style: neo noir, serious, erotic, independent film, realistic
Plot: lovers on the run, on the run, sexual abuse, murder, murderous pair, parole officer, teenage girl, anti heroine, prison, age difference, small town, anti hero ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8K
Empire (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style: intense, stylized, melancholic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, organized crime, gangster, greed, twists and turns, drug dealing, wall street, ghetto, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, mafia ...
Time: year 2002
Place: usa, new york, miami, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
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25%
The Hillside Strangler (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Kenneth Bianchi is a security guard whose attempts to become a police officer are repeatedly thwarted. He moves to California to live with his cousin Angelo and dates a string of women, becoming increasingly preoccupied with sex. Eventually the ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, rough, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, strangulation, rape, prostitute, murder, police investigation, psychopath, murderous pair, violence, sexual abuse, death, hidden identity ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, oregon, california
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23%
 6.4
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Lonely Hearts (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their ...
Style: neo noir, detective, suspenseful, suspense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, gangster, obsession, murderous pair, femme fatale, loneliness, hitman, attempted murder, cons and scams, chase ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1951, year 1949, 1950s
Place: usa, new york
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23%
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Son of Sam (2008)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, investigation, danger, law enforcement, police investigation, mind game, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, murderer, tough guy ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, new york
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The Tenants (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The story of a Jewish novelist, Harry Lesser, struggling to complete his latest work, and his antagonistic relationship with a black writer who moves in down the hall.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, interracial relations, manuscript, couple relations, writer's life, couples, losing-it hero, friend, father son relationship, interracial couple, black cast, writers ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, year 1972
Place: usa, new york, detroit, harlem, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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22%
B.T.K. Killer (2005)
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, investigation, life is a bitch, chase, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, serial murder, violence ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.9
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Carlito's Way (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, tense, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gangster, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, mobster, drug, gunfight, violence, prison, drug lord ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1975
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.5
 104K
Blood Simple (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style: neo noir, suspense, psychological, independent film, tense ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: murder, private detective, murder mystery, extramarital affair, adultery, crime gone awry, twists and turns, hired killer, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Hollywoodland (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a ...
Style: neo noir, detective, intense, period piece, atmospheric ...
Plot: private detective, murder, showbiz, hollywood, biopic, fame, uncover truth, starlet, actor's life, dishonesty, husband murders wife, filmmaking ...
Time: 50s, year 1959, 20th century, 1950s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.9
 2K
The Riverman (2004)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, mind game, life is a bitch, true crime, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, florida, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, twists and turns, murder investigation, cannibal, mind game ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place: pittsburgh, baltimore, madagascar, persia, maryland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, small town, couples, fatal attraction, betrayal, private detective, murder, infidelity, greed, love triangle, dishonesty, sex ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, miami, boston, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 3.7
 661
N-Secure (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot: betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, danger, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews to psychiatrist Samantha Stone, who has disquieting lifestyle issues of her own. It falls to her to ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, mind game, police investigation, who done it, mental illness, life is a bitch, killer, misogynist, serial rapist, strangler ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.5
 23K
Wonderland (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot: murder, junkie, heroin, addiction, true crime, police investigation, violence, drug addiction, serial killer, drug, drug addict, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, y2k, year 2003, year 1981
Place: los angeles, usa, pasadena california, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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