Movies like Mad Detective
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Mad Detective (2007)
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Original name: 神探
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style:
surreal, serious, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, detective, bloody, psychological thriller, philosophical, mind bending ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, manic, mental illness, murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, serial killer, twists and turns, imagination, surveillance, killer, psychology, gunfight, conspiracy, chinese mafia, profiler, a vision, misfit, chases and races, violent content, revenge, police officer, police, violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
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Most similar movies to Mad Detective
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and detective films with plots about murder, law enforcement, police investigation, deadly, police detective, police and investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Mad Detective: The Element of Crime (1984), Running Out of Time 2 (2001), The Longest Nite (1997), Fairy Tale Killer (2012), Insomnia (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the ...
Style:
surreal, bleak, psychological, neo noir, art house ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, hypnosis, police investigation, surrealism, mentor, dystopia, society, memory loss, distopia, dialogue, psychoanalysis ...
Time:
future
Place:
middle east, cairo egypt, europe, africa, egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ho Sheung Sang finds himself wrapped up in another cat-and-mouse game, this time against a tricky magician.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police detective, hostage, law enforcement, master criminal, confined, chases and races, rivalry, time, cat and mouse, deception, investigation, illusion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style:
heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, triad, gunfight, street crime, organized crime, killer, hitman, big city, contract killer, gangster, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a bloodied and incoherent Jun (Wang Baoqiang) confesses to five murders that have not occurred, the police assume that he's mentally unstable and ignore his claims. Police detective Han (Lau Ching-wan) is investigating a series of gruesome ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, social misfits, couple relations, mentally challenged, estrangement, murder, mentally unstable, law enforcement, unsupportive spouse, police station, police procedural, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins ...
Style:
suspense, tense, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, insomnia, murder, serial killer, male nudity, manipulation, small town, sleeping, police officer killed, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style:
creepy, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
suicide, conspiracy, high school, violent, police investigation, brutality, death, gory, surrealism, transgression, student, extreme ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's ...
Style:
tense, harsh, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, gunfight, dark hero, killer, police detective, assassin, heroic bloodshed, fall in love, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, hong kong, china, asia, macau ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Hong Kong is rocked by multiple gruesome murders, the police forms a task force to investigate. Jun, once a brilliant detective who suffered a mental breakdown, begins his own investigation. Eventually, the police learn that the murder victims ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, murderer, mystery killer, death, police investigator, investigator, murder, killer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, murder, investigation, hypnosis, undercover, police investigation, dishonesty, heroes, chases and races, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry ...
Place:
asia, china, hong kong
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 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, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, hitman, murder, tough heroes, police investigation, master criminal, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, contests and competitions, martial artist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, couple relations, insomnia, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, great ending, murder investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
They say Hong Kong is the safest city in Asia. But tonight, a police van has been hijacked along with the arms, equipment and the five officers aboard, one of the hostages being the only son of police deputy commissioner M.B. Lee! With the chief ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, noir ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
missing person, police corruption, hostage, rescue, danger, hijacking, police chase, police investigation, triad, police, con trick, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
32%
25K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, detective, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, twists and turns, death, police, police investigation, torture, psychopath, police detective, blood, photograph, orphan ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, corporate crime, partner, undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, economics, mafia, big business, big brother, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces...
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police, investigation, murder, psychopath, mind game, dangerous attraction, detective inspector, law enforcement, reluctant partners, danger, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
seoul, korea
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
Style:
sexy, suspense, neo noir, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminal illness, revenge, thief, cross dressing, race against time, chase, heist, buddy cop, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, negotiator, maverick cop ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, avenger, killer, police investigation, murder, justice, serial killer, brutality, plot twist, police, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, heroic bloodshed, hitman, vengeance, gangster, danger, murder, chef, professional killer, gunfight, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, macau, china, asia
Similarity:
27%
101K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, psychopath, murder investigation, murder mystery, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, police investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
At a women's prison in the northern China in 1932, a prisoner escapes. Inspector Song Donglu is summoned to investigate the escape.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, detective
Plot:
escape, escaped prisoner, female prisoner, inspector, police officer, police investigation, fugitives, investigation, prison escape, runaway, crime solving, uncover truth ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fire of Conscience is an 2010 Hong Kong action/thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Ren. The Chinese name is derived in one of the action scenes where Lai has to chase Ren through a street of dragon dance.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, tough heroes, investigation, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, loss of wife, brutality, cop, mitsubishi, torture, fire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, police officer, demon, whodunit, ritual, police detective, secret society, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, alps, france, paris france
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but two days after the first murder, another homicide occurs. A woman is suffocated to death and the only evidence left at the crime scene is a sticker of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, emotional, action thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, vengeance, femme fatale, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, violence spree, gory, mystery woman, murder, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Officers Kyung-yoon CHO and Eun-joo PARK are on the hunt a killer following duo of ghastly murders. The victims carry a common military past, and the secret of their past must be unraveled to find the killer.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, uncover truth, police investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, danger, law enforcement, who done it, partner, revenge, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Veteran detective Cham works with rookie cop Will to hunt down the city's serial killer. The investigation leads them to a lair littered with dismembered female limbs, and an ex-con who killed Cham's wife and child years ago...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
big city, stalker, homicide detective, police officer, homeless, serial killer, rape, mutilation, police investigation, killing, serial murder, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, police, working undercover, mole, undercover, triad, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, violent ...
Time:
future, y2k, year 2004, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A blind detective, former cop, teams up with a policewoman who admires him to solve the disappearance of a girl friend of hers, years ago. Besides, he helps her to improve her skills as an investigator.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, dark humor, blind character, police investigation, partner, twists and turns, disability, blindness, danger, blind man, gambling, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, infidelity, woman in danger, missing child, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, cold case, police, police detective, investigation, murder, missing person, police station, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1985, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california
Similarity:
24%
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