Movies like Lady Against the Odds
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Lady Against the Odds (1992)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered.
Style:
rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private investigator, murder, investigation, private detective, law enforcement, custody, female detective, guardian, industrialist, deadly, mystery, crime, crimes
Time:
1940s, 40s
Place:
los angeles
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Most similar movies to Lady Against the Odds
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, deadly, law enforcement, investigation, private detective, dishonesty and serial killer mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Lady Against the Odds: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012), Murder at the Savoy (1993), She Knows Too Much (1989), Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997), Case G (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, clever, dramatic ...
Plot:
investigation, private investigator, female detective, private detective, murder, heroine, riddles and clues, murderer, evidence, aristocracy, australian, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist?
Style:
mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
murder, police, law enforcement, investigation, arms dealing, medical, businessman, hospital, arms deal, police procedural, murder investigation, deadly ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot:
courtroom, murder, lawyer, intelligence agency, private investigator, investigation, dedicated lawyer, private detective, dishonesty, couple relations, legal, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Style:
mind bending, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, partners, rivalry, dishonesty, partners against crime, private detective, goofy hero, misfit partners, murder, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. The show starred Stacy Keach and was seen as an attempt to revive the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, neo noir, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, nypd, investigation, riddles and clues, partners, partners against crime, law enforcement, hard boiled, pulp fiction
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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357
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, manhunt, haunted by the past, law enforcement, murder, police procedural, suspense, nypd, snow, fictional country, deadly, chases and races
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, undercover, police officer, chief of police, hit and run, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, law enforcement, blackmail, doctor, suspense, serial killer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
private investigator, private detective, hollywood, murder, manipulation, on the run, chase, reluctant partners, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, investigation, fighting crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
memory loss, small town, investigation, kidnapping, murder, police detective, law enforcement, missing child, missing person, chief of police, undercover, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Movies like Jesse Stone: Sea Change
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, murder, investigation, dishonesty, murder investigation, university, mysticism, shipyard, hidden corpse, cold case, hangout ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
murder, police investigation, religions or cults, society, partners, law enforcement, private detective, kidnapping, cult, nypd, fictional country, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, murder, missing person, intrigue, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, heroes, femme fatale, suicidal tendency, murder disguised as suicide, psychiatrist ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, private detective, law enforcement, partners, suspense, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Movies similar to Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic, rough
Plot:
courtroom, intelligence agency, lawyer, ice hockey, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, investigation, boss and employee, legal, amateur detective, murder ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, mind bending, tense, realistic
Plot:
courtroom, false accusation, private detective, law enforcement, boss and employee, legal, courtroom drama, legal action, dishonesty, lawyer, murder, inheritance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
mysticism, murder, ocean, manipulation, graphic violence, who done it, cons and scams, riddles and clues, reluctant partners, legal investigation, stalking, amateur detective ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, mind bending
Plot:
native american, murder, americana, supernatural ability, vengeance, police investigation, curses spells and rituals, law enforcement, serial killer, indigenous people, navajo indian, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, utah, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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TV series like Mike Hammer, Private Eye
Genre: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
uncover truth, private detective, murder, law enforcement, investigation, race against time, life is a bitch, twists and turns, private investigator, graphic violence, youth, kids in trouble ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Plot:
obsession, missing person, murder, dangerous attraction, love affair, mysterious man, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, dishonesty, couples, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, clever
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, private investigator, power relations, fashion, track down, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, workplace ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
Style:
serious, clever, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom, intelligence agency, lawyer, flirting, performer's life, courtroom drama, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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, realistic
Plot:
murder, special agents, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, ex husband ex wife relationship, fbi agent, frame up ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murderous pair, police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott ...
Style:
serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot:
undercover, investigation, dishonesty, supportive spouse, amateur detective, protagonist as suspect, righting the wronged, false accusation, missing person, marriage, murder, reunion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, private investigator, insurance fraud, investigation, dishonesty, undercover, law enforcement, betrayal, private detective, missing person, ship, cons and scams ...
Time:
60s
Place:
switzerland, europe, swiss alps, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough
Plot:
private detective, missing person, private investigator, law enforcement, journalism, murder, violence against women, mysticism, serial killer, dead woman, flashback, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
552
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"At Risk" introduces Win Garano (Sunjata), the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police, when D.A. Monique "Money" Lamont (MacDowell) sends him to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
partners, police investigation, law enforcement, election campaign, murder, uncover truth, fighting crime, legal investigation, legal, who done it, district attorney, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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