Movies like Tightrope
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Tightrope (1984)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, sexy, sexual, intense, tricky, erotic, light ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, father daughter relationship, police investigation, kidnapping, manipulation, murder mystery, obsession, police detective, investigation, psychopath, woman in danger, single parent, mind game, mysterious character, suspense, track down, oral sex, violent, revenge, prostitution, chase, prostitute, killer, sex ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about police investigation, dialogue, brutality, suspense, deadly, investigation and murder mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Tightrope: Dirty Harry (1971), Frenzy (1972), Unlawful Entry (1992), Manhunter (1986), Switchback (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
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serious, captivating, controversial, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, gunfight, psychopath, suspense, tough law enforcer, criminal, investigation, murder, vigilante, violence, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, canada, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
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suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, disturbing, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, rape, truck, strangulation, murder, suspense, psychopath, police, rape and murder, sexual perversion, man kills a woman, on the run ...
Time:
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Place:
london, scotland, england, europe, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, stalking, police officer, home invasion, police, suspense, psychopath, murder, suburbs, corruption, police investigation, hostage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, fbi, suspense, murder mystery, profiler, obsession, mind game, violence, brutality, psychology ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada, alabama, maryland, washington d.c., florida ...
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, suspense, murder, twists and turns, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, murder mystery, investigation, missing person, killer ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines (hence the title of the movie), which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping ...
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, bleak, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, amateur detective, murder, police investigation, suspense, psychopath, woman in danger, schoolgirl, uncover truth, teenage life, fatal attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, sexy, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal, serial killer, rapist, false accusation, murder, obsession, investigation, infidelity, mind game, femme fatale, voyeurism, uncover truth ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, san francisco
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100%
87K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Style:
gothic, psychological, gothic horror, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police investigation, who done it, suspense, riddles and clues, writer's life, murder, writers, edgar allan poe ...
Time:
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Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa, paris france
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100%
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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, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, police, suspense, femme fatale, investigation, murder, fatal attraction, twists and turns, police detective, strong sexual content, erotica ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, psychopath, investigation, twists and turns, police investigation, race against time, mind game, policewoman, murder, paraplegic, forensics ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, depressing, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
murder, child in peril, suspense, divorce, amateur detective, investigation, disbelieving adult, witness, family relations, parents and children, couples, family problems ...
Place:
maryland, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
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suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological, scary ...
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teens, girls' night, boys' night
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serial killer, neighbor, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, suspense, murder, loneliness, investigation, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
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suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, murder, suspense, twists and turns, conspiracy, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, police corruption, revenge, brutality ...
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2000s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, blindness, investigation, police investigation, murder mystery, woman in danger, police detective, strong female character, female protagonist, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, split personality, true crime, double life, strangulation, police investigation, murder, serial rapist, psychopath, mind game, obsession, police detective ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, sexy, sinister ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police corruption, investigation, psychopath, killer, police officer, suspense, vigilantism, violence, vigilante, gunfight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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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:
psychological, tense, neo noir, enigmatic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
norway, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, a self-determined woman living in New York City--as if to test the limits of her own safety--propels herself into an impossibly risky sexual liaison. Soon she grows increasingly ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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36%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a ...
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Audience:
adult
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Place:
new york, pennsylvania, california, usa, manhattan new york city
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.
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suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense, clever ...
Plot:
death row, death sentence, journalism, investigation, suspense, race against time, lawyer, false accusation, uncover truth, journal, reporter, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
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tense, suspenseful, intense, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
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army investigation, rape, murder, military, army, betrayal, twists and turns, conspiracy, gang rape, suspense, investigation, politics ...
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder investigation, dangerous attraction, strong female lead, fatal attraction, murder mystery, tough girl, suspense, psychopath, police investigation, female agent ...
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Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
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35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
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psychological, exciting, suspenseful, slasher, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, vengeance, suspense, maniac, murder, violence, stalking, mentally unstable, partners against crime, superhero ...
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Place:
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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 ...
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, twists and turns, death, murder investigation, police, torture, psychopath, interrogation, orphan, revenge ...
Time:
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35%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that ...
Style:
psychological, clever, tense, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
betrayal, suspense, murder, crime gone awry, police investigation, twists and turns, character study, women, obsession, redemption, unlikely criminals, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
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35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
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35%
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