Movies like The Two Jakes
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The Two Jakes (1990)
17K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot involving murder, oil, and even some ghosts from his past.
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever, cult classic, suspense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, investigation, betrayal, mafia, oil, corruption, blackmail, private investigator, courtroom, haunted by the past, law, passion, police officer, halloween, businessman, passionate kiss, mysticism, criminal, perfect crime, name calling, hidden treasure, naked woman ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s, 40s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, neo noir, serious and suspense films with plots about murder, twists and turns, storytelling, betrayal, dialogue, investigation and greed mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Two Jakes: Tequila Sunrise (1988), Chinatown (1974), Twilight (1998), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Lantana (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, surveillance, drug lord, drug dealer, love triangle, friendship, corruption, crime boss, drug, love, best friend, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
63%
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, bare breasts, murder, murder mystery, femme fatale, amateur detective, swimming pool, voyeurism, missing person, corruption, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, stylized, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, racism, gangster, jazz, private investigator, cop, home invasion, urban ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
infidelity, disappearance, therapist, nylons, unfaithfulness, therapy, passion, telephone call, sexuality, photograph, divorce, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new zealand
Similarity:
67%
160K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the ...
Style:
suspense, clever, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, corruption, murder, law firm, conspiracy, fbi, surveillance, murder mystery, blackmail, chase, legal, seduction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, memphis, harvard university, usa, tennessee ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, private detective, conspiracy, twists and turns, betrayal, politics, infidelity, mayor, political corruption, corruption, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
femme fatale, female assassin, female killer, police corruption, sexy woman, love story, crooked cop, dark humor, woman on top, female nudity, sexual attraction, sexual content ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, phoenix arizona, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
27%
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sad ...
Plot:
betrayal, revenge, dangerous attraction, love triangle, vengeance, couple relations, adultery, unfaithful wife, passion, love, desert, contract killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, noir, serious ...
Plot:
skinny dipping, murder, sex scene, twists and turns, unfaithful husband, domineering husband, female nudity, marital infidelity, dishonesty, plot twist, illicit affair, affair ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place:
florida, persia
Similarity:
27%
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, noir, period piece, detective, intense ...
Plot:
private detective, husband murders wife, showbiz, hollywood, biopic, fame, uncover truth, starlet, cover up, actor's life, dishonesty, filmmaking ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, period piece, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, lesbian, obsession, lesbian sex, police corruption, death, danger, greed, voyeur ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1946, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, disturbing, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, investigation, twists and turns, memory loss, amnesia, suspicion, plastic surgery, haunted by the past, infidelity, female killer, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, oregon, bay area, california, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, suspense ...
Plot:
infidelity, sex scene, unfaithful wife, illicit love, femme fatale, murder, nudity, tragic romance, female orgasm, adultery, love affair, sexual content ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
california, usa, san diego california, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
119K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, surreal, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, private detective, marijuana, conspiracy, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, hippie, drug trade, paranoia, obsession, betrayal, teeth ...
Time:
70s, year 2014, year 1967, year 1970, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style:
neo noir, detective, dark, cynical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, profanity, whodunit, investigation, beach, mental institution, supermarket, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, malibu california, california, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, espionage, infidelity, loneliness, actress, dysfunctional marriage, female criminal, extramarital affair, death of daughter ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, erotic, psychosexual thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, murder, frame up, husband wife relationship, scam, sex, kidnapping, police investigation, ex convict, temptation, betrayal, teenage girl ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, retro, erotic, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, sex, pimp, frame up, gigolo, prostitute, sex scene, love affair, sensuality, infidelity, nudity, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california, malibu california, usa ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, sexy, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, corruption, nypd, dirty cop, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, justice, investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, detective, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, investigation, corruption, police officer, police investigation, abusive husband, sociopath, betrayal, murder, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
24%
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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, cynical, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, divorce, adultery, swimming pool, ransom ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
24%
33K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, period piece, stylized, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, casino, gambling, biopic, organized crime, hollywood, rise and fall, ambition, love affair, elimination, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1945, 1930s ...
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
Similarity:
24%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
private detective, businessman, private investigator, investigation, murder, eccentricity, deduction, dating, extortion, blackmail, hidden truth, ugly duckling ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, san francisco, los angeles, portland oregon ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences ...
Style:
suspense, detective, neo noir, surprise ending, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police, sex scene, murder mystery, surveillance, buddy cop, murder investigation, strangulation, japanese culture, police investigation, strangled to death, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, los angeles, usa, tokyo, san francisco
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, woman with a gun, boxing, music, police, gambling, private detective, gang ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
24%
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