Movies like The Squeaker
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The Squeaker (1963)
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Original name: Der Zinker
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Style:
detective, suspense, grim, twisted, noir, period piece, gothic
Plot:
conspiracy, murder, investigation, poisoning, whodunit, police procedural, master criminal, cat and mouse, underworld, urban, serial killer, cold case, snake, tiger, death, crime investigation, robbery, secretary, tea, reporter, blackmail, widow, ambush, car, poison ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
scotland yard, london
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Most similar movies to The Squeaker
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, suspense, dark and noir films with plots about murder, serial killer, investigation, conspiracy, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity and police procedural mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Squeaker: The Zombie Walks (1968), The Indian Scarf (1963), The Mad Executioners (1963), Dead Eyes of London (1961), Room 13 (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
Style:
detective, suspense, creepy, atmospheric, sinister ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, whodunit, investigation, masked villain, macabre, poison, cat and mouse, vengeance, manor, living dead, twists and turns, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle ...
Style:
suspense, tense, sinister, atmospheric, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, serial killer, whodunit, murder, castle, strangulation, isolation, greed, killer, inheritance, secrets, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a subplot about another murderer. Surprise ending.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, vigilante, hanging, conspiracy, vigilante justice, investigation, execution, female victim, police procedural, decapitation, violent, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, creepy, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
swamp, castle, hound dog, animal attack, murder investigation, isolation, old mansion, cat and mouse, police procedural, twists and turns, serial killer, conspiracy ...
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.
Style:
detective, gothic, suspense, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
blind man, serial killer, murder, nurse, blindness and impaired vision, danger, amateur detective, investigation, criminal heroes, dishonesty, clergy, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, united kingdom, britain, scotland yard, england
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Denmark, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
Style:
crime thriller, dark, detective, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, conspiracy, murder investigation, nightclub, whodunit, female victim, suspicion, peril, urban, police procedural, stalking, gangster ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, dark, thrilling, atmospheric ...
Plot:
locked door, kidnapping, crazy, secrets, locked room, inheritance, isolation, psychopath, treasure hunt, investigation, claustrophobia, torture chamber ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this German detective thriller, swindlers using a false charity as a front send a hit man around London to murder wealthy people whose deaths can benefit the organization. This film is one of a very large number of German Scotland-Yard thrillers ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police procedural, gang, urban, organized crime, insurance fraud, underworld, suspicion, evidence, drowning, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture ...
Style:
black and white, detective
Plot:
murder, disguise, mastermind, crime investigation, submarine, magic, twists and turns, conspiracy, brothel, inspector, clerk, airport ...
Place:
australia, london, britain, scotland yard, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tension, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, white slavery, whodunit, suspect, group of criminals, theater, human trafficking, suspicion, underworld, poisoning ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, detective, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, blackmail, organized crime, criminal syndicate, gangster, underworld, investigation, threat, master criminal, betrayal, corruption ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A plan to steal a valuable work of art leads to murder.
Style:
crime thriller, dark, suspense, tense, mysterious ...
Plot:
art theft, forgery, murder, heist, deception, greed, betrayal, moral ambiguity, investigation, conspiracy, obsession, violence ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, black and white, atmospheric ...
Plot:
extortion, organized crime, criminal, gangster, rivalry, gang war, criminal underworld, betrayal, cat and mouse, police investigation, moral ambiguity, violent ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, chicago, scotland yard
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Style:
slasher, detective, grindhouse, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, snake, characters murdered one by one, mental disorder, twins, psychopath, stalker, twin brother, whodunit, violent content, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
50%
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:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
Plot:
conspiracy, serial killer, woman, fraud, police officer, police, female police officer, dead brother, murder, death, inheritance, reverend ...
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
46%
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:
45%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bhanuchander, a cop gets murdered at a guest house. The investigating officer Vijay Shanker takes up the case and suspects it to be a possible homicide. Will Vijay and Bhanuchander's wife (Suhasini) be able to track the criminals?
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, dark, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police procedural, evidence, interrogation, whodunit, crime scene, justice, forensics, motive, revenge, corruption ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stubborn detective Tom Mackey, assigned to a Los Angeles murder case involving a couple of serial killings, gets increasingly frustrated with the dead end leads he's following and the lack of appreciation he gets from his chief, police captain ...
Style:
detective, psychological, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic power, police investigation, supernatural, investigation, police procedural, cat and mouse, crime scene, urban, police detective, telekinesis, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'
Style:
detective
Plot:
serial killer, death, exploitation, drug trade, drug use, kidnapping, harbor, murder, interrogation, british police, inspector, main character dies ...
Place:
london, britain, england, united kingdom, scotland yard
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims but brands an "M" onto their foreheads before he decapitates them.
Style:
classic horror, suspense, gothic horror, black and white
Plot:
serial killer, murder, male female relationship, murder investigation, police detective, old dark house, underground, multiple murder, masked killer, dark secret, haunted by the past, castle ...
Place:
scotland yard, london
Similarity:
39%
161
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A man gets killed when he tries to molest a girl. She absconds with the police on her trail and meets a man who tries to help her find the real murderer.
Style:
suspense, detective, crime drama, dark, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, investigation, whodunit, car accident, mystery woman, corruption, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, police procedural, betrayal, alcoholism, revenge motive ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When a number of mutilated bodies are discovered in a countryside mansion, seasoned Detective Taylor is charged with finding the killer. An unlikely suspect reveals that some secrets are taken to the grave...and some secrets TAKE US TO THE GRAVE!
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, twist ending, sinister ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, secrets, countryside, serial killer, death, body horror, guilt, suspect, forensics, whodunit, violent ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, detective, enigmatic ...
Plot:
investigation, lovers, husband, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, uncover truth, deception, death, corpse, revenge, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Criminal detective Roland Hassel and his colleague Bolinder is investigating a criminal gang involved in the meat packing business. Bolinder is murdered in front of Hassel and the criminals are out to kill Hassel, the only witness.
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, noir, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, police procedural, investigation, gang, organized crime, danger, violence, witness, revenge, conspiracy, law enforcement, undercover ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter gets in their way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who became active around Christmas time..
Style:
detective, suspense, crime thriller, neo noir, dark ...
Plot:
christmas, serial killer, investigation, police procedural, xmas, reporter, urban, murder mystery, killing spree, journalism, law enforcement, cat and mouse ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.
Style:
slasher, classic horror, art house, psychotronic
Plot:
serial killer, hysteria, murder, murder mystery, prostitution, strip club, blackmail, female killer, female nudity, sister sister relationship, bare breasts, insurance fraud ...
Place:
scotland yard
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A gang raid a bank, making off with a nice tidy sum and head off to a hideout in the mountains to take refuge (with a few women in tow to keep them company).
Style:
poliziottesco, suspense, dark, noir, grim
Plot:
robbery, gang, heist, mobster, mafia, murder, whodunit, betrayal, paranoia, violence, masked killer, mountain ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anne is convinced she has found her husband's corpse, but Dr. Mark can only find out that the man has gone home. When he comes back, his wife does not trust Mark, who believes she suffers from schizophrenia.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, twisted, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, paranoia, isolation, cat and mouse, murder mystery, investigation, female protagonist, european, serial killer, urban, betrayal, folk horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Businessman Johann Vallenberger dies mysteriously on a funfair ghost train. Questions are raised when it turns out that he died only a few hours after taking out a million dollar life policy? The insurance company suspects foul play and sends a ...
Style:
suspense, dark, detective, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, amusement park, investigation, family secret, whodunit, seduction, inheritance, criminal conspiracy, cat and mouse, insurance fraud, blackmail, secret lover ...
Time:
70s
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
32%
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