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The Murder in China Basin (1999)
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Original name: Murder in the China Basin
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Accused of murder, a man enlists the help of his ex-wife to find the true killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, atmospheric, dark, detective, twisted, psychological, noir, moody
Plot:
murder, investigation, secrets, suspicion, wrongful accusation, whodunit, betrayal, deception, law enforcement, family drama, evidence, motive, alibi, private investigator, ex husband, revenge, mature, urban, confession, small town, reconciliation, courtroom, female nudity, male nudity, recovering alcoholic ...
Time:
90s, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
san francisco
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Most similar movies to The Murder in China Basin
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, detective, tense and noir films with plots about investigation, murder, revenge, betrayal, urban, secrets and moral ambiguity mostly in Mystery, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Murder in China Basin: Access Denied (1996), Black Crescent Moon (2008), After the Game (1997), San Saba (2008), The Hollow (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A beautiful computer programmer is framed by her fraudulent lover and sent to prison. When she gets out she agrees to cooperate with a scheme of a fellow-inmate to defraud a bank, in order to have enough money to escape from her (by then) ex-lover.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
programmer, fraud, embezzlement, prison, false accusation, betrayal, female protagonist, conspiracy, con artists, bank robbery, manipulation, scheming ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, small town, diner, murder, law enforcement, small town life, social relations, murder mystery, sheriff, self discovery, danger, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, card playing, poker, investigation, mysterious death, whodunit, secrets, betrayal, father son relationship, small town, deception ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After recovering from a coma, private investigator Bud Fox finds himself implicated in the murder of a businessman he's convinced he's never met. Investigating the man's murder, Bud realizes he can't trust a soul.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, private investigator, murder, betrayal, murder investigation, framed for murder, crime investigation, waking up from a coma, murder mystery, uncover truth, sleuth, frame up ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate, the team's brilliant but jaded lead agent battling demons both past and ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, detective, tension ...
Plot:
murder, corruption, fbi, small town, investigation, cover up, violence, threat, moral ambiguity, evidence, mansion, congressman ...
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
57%
569
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An Oakland widower's thirst for justice is rekindled when a local killing is oddly similar to his wife's unsolved murder from decades ago.
Style:
tense, suspense, bleak, detective, dark ...
Plot:
murder, justice, investigation, unsolved crime, cold case, widower, revenge, grief, obsession, loss, motive, vigilante ...
Place:
oakland california, california
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score for the last film, which won an Oscar. Crawford is ...
Style:
detective, psychological, tense, suspense, crime drama
Plot:
composer, investigation, jealousy, hollywood, murder, evidence, whodunit, police procedural, deception, motive, showbiz, interrogation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former resident of the town of Peyton Place, now wealthy and powerful, secretly returns to the town and sets in motion a spate of killings designed as revenge for past wrongs.
Style:
suspense, detective, psychological, period piece
Plot:
murder, revenge, small town, investigation, mysterious death, secrets, whodunit, vengeance, betrayal, manipulation, scandal, female antagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
52%
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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:
tense, crime drama, suspense, twisted, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, female detective, murder investigation, moral ambiguity, whodunit, female empowerment, corruption, betrayal, crime scene, loyalty, urban, murder ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thriller about the murder by poisoning of a famous lawyer.
Style:
tense, suspense, twisted, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot:
poisoning, murder, investigation, lawyer, evidence, whodunit, alibi, secrets, motive, autopsy, power, city ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tom Shepard returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. But the tranquility is shattered when he gets involved in the investigation of a series of grisly and bizarre murders.
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, private investigator, investigation, crime scene, secrets, family secret, small town, haunting, serial killer, getting home, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three childhood friends reunite over a murder case.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, childhood friend, investigation, reminiscence, murderer, reunited friends, murder mystery, murder investigation, friends, problem, group of friends, old friends reunited ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, atmospheric, crime thriller ...
Plot:
missing person, heiress, investigation, secrets, whodunit, puzzle, police procedural, deception, private investigation, family drama, social class, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
Style:
detective, suspense, tension, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hospital, murder, investigation, misdirection, evidence, doubt, suspicion, secrets, guilt, cat and mouse, macabre, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Shivaji Surathkal, who is the Sherlock Holmes of the Karnataka Police Department, is handed over a high-profile case – the murder of the Home Minister's son. This brings him to an eerie resort in Ranagiri, near Madikeri, which seems to throw ...
Style:
detective, suspense, atmospheric, tense, intense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police procedural, evidence, whodunit, interrogation, isolation, slow burn, claustrophobia, cold case, secret
Place:
kannada
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following a near-death experience when an attacker breaks into her home, Amanda can't shake the feeling that she's still in harm's way. In comes the handsome and stern Detective James Dawson to save the day and keep an especially ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, stalker, deception, danger, male female relationship, relationships, murder mystery, forensics, murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, dark, twisted ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, double life, widow, secrets, prime suspect, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, deception, paranoia, interrogation ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman moves to a new home after her police officer husband is killed. She soon discovers a place where growing prescription drug abuse is creating a nightmare of lies, crime, and murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, detective, moody
Plot:
lie, widow, secrets, mature, drug addiction, danger, female protagonist, deception, murder, family drama, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this particular episode, McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist. The client later confesses to McBride that he believes he accidentally shot the doctor when he confronted him in his home. When McBride ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, detective, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, crime scene, lawyer, courtroom drama, employee employee relationship, partner, murder mystery, murder investigation, police detective, legal investigation, riddles and clues ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?
Style:
psychological, suspense, dark, emotional, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cheerleader, murder, teenage pregnancy, suspicion, murder mystery, secrets, pregnancy, high school, investigation, evidence, deception, cover up ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, female protagonist, murder mystery, online dating, internet dating, problem, crime solving, murderer, murder investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
Similarity:
40%
389
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:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, serious, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, genius, physicist, mysterious death, suspect, police procedural, investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, true crime, victim, criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
With the odds already not in her favor, Araya tells her side of the story while being interrogated for possibly killing the man who was responsible for her father's death.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, dramatic ...
Plot:
interrogation, investigation, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, suspect, character study, murder, revenge, accusation, claustrophobia, guilt, police procedural ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Story:
A NYPD detective teams up with a Hasidic Jew to solve a murder in the Hasidic community.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, murder, murder mystery, crime solving, criminal, forensics, sleuth, murderer, police detective, crime investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspense, noir, dark ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, private investigation, secrets, danger, femme fatale, deception, rescue, urban, rescue attempt, suicide attempt, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Maddie Moore is a concierge at a hotel in Detroit, Michigan who moonlights at Detriot Free Press in their tipline department. Most nights, calls run anywhere from alien sightings to lost cats. One night, however Maddie receives a cryptic call ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
female protagonist, danger, investigation, homicide, heist, journalism, cat and mouse, amateur sleuth, newspaper, evidence, police procedural, urban ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pretty young songbird found murdered on Hollywood Boulevard. The crusty old Private Eye who was in love with her. A smooth-talking seductress who hires him to solve the crime. A bulldog detective with a nose for the truth and a leash held by city ...
Style:
detective, noir, crime drama, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, whodunit, femme fatale, murder mystery, murder investigation, who done it, crime investigation, police detective, homicide detective, sleuth, hollywood ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a physician is murdered, his eldest daughter is accused of the crime, but the man's seductive new wife may not be all that she appears.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, twisted, dark, detective ...
Plot:
murder, false accusation, stepmother, physician, daughter, investigation, motive, accusation, suspect, deception, father daughter relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
When a young man is murdered, Inspector Mainul begins what seems like a straightforward case. But as he digs deeper, hidden truths, shifting motives, and shocking twists begin to unravel, turning the investigation into a gripping race to uncover the ...
Style:
detective, twisted, tense, twist ending, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, police procedural, whodunit, justice, corruption, interrogation, cover up, moral ambiguity, motive, cold case, revenge ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
35%
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