Movies like Private Eye 2009

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Private Eye (2009)
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Private Eye (2009)
Original name: 그림자 살인
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
Style: neo noir, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, detective, twisted, tricky
Plot: private detective, voyeurism, murder investigation, uncover truth, espionage, false accusation, moral dilemma, suspect, evidence, accusation, trial, serial killer, killer, private investigator, sherlock holmes, sex scene, spying, false accusation of murder, court, crimes, neo-noir
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, captivating and tense films with plots about murder, murder investigation, investigation, uncover truth, serial killer, murder mystery and crime investigation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Private Eye: Disposable (2017), Boyfriend's Deceit (2018), Mist & the Maiden (2017), Their Killer Affair (2017), Bluebeard (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Disposable (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: What if a man with a mental condition, living in a fantasy world and detached from all emotional responsibility, is in real life the prime suspect for a series of murders targeting young women? Bill Thompson awakens to reality when forced to ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder of a woman, uncover truth, falsely accused, false accusation, heroes, death, revenge, murder investigation, chase, suspicion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Boyfriend's Deceit (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Annie is pulled over by police for a traffic violation while she is driving her boyfriend's car. When the police discover a bloody knife in the back of the car, she has to find what is really going on before she is wrongly accused of a murder.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: framed for murder, false identity, false accusation of murder, accused of murder, murder investigation, falsely accused, false accusation, criminal, crime investigation, investigation, uncover truth, accusation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Mist & the Maiden (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The corpse of a young man appears in a forest on the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. The case is closed with the indictment of a local politician who is finally exonerated. Three years later, Sergeant Bevilaqua and Corporal Chamorro ...
Style: suspense, psychological, twisted, tricky
Plot: murder investigation, blackmail, island, secret, uncover truth, moral dilemma, murder suspect, lie, conspiracy, accusation, testimony, drug smuggling ...
Place: canary islands
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Their Killer Affair (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When several carnal murders in a small beach town are linked to the public release of a discreet dating app's client information, detective Maxine Payton suspects the killer may be someone intimately close to her.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, detective
Plot: murder investigation, online dating, uncover truth, murder mystery, murderer, homicide detective, murder, woman in danger, crime investigation, female protagonist, female detective, private detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Bluebeard (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Dr. Seung-hoon sedates his landlord before a medical check-up, when the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession.
Style: slasher, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twisted ...
Plot: murder, family relations, surgical operation, life & death, anesthetic, doctor patient relationship, surgery, doctors and patients, secret, justice, uncover truth, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Black Widow Killer (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A single mother fears for her life and that of her daughter when they become targets of a serial killer.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, school teacher, crime solving, teacher, criminal, murder, uncover truth, private investigation, crime investigation, investigation, murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Dancing with Danger (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Portland taxi dancer is a suspect in a series of murders involving her former customers.
Style: neo noir
Plot: serial killer, private detective, disappearance, estranged husband, love interest, dance hall
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Fatal Intuition (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jang-woo had only his sister to live for until she is brutally murdered. During a ritual to send her spirit to heaven, he comes across a suspicious man, who manages to escape from the scene. He begins to suspect a local pharmacist and keeps an eye ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: medium, killer, murderer, murder investigation, revenge, loss of sister, investigation, murder mystery, murder, criminal, psychic, unsolved crime ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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 638
I Am the Abyss (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Man Who Cleans knows you can find a lot of secrets in trash. People tend to lie but their trash never does. The Man Who Cleans thought he was invisible, until he met the Girl with the Purple Hair Lock. Girl with the Purple Hair Lock breaks into ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: water, murder, killing spree, suicide, serial killer, murderer, killings, murder mystery, uncover truth, serial murder, murder investigation, secret ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.9
 89
Nexus (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Holly is a struggling singer whose life is torn apart when she loses custody of her daughter, Chloe. When she travels to her soon to be ex-husbands estate in the country, for a weekend visit with Chloe, she is shocked to discover that he is missing. ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: conspiracy, false accusation, uncover truth, on the run, frame up, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, life turned upside down, murder, danger, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The World of Silence (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A famous photographer with the ability to mind read returns after leaving due to his lover's suicide as she became aware of his ability. He becomes a guardian for a young girl, in midst of a serial killer's hunt.
Style: twisted, psychological, emotional, captivating, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, mind reading, murder mystery, murderer, serial murder, vanished man, murder investigation, photographer, suicide, mysterious disappearance, murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.6
 126
Venus Flytrap (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story: Three street punks--Turk, his girlfriend BB., and his sidekick Wimp--observe two young affluent kids, Ginger and Danny, shoplifting from a record store. On a lark, the street kids invite themselves along to a party at the home of the yuppies' ...
Style: psychological, slasher, surprise ending
Plot: killer, serial killer, bare chested male, robbery, bare breasts, voyeurism, blood, murder, female nudity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship between men, swimming pool ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.2
 1K
Gotham (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.
Style: neo noir, detective, cult classic, noir, realistic ...
Plot: private investigator, killer, nudity, private detective, ghost, ex wife, obsession, danger, femme fatale, love and romance, supernatural, mysterious character ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Head Hunter (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In 1972 the tranquility of a coastal town in California is broken as hitch-hiking girls begin to go missing and corpses start showing up. Welcome to Murder City.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot: serial killer, murder, crime investigation, murder investigation, small town, serial murder, murder mystery, killings, investigation, killer
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 260
One in the Gun (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A sexy brain teaser of a thriller with nods to classic film noir of the past mixed with a post-modern flair of David Lynch-style surrealism and surprises. When Mickey Lewis, a homeless struggling artist crosses paths with Katrina, the beautiful rich ...
Style: neo noir, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: femme fatale, greed, couples, twists and turns, love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, danger, infidelity, murder, wealth, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 49K
Frenzy (1972)
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.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, rape, strangulation, truck, murder, psychopath, police, mistaken identity, dark humor, sexual perversion, man kills a woman, murder of a nude woman ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 60s
Place: london, britain, england, europe, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Chronicle of a Serial Killer (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: What goes through the mind of a serial killer as he meticulously plots his crimes, researching his victims and entrapping them while they are none the wiser?
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: serial killer, killer, murder investigation, murderer, female victim, deathtrap, criminal, murder victim, murder, trap, crime investigation, serial murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 404
Hidden Truth (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a teenage girl is found murdered in a California town, a young woman is forced to prove her brother is innocent of the crime, discovering a disturbing dark side to the community.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: investigation, murder mystery, murder investigation, female protagonist, secret, life is a bitch, uncover truth, hidden identity, who done it, society, crime solving, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Vaigai Express (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An investigative officer takes up a case involving the deaths of three different women murdered by three different killers with varying motives.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, murder, female victim, murder investigation, serial murder, law enforcement, manhunt, murder mystery, escapades, who done it, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Cheerleader Murders (2016)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A high school student whose father and sister were recently murdered begins her own investigation after two of her fellow cheerleaders are kidnapped. She sets out on a rescue mission, but the killer may already be hot on her trail.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: cheerleader, murder investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, killings, kidnapping, murderer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, crime investigation, serial killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 107
Byomkesh (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Byomkesh was a 2014 Indian Bengali crime fiction television series based on the Bengali sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Style: detective, captivating, tense, thrilling, psychological
Plot: who done it, murder investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, investigation, private investigation, homicide detective, private detective, secret, forensics
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Framed By My Fiancé (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Daniel, a brilliant lawyer who is about to become one of the state's youngest judges, is driving with his fiancé Jenny when they hit another car. She wakes up to learn the other driver is dead and she's being charged with manslaughter. ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: false accusation, false accusation of murder, relationship vs career, frame up, accident, framed for murder, deception, relationship problems, falsely accused, lie, accusation, crooked lawyer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.5
 304
Synesthesia (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Shin is a professional voyeur who provides live camera feeds of everything from the street corner to the public toilet. He is also afflicted freakish phenomenon known as synesthesia - a glitch in his wiring puts his five senses in a blender and ...
Style: psychological, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, serial killer, betrayal, danger, riddles and clues, moral dilemma, teenage life, on the run, sexual relations, mind game, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Secrets of My Stepdaughter (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A mother protects her stepdaughter after the teenager witnesses the murder of her best friend, but is soon forced to come to grips with the terrifying possibility that her stepdaughter may be the real killer.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: murder, suspicion, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, teenager, murder mystery, murder witness, witnessing a crime, witness, teenage girl, murderer, stepdaughter, life is a bitch ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.8
 1K
Lady Beware (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Young and good looking Katya, a window dresser for a big department store in Pittsburgh, begins a love story with a journalist, Mac Odell. She is however stalked by Jack, a married man who has a fixation with her. Jack makes Katya's life ...
Style: neo noir, sexy, erotic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, stalking, erotica, making love, sex scene, relationships, terror, killer, sexual content, phone terror, voyeur, store ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Rahasya Romancha Series (2019)
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
TV show
Story: One series, three mysteries! Enjoy an adventurous ride with the stories of a serial killer, a mechanic, and a gambler
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, private detective, homicide detective, uncover truth, sleuth, private investigator, investigation, crime solving, crime investigation
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.0
 8K
Fear X (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, Canada, UK, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
Style: psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, loss of wife, hotel, haunted by the past, obsession, amateur detective, investigation, self discovery, mysterious man, crime investigation, surrealism, shopping mall ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: wisconsin, montana, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The American Side (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
Style: neo noir, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: murder mystery, private investigator, private detective, murder investigation, puzzle, crime investigation, assassination plot, crime solving, historical figure, investigation, murder, uncover truth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001)
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A killer thought behind bars is killing again. It's up to John Lawless (Kevin Smith) and Jodie Keane (Angelina Dotchin) to stop the murders.
Style: detective, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot: sleuth, murder mystery, crime investigation, killings, police investigation, serial killer, who done it, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, investigation, private investigator ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Lightest Darkness (2017)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When a neurotic private eye who struggles to finish the case takes a train voyage, his own dark secrets begin to reveal themselves.
Style: neo noir, captivating, psychological, disturbing, surreal ...
Plot: private investigator, sleuth, investigation, train travel, murder mystery, train
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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