Movies like A Thief of Time
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A Thief of Time (2003)
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Original name: A Thief Of Time
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
archaeologist, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, society, culture clash, protagonist as suspect, native american, missing person, murder, time travel, suspense, indigenous people, law enforcement, partners, track down, partners against crime, car chase, helicopter, conspiracy theory, archaeology, shadow, frog, rebirth, car ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
arizona, new mexico
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Most similar movies to A Thief of Time
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, serial killer and police detective mostly in Mystery, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Thief of Time: At Risk (2010), Skinwalkers (2002), Gone but Not Forgotten (2005), Fissure (2008), The Front (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"At Risk" introduces Win Garano (Sunjata), the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police, when D.A. Monique "Money" Lamont (MacDowell) sends him to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
partners, police investigation, law enforcement, election campaign, murder, uncover truth, fighting crime, legal investigation, legal, who done it, district attorney, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, mind bending
Plot:
native american, murder, americana, supernatural ability, vengeance, police investigation, curses spells and rituals, law enforcement, serial killer, indigenous people, navajo indian, murder investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, utah, phoenix arizona
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61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
131
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, mind game, uncover truth, police investigation, rivalry, who done it, riddles and clues, suspense, time travel, law enforcement, legal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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546
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, realistic
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, police detective, partners, law enforcement, workplace, murder, fighting crime, strong female presence, lifetime, danger
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Secrets and Lies similar movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
native american, native american reservation, murder, desert, conspiracy, battles, police detective, police investigation, dishonesty, society, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot:
sex maniac, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, track down, dishonesty, vengeance, missing child, infidelity, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, bleak
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, family problems, vengeance, police investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, crime scene, dishonesty, track down, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eve Duncan is contacted, 10 years after the disappearance and murder of her 7-year-old daughter Bonnie, by a man claiming to be her killer. Taunted by his clues about Bonnie's case and his threats to kill again, she throws herself into her ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, track down, haunted by the past, suspense, murder, death, strong female presence, riddles and clues, foster home, lifetime, child abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, riddles and clues, found footage, investigation, survival, fire, track down, murder, police detective, suspense, masked killer ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Movies like Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) works on the case. He ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
japanese woman, hotel, police detective, police investigation, investigation, murder, evidence, riddles and clues, workplace situations, murder investigation, suspense, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, private detective, law enforcement, partners, suspense, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, righting the wronged, uncover truth, false accusation, woman in danger, law enforcement, partners, life is a bitch, amateur detective, dishonesty, price of justice, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
amish, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, murder, pregnancy, police investigation, police detective, forbidden love, culture clash, teenage life, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, manhunt, police investigation, psychopath, one last job, rivalry, track down, law enforcement, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, wartime life, frame up, political conspiracy, law enforcement, society, life is a bitch, serial killer, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
memory loss, small town, investigation, kidnapping, murder, police detective, law enforcement, missing child, missing person, chief of police, undercover, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, mythical creature, mysticism, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a girl is murdered soon after leaving a closed religious community, Moreno faces a difficult investigation as the community closes ranks and refuses to cooperate. When another girl is abducted and her bloody fingernails mailed to the police, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
murder, police investigation, religions or cults, society, partners, law enforcement, private detective, kidnapping, cult, nypd, fictional country, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, politician, investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, partners against crime, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Thorne Sleepyhead: follows DI Tom Thornes investigation into a mysterious serial killer. His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate. Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, police investigation, murder, hunt down, society, suspense, murder mystery, conspiracy, murder investigation, law enforcement, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Nick's made poor choices professionally and personally. A man feared and envied by many, he's lived a life seduced by crime, money, beautiful women, and burlesque. Now he wants out and he's got 24 hours to find an exit. He's ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, gangsters, save the day, frame up, suspense, criminal, rivalry, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Under hypnosis, a mental patient admits to several recent murders. He also offers a strange defense when he claims that he is the reincarnation of a 19th century man who was wrongly executed.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
reincarnation, woman in danger, police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, assault, college student, deadly, danger
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, investigation, society, legal, uncover truth, clergy, who done it ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Movies like Evidence
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:
rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, murderous pair, police detective, fighting crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
mysticism, murder, ocean, manipulation, graphic violence, who done it, cons and scams, riddles and clues, reluctant partners, legal investigation, stalking, amateur detective ...
Time:
90s
Place:
scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, slasher, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, amateur detective, law enforcement, who done it, murder, suspense, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
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24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Plot:
obsession, missing person, murder, dangerous attraction, love affair, mysterious man, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, dishonesty, couples, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
delaware
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, police investigation, serial killer, who done it, fighting crime, police officer, graphic violence, police, tough law enforcer, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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