Movies like Brass

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Brass (1985)
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Brass (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
Style: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, heist, murder, society, law enforcement, police station, fighting crime, police corruption, partner, police investigation, police detective, amateur detective, dishonesty, partners against crime, police, senior citizen, shooting, widower, homicide, deadly, mystery, golden years, crime, crimes
Time: 80s
Place: new york
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Brass

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, police, murder, deadly, partner and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Brass: The Badge (2015), Homicide: The Movie (2000), Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983), Kojak: Ariana (1989), L.A. Dragnet (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, undercover, gang, fighting crime, heist, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.0
 19
The Badge (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, tough law enforcer, police investigation, dishonesty, police corruption, law enforcement, violent content, corruption, police
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, workplace, law enforcement, partners against crime, police station, die hard, crime solving, law and order ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: private investigator, private detective, murder, hollywood, manipulation, police detective, chase, fighting crime, law enforcement, reluctant partners, on the run, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Movie in collections
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Kojak: Ariana (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, clever ...
Plot: tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, police investigation, who done it, urban, riddles and clues, murder, police, criminal, city, reunion
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 7.0
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L.A. Dragnet (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, society, law enforcement, police, die hard, investigation, car chase, nypd, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Robbery Homicide Division (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by Barry Schindel with executive producer Michael Mann. Schindel has been nominated for three Emmy Awards.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: police detective, police, police investigation, fighting crime, society, workplace situations, law enforcement, murder, workplace, partner, police station, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 4.9
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Double Bang (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Movie in collections
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 413
Aspe (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: In each episode of this Flemish whodunit based on the books of Pieter Aspe, a serious crime - usually one or more murders in the author's home town Bruges - gets investigated by the grumpy but brilliant chief inspector Pieter Van In and his ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, police detective, fighting crime, partner, who done it, law enforcement, partners against crime, whodunit, unfaithfulness, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, europe, bruges
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Brooklyn South (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brooklyn South is an American ensemble police drama series that aired on CBS for only one season during the 1997–98 television season. The series was co-created by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, David Milch and William M. Finkelstein. Bochco is the ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: police, swat team, nypd, legal, die hard, police officer, partner, tough heroes, police detective, partners against crime, criminal heroes, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Plot: partner, buddies, law enforcement, police, female detective, reunion
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.4
 1K
Exiled (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Law & Order TV movie centered on the character Mike Logan.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, detective
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, legal investigation, starting over, reluctant partners, partners against crime, prostitute, obsession, tough law enforcer, workplace, police station ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.9
 944
Vice (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, undercover, drug dealing, crime gone awry, partners against crime, dishonesty, working undercover, nypd, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.6
 1K
K-Ville (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: K-Ville is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Deran Sarafian directed the pilot. On May 15, 2008, the series was officially canceled.
Style: serious, rough, sincere, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: partner, unlikely partners, police investigation, law enforcement, demolished city, chief of police, partners against crime, against the rules, political corruption, police detective, fighting crime, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.2
 251
Strike Force (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
Style: fast, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: fbi, surveillance, basketball, drug dealing, murder, investigation, state trooper, drug cartel, gang, undercover, police investigation, intrigue ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Style: neo noir, detective, grim, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: big city, explosions, undercover, police investigation, workplace, fighting crime, society, dishonesty, law enforcement, working undercover, police corruption, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.5
 2K
NYC 22 (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: NYC 22 is an American police procedural drama which ran on CBS from April 15 to August 11, 2012. The series was a mid-season replacement for CSI: Miami. On May 13, 2012, both series were canceled by CBS.
Style: realistic, serious, detective, tense, suspense ...
Plot: rookie, police, fighting crime, partner, law enforcement, police officer, state trooper, streetwise, ex athlete, partners against crime, supportive coworker, honest law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Partners in Crime (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, investigation, private detective, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, ex husband ex wife relationship, fbi agent, frame up, nypd ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Shattered (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder. His wife Ella ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot: police detective, homicide detective, police investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, exodus, criminal, mental disorder, murder investigation, split personality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 2.1
 204
Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Witness to the Mob (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino ...
Style: cult classic, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, hitman, courtroom drama, gang, mobster, cosa nostra, italian mafia, organized crime, gangsta, legal action, witnessing a crime, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 8.2
 1K
Blue Murder (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson got fame because he knew how to take care of most dangerous and violent criminals. His success was, however, also due to the sinister alliance with violent underworld figures like Neddy Smith ...
Style: slasher, detective, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, investigation, serial killer, mysticism, nypd, police detective, prostitute, organized crime, master criminal, dishonesty, rise and fall, partners against crime ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 260
The Big Score (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gang, strong violent content, profanity, nudity, partner, violent content, vengeance, drug dealing, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Moreno and the Silence (2006)
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: realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak
Plot: murder, police investigation, partner, kidnapping, private detective, society, law enforcement, religions or cults, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.9
 1K
Divergence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A cop, a lawyer, and an assassin cross paths after the murder of a federal witness and the kidnapping of a famous pop star.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, police investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, heroes, dishonesty, police corruption, hitman, police detective, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in!
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, orthodox jew, police, judaism, police corruption, brutality, conspiracy theory, unlikely friendships, investigation, who done it, master criminal ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: new york, israel, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.0
 118
Bloodlines (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: investigation, murder, dishonesty, intrigue, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, family relations, ritual ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style: detective, realistic, bleak, grim, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, drug addiction, prostitute, murder, police brutality, cop killer, police station, violence, corrupt cop, hospital, cop, nypd ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.1
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Duke (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Duke is a modern day telling of a classic western film. Dare and Roost are brothers who have been raised in a reformatory, taught to survive and conditioned to trust no one. They have moved to West Los Angeles, where Dare moonlights himself as a ...
Style: rough, exciting, realistic, serious, independent film
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, family relations, tough law enforcer, urban, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Style: detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, amateur detective, intelligence agency, lawyer, advocate, law, courtroom drama, false accusation, who done it, legal, private detective ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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