Movies like Perfect Strangers 1984
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Perfect Strangers (1984)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, crying, detective ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
hitman, sex scene, single mother, feminist, child, witness, misandrist, child witness, female chauvinist, female sexist, murder, feminism, gangster, psychopath, gang, friendship, fall in love, couples, babies and infants, danger, introspection, moral dilemma, dangerous attraction, witnessing a crime, estrangement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and detective films with plots about murder, deadly, violence, police investigation, blood, death and revenge mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Perfect Strangers: Best Seller (1987), Black Caesar (1973), 10 to Midnight (1983), The Bedroom Window (1987), Special Effects (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, writers, serial killer, contract killer, assassin, police detective, vengeance, psychopath, danger, writer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, 70s
Place:
texas, california, oregon, new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, action adventure, crime drama, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, swimming pool, gangster, black, mafia, tough guy, exploitation, mobster, organized crime, gang, power, criminal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1965, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, detective, slasher, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, killer, male nudity, serial rape, murder, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, caught having sex, red light district, arrogant woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Terry Lambert is sleeping with Sylvia, the wife of his boss. One night, while in Terry's apartment, Sylvia witnesses a man assault a young woman, Denise, on the road below. Not wanting to reveal her affair with Terry, she keeps quiet. Terry ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
legal, obsession, femme fatale, rapist, false accusation, voyeurism, revenge, murder, secret relationship, investigation, infidelity, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maryland, baltimore, san francisco
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Reality and illusion collide in this thriller about a megalomaniacal movie director who murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the dead woman's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a ...
Style:
scary, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, filmmaking, actress, female nudity, voyeur, woman strangled to death, blonde, violence, falling from height, sex scene, serial killer, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, detective, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, investigation, corruption, police officer, police investigation, abusive husband, sociopath, betrayal, murder, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Style:
erotic, tense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, sex in office, psychopath, womanizer, lawyer, legal investigation, murder, obsession, law, courtroom drama, woman in danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
"The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, riddles and clues, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, danger, gang, psychopath, murder, martial arts, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
Style:
disturbing, talky, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, violence, police detective, prison, ex convict, unrequited love, stalking, mental illness, racism, woman in jeopardy, kidnapping, police investigation ...
Time:
year 1964, 20th century, year 1987, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, mississippi, new jersey ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, sexual, detective, perverse ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, serial killer, erotica, passion, sexual attraction, female pubic hair, villainess, woman on top, female psychiatrist, assassination, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
50%
79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, blackmail, dangerous attraction, couples, disorder, police investigation, danger, adultery, rape, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hostage, gangster, stockholm syndrome, unrequited love, kidnapped woman, woman with a gun, organized crime, private investigator, nightclub singer, criminal gang, family relations, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1971, 1930s, 1920s, year 1931
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style:
period piece, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, murder, gangster, robbery, prison, investigation, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, psychopath, police station ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1947, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style:
neo noir, detective, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
loner, hitman, assassination, chase, professional killer, lone wolves, gangster, surveillance, police investigation, murder, assassin, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker gang, biker, undercover, gang, working undercover, undercover cop, sex on first date, female nudity, murder, dishonesty, police investigation, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, betrayal, cons and scams, state affairs, police investigation, criminal, dishonesty, danger, crime gone awry, politics, protagonist as suspect ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, los angeles, venezuela
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, hood, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, male nudity, exploitation, black, gang, female martial artist, kung fu, gotham city, mobster, ghetto, underground, city life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, los angeles, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, courtroom, lawyer, investigation, psychopath, police investigation, chase, courtroom drama, blood, rape, law, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
boston, usa, new jersey, texas
Similarity:
41%
Movie in collections
112K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
surreal, sexy, road movie, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, murder, surrealism, violence, sex scene, forbidden love, rape, domineering mother, haunted by the past, dark humor, psychopath, female nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, new orleans, southern usa, austin texas, california ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, media, police investigation, journalism, revenge, police detective, paranoia, murder mystery, death, partners against crime, reluctant partners, profanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, dentist, paranoia, espionage, revenge, torture, murder, chase, world war two, attempted murder, nazi, violent ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, uruguay, paris france, persia ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Style:
psychological, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, violence, maniac, serial murder, death penalty, serial killer as protagonist, killer as protagonist, ted bundy, police investigation, murder, prison, sociopathy ...
Time:
70s, year 1989, year 2019, 80s, year 1976 ...
Place:
usa, seattle, cincinnati ohio
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught young woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
Style:
hood, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, taxi, auto mechanic, taxi driver, teenager, woman with a gun, gang, big city, ghetto, driver, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
37%
Movie in collections
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, obsession, courtroom, trial, murder mystery, hitman, lawyer, murder of a nude woman, danger, unlikely friendships, single parent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, guatemala
Similarity:
36%
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
Similarity:
36%
300K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sick young man drives around in his daddy's camper, looking for lone stray females to kidnap, torture, rape, and murder.
Style:
slasher, independent film, scary, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, kidnapping, captive woman, rape, sex scene, hitchhiking, driver, automobile, terror, taxi, captive ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, police, gangster, nightclub, gang, cop, brothers, hitman, lone hero, multiple storylines, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, on the run, betrayal, heist gone wrong, prison escape, escape, violent behavior, basement, chase, police investigation, prison break, hitman ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
france, paris france, europe, ireland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, crying ...
Plot:
boy, divorce, kidnapping, manipulation, secret, police investigation, female protagonist, fight, rivalry, police, ex husband ex wife relationship, violence ...
Similarity:
33%
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