Movies like The Night of the Sunflowers

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The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
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The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
Original name: La noche de los girasoles
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Portugal
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The body a teenage girl is discovered in a field of sunflowers. At the same time a travelling salesman watches the events unfold on television, whilst in the small village of Angosto the discovery of a prehistoric cave brings excitement and the arrival of an experienced geologist, his young fiancé and his assistant. The town police chief plans his retirement, while his deputy dreams of escaping the boredom of his marriage and his job... Through a series of shocking events, the lives of these people become entangled in a web of violence, betrayal and murder.
Style: atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, crime drama, thrilling, tense, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: police investigation, murder, isolation, vengeance, social relations, countryside, revenge, murder mystery, cave, psycho, neighbor neighbor relationship, salesman, scarecrow, moral corruption, rape victim, traumatic experience, village, family relations, small village, rapist, life is a bitch, village life, injustice, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, law enforcement, rivalry, police investigation, vengeance and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Night of the Sunflowers: Backyard (2009), True Blue (2001), The Last Deadly Mission (2008), Monument Ave. (1998), Sunday in the Country (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Backyard (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned ...
Style: serious, rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, woman in danger, fighting crime, incompetent police, injustice, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, police corruption, u.s. mexico border ...
Place: mexico, latin america
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True Blue (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blackmail, murder, uncover truth, tough law enforcer, mind game, investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, police corruption, gang, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place: usa, new york
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32%
The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, woman in danger, redemption, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, deception, justice, police officer, cop ...
Place: france, europe, marseille
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29%
Monument Ave. (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, drug dealing, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, juvenile delinquency, gang, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, europe ...
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27%
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Sunday in the Country (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: canuxploitation, vengeance, torture, vigilante, farm, country, vigilantism, vigilante justice, psychopath, countryside, bank, captivity ...
Time: 70s
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27%
The Detective 2 (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mysteries keep revolving around Tam’s life.
Style: realistic, serious, atmospheric, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot: law enforcement, police detective, investigation, police investigation, danger, private detective, murder, riddles and clues, serial killer, killer, violent content, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, china, thailand
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26%
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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 ...
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25%
Under Suspicion (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police inspector, serial child killer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, murder, pedophile, child murder, suspect, rape, false accusation, courtroom ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: france
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Headshot (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vengeance, danger, disorder, dishonesty, secret movement, frame up, assassination, sex, asian, killer, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
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25%
Dead Connection (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, a cop, Dickson, heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers that he signs the motel guest-books with the names of boxers, and hence gets a lead on him. However, when he just ...
Style: detective, independent film, tense, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, interracial, police, psychopath, murder, phone sex, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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25%
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The Gunman (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
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25%
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Blood Crime (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, small town, mistaken identity, nypd, violent content, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
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In Bar (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, rough, art house ...
Plot: gang, vigilantism, captivity, rivalry, confined, murder, sexual abuse, injustice, life is a bitch, vengeance, escape attempt, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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24%
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The Hunter (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, ex convict, isolation, law enforcement, woods, criminal heroes, vengeance, mind game, confined, accidental killing, jungle, arrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iran
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The Lost (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.
Style: disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, drug use, police investigation, youth, rivalry, lesbian, violence, male female relationship, sexploitation, investigation ...
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May God Save Us (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, police inspector, murder, pope, church, priest, who done it, whodunit, police officer, partner ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: spain, madrid
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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
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Bitter Flowers (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Karsten Aslaksen, chief engineer of a large chemical company, disappears without trace. His married lover, a successful politician named Vibeke Farang, approaches private investigator Varg Veum to track him down discreetly.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, murder, life is a bitch, child in peril, justice, abduction, danger, private investigator, nordic, unfaithful wife, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
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Terribly Happy (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Robert Hansen, 34, a young police officer from Copenhagen, is transferred against his will to the small town of Skarrild in Southern Jutland as a substitute Marshall. The transfer is Robert’s chance to start over. Whether he is allowed to return ...
Style: dark comedy, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: murder, infidelity, police investigation, fish out of water, power relations, forbidden love, vigilantism, misfit, dishonesty, husband wife relationship, nordic, police officer ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, controversial ...
Plot: journalism, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, media, minister, female nudity, politics, violence, society, dishonesty, journalist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Thorne: Scaredycat (2010)
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, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, murderous pair, law enforcement, murder mystery, strangulation, psychopath, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Cargo 200 (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.
Style: rough, bleak, psychological, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, sadism, sexual abuse, murder, rape victim, sexual perversion, life is a bitch, psychopath, perversion, rape, teenage rape, psycho killer ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s, 20th century
Place: afghanistan, soviet union, russia
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The Fighter (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style: neo noir, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, ex convict, female pubic hair, diamond, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, vengeance, chase, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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If You Knew Me (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Blue Ruin (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style: neo noir, independent film, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: vengeance, revenge, vigilante, violence, vigilantism, murder, brutality, violent, storytelling, haunted by the past, car, disorder ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
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22%
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Bound by Lies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, police investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
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Extreme Vengeance (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to jail has been in hiding since quitting the force after exposing ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, independent film
Plot: gangster, chase, car chase, vengeance, chases and races, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, attempted rape, female nudity, police, revenge ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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22%
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Rockaway (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious ...
Plot: vigilantism, soldier, vengeance, police corruption, downfall, gangster, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, gang, police investigation, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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21%
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Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, obsessive quest, police investigation, danger, psychopath, law enforcement, haunted by the past ...
Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
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21%
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 157 min.
Story: In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is ...
Style: atmospheric, art house, slow cinema, disturbing, lyrical ...
Audience: kids
Plot: police investigation, murder, brutality, character study, road trip, isolation, forensics, everyday life, introspection, law enforcement, existentialism, european ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, turkey
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