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The Killing Time (1987)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff (Beau Bridges) and his lover (Camelia Kath) are cooking up a few misdeeds of their own: namely, to kill the mistress's husband (Wayne Rogers) and pin the crime on the fledgling deputy. But in this town of half-truths, nobody's secret is safe.
Style:
tense, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, mind bending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, frame up, small town, investigation, hidden identity, mistaken identity, disorder, love triangle, betrayal, manipulation, law enforcement, small town life, dishonesty, blackmail, serial killer, president, exploitation, psychopath, infidelity, conspiracy, resort, vengeance, rivalry, revenge, high school sweetheart ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa
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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, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation, rivalry and police investigation mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Killing Time: Three Way (2004), Cut Bank (2014), The Hard Truth (1994), Rushlights (2013), The Right Temptation (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, nude girl, kidnapping, betrayal, who done it, debauchery, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale, rivalry ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, small town, twists and turns, witness, disorder, dishonesty, witnessing a crime, nothing goes right, cons and scams, small town life, suspense, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city councilman who's on the local mob's payroll.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, femme fatale, police corruption, crime gone awry, vengeance, betrayal, manipulation, love triangle, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style:
neo noir, serious, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
cons and scams, crime gone awry, couples, murder, betrayal, small town, drug dealer, inheritance, sheriff, love and romance, suspense, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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37%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Style:
erotic, serious, suspenseful, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, love triangle, femme fatale, betrayal, investigation, obsession, frame up, infidelity, power relations, couples, manipulation, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, couple relations, haunted by the past, love triangle, love affair, hidden identity, unfulfillment, dishonesty, infidelity, lovers reunited, murder, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, new york, usa, miami
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hidden identity, investigation, special agents, undercover, murder, police corruption, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, working undercover, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, murder, dishonesty, rivalry, manipulation, security guard, police, obsession, surveillance, serial killer, law enforcement, special agents ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir
Plot:
psychopath, mind game, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, mentally challenged, heist, murder ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
866
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, intense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, dishonesty, gang, life is a bitch ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Movies similar to A Perfect Murder
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Driving drunk, Thomas Reed causes a car crash, fatal for his wife, and gets jailed for 5 years. Yet he feels like punishing himself afterward by moving to Californian small town Purgatory Flats, where he works as a humble barman. Suddenly he ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
infidelity, murder, betrayal, investigation, life is a bitch, couples, cons and scams, dangerous attraction, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, femme fatale, drug dealing ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, murder, beauty pageant, love, child abuse, riddles and clues, small town life, woman in danger, small town, psychopath, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
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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, suspenseful, realistic, serious, sexy ...
Plot:
serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, police investigation, dangerous attraction, uncover truth, dishonesty, life is a bitch, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
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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, tense, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, investigation, vengeance, haunted by the past, serial killer, psychopath, law enforcement, vigilantism, track down, murder, who done it, vigilante ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murder amongst the locals.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, manipulation, femme fatale, hidden identity, crime gone awry, hitman, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, police investigation, law enforcement, couples, missing person ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Films like Body Heat
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
love triangle, scapegoat, revenge, ex convict, manipulation, criminal's revenge, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, going straight, crime gone awry, disorder, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
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22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the ...
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realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
frame up, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, tough heroes, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry, twists and turns, organized crime, murder, criminal, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gang, murder, dishonesty, heist, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, uncover truth, mind game, investigation, who done it, law enforcement, media, journalism, protagonist as suspect ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
Style:
realistic, tense, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, femme fatale, rivalry, police detective, serial killer, police, revenge, police officer, chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more trouble when he begins an affair with the rich and beautiful Ally Mercer (Annabel Schofield), who has ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
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suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, world war two, investigation, soldier, heist, crime spree, frame up, wartime life, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal heroes, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, london, europe
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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 ...
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sexy, serious, realistic, tense, mind bending ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Queens, Mike Keegan is celebrating with his wife Ellie, his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory witnesses the murder of the owner of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, adultery, love triangle, infidelity, hostage, witness protection, bodyguard, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, psychopath, death threat, home invasion ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, san francisco
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20%
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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:
suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, psychopath, sniper, hostage, mind game, hopes, trapped, murder, dishonesty, psychological manipulation, sin, terrorist ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, drug dealer, policewoman, killer, woman with a gun, women, prostitute, prostitution, addiction, drug abuse, computers and web, woman in danger ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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.
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, erotic ...
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blackmail, murder, betrayal, cons and scams, police investigation, state affairs, criminal, protagonist as suspect, politics, dishonesty, crime gone awry, manipulation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved
Style:
tense, sincere, realistic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, social relations, homecoming, unlikely criminals, disappearance, manipulation, dishonesty, under the surface, small town life, small town, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
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20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, undercover, police officer, chief of police, hit and run, deadly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston, new england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
California teen Anita Minteer struggles in the face of an absentee mother, her mom's abusive boyfriend, Rooney, and a lack of respect from her classmates. This all changes when a pen-pal school project connects her with convict Howard. Anita ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, erotic, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
california, usa
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