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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, independent film, mind bending, eighties
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, year 1987
Place:
california, usa
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Most similar movies to The Killing Time
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, betrayal, rivalry and female nudity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Killing Time: The Hard Truth (1994), Frame by Frame (1996), Three Way (2004), Black Day Blue Night (1995), Double Bang (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, heist, manipulation, police corruption, crime gone awry, vengeance, betrayal, disorder, cons and scams, love triangle, law enforcement, redemption ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
Style:
tense, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
yakuza, murder of a nude woman, vietnam war, nypd, triad, policewoman, partner, police corruption, pregnancy, gambling, murder, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexual relations, nude girl, murder, crime gone awry, kidnapping, debauchery, betrayal, who done it, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, sex, skinny dipping, highway, adultery, road trip, nudity, police, robbery, wife, husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, investigation, hidden identity, law enforcement, working undercover, fighting crime, master criminal, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, vengeance, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
100%
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, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, realistic, mind bending, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, killing spree, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, small town life, woman in danger, small town, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a world filled with love and deception, the truth is always bittersweet.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, betrayal, unlikely partners, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, wrongfully committed, frame up, woman, male female relationship, bare chested male ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense, sexual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, femme fatale, love triangle, frame up, betrayal, investigation, obsession, infidelity, power relations, couples, manipulation, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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:
suspenseful, serious, semi serious, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
murder, small town, witness, dishonesty, witnessing a crime, disorder, nothing goes right, small town life, cons and scams, coming of age, blood, small village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, chase, vigilante, murder, contract killing, danger, fighting crime, revenge, death of partner, pursuit, crime boss, swamp ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, chicago, san francisco
Similarity:
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, inheritance, drug dealer, sheriff, danger, love and romance, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, lovers reunited, betrayal, couple relations, love triangle, haunted by the past, love affair, dishonesty, unfulfillment, hidden identity, infidelity, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
florida, new york, usa, miami
Similarity:
100%
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, erotic, serious, independent film, realistic
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, prison, sexual abuse, murder, murderous pair, teenage girl, anti heroine, parole officer, age difference, outdoor sex, small town ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, independent film ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, heist, murder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic, tense
Plot:
infidelity, murder, life is a bitch, investigation, betrayal, couples, cons and scams, femme fatale, dishonesty, uncover truth, drug dealing, dangerous attraction ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, psychological, neo noir, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, cons and scams, black man white woman relationship, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, femme fatale, rivalry, undercover, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexual, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, phone sex, police, interracial, murder, psychopath, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, investigation, life is a bitch, journalism, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
contract killing, hitman, dangerous attraction, murder, manipulation, crime gone awry, hidden identity, femme fatale, couples, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
neo noir, intense, harsh, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
plastic surgery, prison, murder, vengeance, betrayal, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, disfigured, revenge, money, doctor ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
small town, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, rivalry, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch, mistaken identity, moral ambiguity, sexual assault, investigation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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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:
tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex cop, murder, psychopath, investigation, femme fatale, rivalry, police detective, police, revenge, police officer, serial killer, xmas ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Hollywood film executive gets blackmailed by a derelict who uses some damaging information to move into his house and take over his perfect life for himself.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, frame up, dishonesty, mind game, psychopath, false accusation, murder, manipulation, protagonist as suspect, danger, crime gone awry, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, erotica, infidelity, love triangle, manipulation, dangerous attraction, extramarital affair, voyeur, skinny dipping, car salesman, menage a trois, bank robbery ...
Time:
80s, 1950s, 90s
Place:
texas, virginia, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, male nudity, bank robbery, insomnia, heist, adultery, desert, sex scene, security guard, dysfunctional marriage, love triangle, bank ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner (Nelson) learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brat pack, teenager, friendship, small town, investigation, homecoming, small town life, murder, parents and children, teenage life, estrangement, kids in trouble ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the eve of her Japanese wedding, Hitomi (Takako Tokiwa) loses her fiance, Tatsuya, to a car accident. She travels to Hong Kong seeking solace and meets undercover cop Karbo -- a dead ringer for Tatsuya. The duo is forced to take it on the lam ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, bittersweet, second chance, tragic romance, fugitives, undercover cop, mistaken identity, forgiveness, car crash, shootout, car, betrayal ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem the local cop, who happens to be ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nudity, plot twist, adultery, sex scene, woman in jeopardy, female nudity, yacht, unplanned pregnancy, sex, dangerous attraction, police investigation, blonde ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york state, atlantic ocean, new york, california
Similarity:
100%
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