Movies like End of the Game

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End of the Game (1975)
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End of the Game (1975)
Original name: Der Richter und sein Henker
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.
Style: psychological, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy
Plot: murder, terminal illness, assassin, investigation, life is a bitch, private detective, rivalry, law enforcement, mind game, haunted by the past, idealism, uninhibited rivalry, dog, police officer, dead man, police, death, murder investigation, villain, weapons, male nudity, suicide, leopard, funeral, wager ...
Time: 1940s, year 1975, 70s, 20th century, 40s
Place: switzerland, europe, istanbul turkey

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Most similar movies to End of the Game

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and mind bending films with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty and police mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like End of the Game: He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), Case G (2006), Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005), Murder at the Savoy (1993), Moreno and the Silence (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a ...
Style: neo noir, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: femme fatale, murder, seduction, police detective, investigation, who done it, couples, law enforcement, dishonesty, crime investigation, jealousy, brother sister incest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, france
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95%
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Case G (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: manhunt, private detective, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, murder, police procedural, nypd, snow, fictional country, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A private detective investigates her sister's suicide 16 years earlier.
Style: serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, haunted by the past, uncover truth, murder, sister, suicide, private investigator, family relations, urban, strong female presence, sexual content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Murder at the Savoy (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case. The suspects lead to people involved in illegal arms deals. But who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist?
Style: mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: police, murder, homicide, arms dealing, investigation, law enforcement, hospital, medical, businessman, murder investigation, arms deal, police procedural ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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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 ⇓
79%
 6.1
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Carambole (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This film is based upon the book with the same name, by HÃ¥kan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: hit and run, murder, life turned upside down, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, private detective, blackmail, doctor, european, serial killer, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Vares: Gambling Chip (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. After dating Sole a few weeks, her body is found in a bird-watching tower. The investigations come to a standstill, until Vares promises to solve a mystery of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot: hitman, private detective, danger, love and romance, fall in love, investigation, law enforcement, murder investigation, assassin, private investigator, missing person, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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I'll Be Seeing You (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman finds out she has a half sister when he father disappears and her half sister turns up dead.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, enigmatic ...
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, mistaken identity, dishonesty, danger, life is a bitch, murder, riddles and clues, missing person, murder investigation, double life, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Borkmann's Point (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, partners against crime, partner, murder, private detective, law enforcement, nypd, police procedural, fictional country, deadly, decapitated body
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Other Side of the Street (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a potentially dangerous chain of ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: murder, couple relations, obsession, life is a bitch, terminal illness, murder witness, love and romance, fall in love, amateur detective, aging, elderly, investigation ...
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, former yugoslavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party. (IMDb)
Style: poliziottesco, detective, gloomy, tense, realistic ...
Plot: italian politics, conspiracy, police, politics, serial killer, rebel, trust, jazz, city, organized crime, italian mafia, murder ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Lady Against the Odds (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A private detective becomes involved in a new cast when her partner's guardian is murdered.
Style: detective, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: private investigator, murder, law enforcement, private detective, investigation, custody, guardian, female detective, industrialist, deadly
Time: 1940s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Lucky Day (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Nora Barkin is an aspiring actress who supports herself by working for a courier service. No sooner has Nora's friend and coworker Bill Reagan jubilantly announced that he possesses a lottery ticket worth 13 million dollars than Bill is killed ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending
Plot: fish out of water, amateur detective, investigation, riddles and clues, couple relations, who done it, best friend, murder, danger, law enforcement, lottery, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, child murder investigation, child murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, vigilante, police, criminal heroes, dead children, sex maniac, dead child ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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St. Ives (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Style: retro, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swimming pool, gunfight, street punk, shootout, chase, heroes, murder, machine gun, writers, dishonesty, master criminal, investigation ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Fissure (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Still reeling from a personal tragedy, Detective Paul Grunning is sent on a routine call to a local professor's home. When things turn deadly, he must navigate a fractured reality to solve the mystery before it's too late.
Style: psychological, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: police detective, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, mind game, danger, rivalry, riddles and clues, who done it, time travel, protagonist as suspect, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
That Beautiful Somewhere (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A detective teams up with a young female archaeologist to unravel the mysterious death of a 'bog body' found in a native swamp rumoured to have curative powers. It is the story of two wounded souls searching for healing and redemption
Style: rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Plot: swamp, redemption, investigation, police detective, murder, rivalry, opposites attract, law enforcement, female corpse, secret, winter, snow ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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1st to Die (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style: rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, mind game, murder, who done it, partners against crime, master criminal, partner, wedding, psychopath, terminal illness, reluctant partners, fall in love ...
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Kiss of Evil (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, detective
Plot: private detective, private investigator, murder, investigation, dishonesty, murder investigation, university, drinking, drinking alcohol, nordic, mysticism, mercenary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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We'll Meet Again (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a ...
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, righting the wronged, false accusation, woman in danger, partner, law enforcement, danger, amateur detective, life is a bitch, dishonesty, riddles and clues ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.2
 865
Cortex (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, law enforcement, elderly, clinic, death, alzheimer's disease, serial killer, mental illness, police, old age, suspicion, pistol ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 3K
Freeze Frame (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sean Veil is an ultra paranoid murder suspect who takes to filming himself round the clock to provide an alibi, just in case he's ever accused of another crime. Problems arise however when the police do come calling and the one tape that can ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, disturbing, bleak, tense ...
Plot: obsession, haunted by the past, uncover truth, alibi, false accusation, life is a bitch, mental illness, police investigation, psychopath, paranoia, suspect, surveillance ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Ten Little Indians (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A disturbing psychological thriller based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie. Ten strangers are forced to come face to face with their dark pasts after receiving an anonymous invitation to an isolated island off the coast of England.
Style: psychological, surprise ending, suspense, tension, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, danger, haunted by the past, island, whodunit, death, vigilante, guilt, survival, secret, confession, stranded on an island ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: mental breakdown, drug addiction, conspiracy, murder, blackmail, wedding ceremony, paranoia, violent content, criminal heroes, journalism, investigation, amateur detective ...
Time: 60s
Place: italy, pompeii
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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