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Illustrious Corpses (1976)
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Original name: Cadaveri eccellenti
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:
gloomy, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
italian politics, conspiracy, police, politics, serial killer, italian mafia, city, organized crime, murder, twists and turns, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, law enforcement, police investigation, political corruption, dishonesty, state affairs, uncover truth, revenge, police officer, military, investigation, mummy, judge, justice ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
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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 deadly, murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, investigation, police investigation and suspense mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Illustrious Corpses: We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Pendulum (2001), End of the Game (1975), The Reckoning (2014), The White Lioness (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
police, gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, investigation, love triangle, fighting the system, uncover truth, life is a bitch, society, assassination, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
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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, ...
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Time:
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Place:
switzerland, europe, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, bleak
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, family problems, vengeance, police investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, crime scene, dishonesty, track down, partners ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In Cape Town, a police inspector named September color discovers that the dreaded Mabasha, hired murderer, is in talks with a right-wing organization. In Skåne, southwest of Sweden, is given to the real estate agent Louise Åkerblom by missing and ...
Style:
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south africa, africa, russia, sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state ...
Style:
political, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, assassination, kennedy assassination, government corruption, uncover truth, witnessing a crime, political corruption, legal investigation, fighting the system, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
france, yale university
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Investigating the gruesome murder of a cabinet minister's daughter, a special investigator and a local police detective find themselves knee-deep in political corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling noir thriller set in post-apartheid South ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
south africa, africa
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57%
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:
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Plot:
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80s
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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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, bleak, realistic
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, law enforcement, blackmail, doctor, suspense, serial killer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, political conspiracy, politics, police investigation, political intrigue, state affairs, society, dishonesty, political corruption, suspense, police officer, torture ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura), a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. ...
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Place:
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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london, mexico, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Duration: 131 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Story:
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