Movies like The Killer Inside Me 1976
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The Killer Inside Me (1976)
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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, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, psychotronic
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, graphic violence, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, sex, prostitute, violence, female nudity, death, murder, sociopath, politician, memory, sheriff, lightning, redneck, childhood trauma, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, deputy sheriff ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, small town and psychopath mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Killer Inside Me: Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010), Vengeance is Mine (1979), The Ministers (2009), Night Game (1989), A Killing Affair (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, father son relationship, parents and children, on the run, violence spree, prostitute, violence, sex scene, killer, female nudity, sex, samurai ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
japan, asia
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, unlikely couple, suspense, religious fanaticism, brainwashing, gangsters, murderous pair, romancing a criminal, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins
Style:
slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, baseball, murder, psychopath, police detective, nude, stalking, law enforcement, police investigation, woman in danger, who done it, graphic violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, mind bending, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
suspense, mountain, intrigue, small town, underdog, isolation, haunted by the past, fall in love, woman in danger, couples, confined, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, west virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a ...
Style:
psychotronic, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, lawyer, exploitation, martial arts, criminal's revenge, gangsters, lone wolves, criminal heroes, rivalry, vengeance, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story is an intense true-crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, prison, confined, prison life, law enforcement, killer, suspense, manipulation, woman in danger, rivalry, true crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, neo noir, surreal, rough ...
Plot:
small town, murder, psychopath, killer, sadism, serial killer, violence, revenge, violent, twists and turns, deputy, investigation ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
working class, urban ghetto life, investigation, uncover truth, life turned upside down, society, down on your luck, life is a bitch, death, suspicion, self discovery, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, rape and murder, who done it, strong violent content, stalking, mentally unstable, police detective, law enforcement, life is a bitch, physical appearance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, criminal heroes, introspection, parents and children, father son relationship, violence, brother brother relationship, tarot card, strangulation, truck driver ...
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87%
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, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, winter, christmas, deception, prostitute, snow, suspense, sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture
Style:
thought provoking, serious, tense, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, family relations, psychopath, human nature, family problems, parents and children, haunted by the past, father son relationship, gay, killer, suspense ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Movies like Butterfly
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to solve the murder of a key witness.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, island, orphan, investigation, life is a bitch, law enforcement, coming of age, family in danger, dishonesty, sexual content, revenge, federal agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, sicily, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying ...
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
small town, investigation, small town life, police officer killed, murder, rivalry, suspense, undercover, serial killer, law enforcement, fisherman, tailing a suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys (Nick Stahl) turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff (Hal Holbrook) embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
small town, murder, small town sheriff, warrior, age-gap relationship, abortion, pregnancy, warden, ex convict, small town life, teenage life, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder, police investigation, death sentence, moral ambiguity, morality, manipulation, brutality, courtroom, true crime, law enforcer killer, haunted by the past ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, killer, parent child relationship, law enforcement, stalking, police investigation, terrorism, fighting crime, obsessive quest, clergy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
investigation, false accusation, law enforcement, murder, small town, quitting job, undercover, serial killer, funeral, police officer, swimming, tattoo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
partners against crime, police investigation, journalism, partners, law enforcement, serial killer, uncover truth, reporter, strip club, geek, crime scene, newspaper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life, grey and boring, is based on the small family business, his mother's house, his girlfriend's bed, and the town bars. However under an appearance of quiet ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, family life, family relations, social relations, mental illness, murder, small town, store, small town life, insanity, mental breakdown, empire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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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, narcissism, drug use, police investigation, rivalry, youth, lesbian, violence, male female relationship, sexploitation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, non-linear
Plot:
police investigation, murder, law enforcement, serial killer, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, murder trial, murder suspect, true crime, nude, court ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 2001, year 1995
Place:
france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Movies like Jesse Stone: Sea Change
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A college student returning home for Halloween is forced to face his childhood fears when an escaped killer takes refuge in his family's "Haunted Hayride".
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, rough, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
halloween, psychopath, serial killer, youth, murder, death, violence, holiday, suspense, small town, brutality, mental patient ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
injustice, racism, electric chair, false accusation, interracial relations, murder, racial injustice, siblings relations, small town, death row, wrongfully committed, small town life ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, frame up, small town, disorder, hidden identity, investigation, mistaken identity, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, love triangle, small town life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, psychological, serious, scary ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, journalism, reporter, newspaper, killer, woman in danger, kidnapping, police investigation, publicity, helicopter, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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