Movies like Relentless 3

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Relentless 3 (1993)
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Relentless 3 (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style: slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, serial murder, die hard, police investigation, police officer, psychopath, investigation, murder, stalking, master criminal, chase, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, who done it, danger, law enforcement, mind game, witnessing a crime, race against time, woman in danger, amateur detective, rape, female nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa

Most similar movies to Relentless 3

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about serial killer, deadly, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, police investigation and danger mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Relentless 3: The Prodigy (2005), Calendar Girl Murders (1984), Dead On: Relentless II (1992), Relentless (1989), Zodiac Killer (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Prodigy (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: "The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, gang, danger, police investigation, rivalry, psychopath, murder, assassin, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Millionaire Richard Trainor is celebrating the fact that his new calendar featuring twelve nude woman is a huge success. However the party is ruined when Miss January is pushed off a building and later on that night Miss February is knifed to death. ...
Style: slasher, mind bending, tense, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murderous pair, murder, photographer, sex, serial murder, arson, bare legs, police detective, fashion, psychopath, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dead On: Relentless II (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.
Style: slasher, independent film, realistic, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, die hard, virus, serial murder, police corruption, special agent, politics, master criminal, chases and races, reluctant partners, mind game, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.9
 2K
Relentless (1989)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Style: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, maniac, murder, violence, stalking, mentally unstable, partners against crime, chases and races, psycho killer, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Zodiac Killer (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style: slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, wannabe, murder, mind game, police investigation, police detective, obsession, danger, rivalry, master criminal, psychopath, gory ...
Time: 2000s
Place: bay area, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous women - one his partner, and the other his shrink, who holds the key to the case.
Style: slasher, independent film, mind bending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, die hard, near death experience, evil man, deaf woman, psychopath, police detective, hotshot hero, danger, police investigation, chases and races, murderous pair ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 2.9
 2K
Sanctimony (2000)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A handsome, brilliant stock trader, bored with his existence, becomes a serial killer.
Style: scary, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, manhunt, who done it, master criminal, protagonist as suspect, witnessing a crime, danger, woman in danger, serial murder, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.5
 723
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 ⇓
30%
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When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style: scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, missing person, murder, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
American Crime (2004)
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, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, danger, protagonist as suspect, journalism, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Gunman (2004)
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, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Donato and Daughter (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, the two find themselves forced to deal with a number of painful secrets from their past.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, family life, parents and children, law enforcement, amateur detective, fighting crime, estrangement, who done it, partner, nypd, tango ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.6
 78K
Duel (1971)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, tension ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car chase, truck, chase, on the road, road rage, psychopath, truck driver, driving, car, stalking, mysterious villain ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: california, persia, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Banshee (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A kick-ass professional car thief, Sage, (Taryn Manning), steals a classic '66 Charger on a challenge. It turns out the car belongs to a serial killer (is there another kind?), who proceeds to slice and dice her friends because he wants his car ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, race against time, heist, danger, car chase, master criminal, criminal's revenge, car thief, witnessing a crime, hostage, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
B.T.K. Killer (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murderer, psychopath, investigation, life is a bitch, chase, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, serial murder, violence ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
27%
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Kemper (2008)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.
Style: slasher, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, violence spree, murder, investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, woman in danger, stalking, true crime, blood, killer ...
Time: 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Twisted Justice (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug ...
Style: independent film, futuristic, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, monster, illegal drugs, dystopia, psychopath, police corruption, chase, criminal heroes, dishonesty, mad scientist, danger, chases and races ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Dead Connection (1994)
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: detective, independent film, tense, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, interracial, police, psychopath, murder, phone sex, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, athlete's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style: disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, violence spree, psychopath, stalking, mind game, danger, killer, true crime, criminal ...
Time: 50s
Place: usa, wisconsin, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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 ⇓
25%
The Prophet's Game (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The Prophet has arrived in the ultimate playing ground... Los Angeles. It has taken an innocent childhood game and twisted it into a deadly match of wits, where the only prize is survival. Moving from city to city, The Prophet lures unsuspecting ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, riddles and clues, investigation, chases and races, vengeance, danger, obsession, death of daughter, uncover truth, ex cop, judiciary, psychopath ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 857
Dot.Kill (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The morphine-addicted detective Charlie Daines is on the trail of a sophisticated psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, he realizes that it has become personal and that he is ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, mind game, rivalry, danger, race against time, computers and web, terminal illness, social network, killer, serial murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Cold Steel (1987)
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: murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, rivalry, femme fatale, police detective, serial killer, xmas, revenge, police, police officer ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.9
 557
Slow Burn (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, murder, psychopath, female detective, reluctant partners, law enforcement, police investigation, who done it, partner, dishonesty, life is a bitch, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.6
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Starkweather (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1958 Nebraska 19 year old garbageman Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree with his 14 year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate killing 11 people in three months, introducing America to spree killing.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, mind game, police investigation, gory, teenage life, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place: nebraska, usa, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.8
 5K
Kill Switch (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, tough law enforcer, chases and races ...
Place: memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.4
 415
Perfect Prey (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, psychologist, texas ranger, serial murder, psychopath, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 3.6
 161
Jesse (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, and shocking deception.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, detective
Plot: female police detective, murder investigation, police detective, drug deal, police officer, murder, female vigilante, nypd, who done it, partner, escapades, violence ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Freeway Killer (2010)
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, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, rape and murder, who done it, strong violent content, police detective, law enforcement, life is a bitch, stalking, danger, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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