Movies like They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Style:
neo noir, detective, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, black cinema
Plot:
blaxploitation, black, political corruption, murder investigation, car chase, crime investigation, pimp, preacher, murder of a prostitute, murder suspect, black cop, dead prostitute, landlord, mysticism, exploitation, murder, self defense, police investigation, prostitute, life is a bitch, frame up, fighting the system, legal, society, who done it ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa
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Most similar movies to They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about law enforcement, murder, dishonesty, deadly, investigation, police investigation and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like They Call Me Mister Tibbs!: The Organization (1971), The Badge (2002), The Rosary Murders (1987), Clockers (1995), In the Heat of the Night (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.
Style:
detective, suspense, twisted, tense, atmospheric
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, amateur sleuth, murder investigation, investigation, female protagonist, missing person, conspiracy, justice, whodunit, deception, government conspiracy, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Style:
neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, blaxploitation, vigilantism, african, urban, business, police officer, gangster, heist, murder, partner, police detective ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
usa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
gender, murder, murder investigation, transsexual, gender bending, transgender, uncover truth, political corruption, investigation, fighting the system, politics, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
30%
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, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
hood, grim, neo noir, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, detective, intense ...
Plot:
racism, small town, prejudice, african american, murder mystery, racial tension, police officer, police procedural, civil rights, false accusation, police, murder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa, north carolina, america ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, suspenseful, clever, biting ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, prison, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, korean american, framed for murder, marijuana, idealism, miscarriage of justice, district attorney ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder mystery, police detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, manipulation, legal, dishonesty, danger, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, novela ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder suspect, murder, uncover truth, fighting the system, who done it, false accusation, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, price of justice, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, political corruption, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
Plot:
amateur detective, courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, advocate, lawyer, mind game, life is a bitch, who done it, parents and children, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, african american, black, exploitation, ghetto, pimp, corrupt cop, street life, corruption, revenge, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
oakland california, bay area, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, murder mystery, legal, lawyer, murder, strong female character, fighting the system, who done it, uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, frame up, danger ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he resketches the pictures so they don't look like her, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, outdoor sex, murder, investigation, false accusation, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, call girl, black bra, bare breasts, prostitute ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
loss of child, haunted by the past, dead child, missing child, law enforcement, police investigation, dealing with death, uncover truth, corpse, life is a bitch, interrogation, police detective ...
Time:
1950s, year 2009, 2000s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, false accusation, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal action, life is a bitch, legal, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, period piece, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, cold case, police, police detective, investigation, murder, missing person, police station, murder investigation, crime investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1985, year 1990, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, justice, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, dishonesty, rivalry, secret ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
Style:
realistic, serious, mind bending, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amateur detective, lawyer, courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, advocate, private investigator, power relations, fashion, witnessing a crime, legal, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, uncover truth, political conspiracy, who done it, wartime life, frame up, injustice, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, serial killer ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, cult classic ...
Plot:
childhood friend, whodunit, murder, police investigation, amateur detective, investigation, rastafarian, cia agent, resort hotel, justice, crime gone awry, frame up ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, future, 70s
Place:
jamaica, nicaragua, caribbean, west indies, new jersey ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"This is an entirely imaginary story about the writer Dashiell Hammett, who... in the words of one of his most gifted contemporaries... helped get murder out of the vicar's rose garden and back to the people who are really good at it. The ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, noir, metafiction, stylized ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, blackmail, murder, missing person, writers, prostitute, investigation, private investigator, chinese gangster, extortion, morgue ...
Time:
1920s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in!
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, murder, undercover, orthodox jew, police investigation, police corruption, judaism, investigation, police detective, conspiracy theory, brutality, who done it ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Place:
new york, israel, usa, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) has a gift for finding rare treasures hidden in garage sales that she can resell at her consignment store, Rags to Riches, and for get her involved in the criminal investigations that happen at the very second-hand ...
Style:
psychological, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, uncover truth, amateur detective, who done it, danger, suspicion, strong female presence, riddles and clues, police investigation, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, who done it, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, family relations, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, child killer, family problems, family in crisis ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, southern gothic, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, swamp, police investigation, ghost, deep south, law enforcement, hallucination, uncover truth, dishonesty, life is a bitch, civil war ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, neo noir, detective, independent film ...
Plot:
murder of a nude woman, reluctant partners, serial killer, whore, private investigator, sexual relations, dangerous attraction, voice over narration, adultery, anonymous letter, child molestation, lust ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
florida, usa, key west florida
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute
Style:
neo noir, detective, intelligent, crime drama, talky ...
Plot:
murder, catholic priest, cop, priest, politics, serial killer, clergy, redemption, police corruption, political corruption, desert, catholic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Style:
action thriller, neo noir, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, exploitation, black cop, teenager, female boss, black, cop, murder, police, hitman, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
Similarity:
18%
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