Movies like Carnival of Crime

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Carnival of Crime (1962)
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Carnival of Crime (1962)
Original name: Socia de alcoba
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Country: Brazil, Spain, Argentina, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him solve the mystery.
Style: cult classic, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Plot: murder, stalking, beach, love and romance, frame up, couples, love affair, infidelity, who done it, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, adultery, disappearance, woman, truth, exploitation, missing woman, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, deadly, mystery, crime, cult, crimes
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: brazil

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and mind bending films with plots about deadly, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, who done it, couples and investigation mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Carnival of Crime: And Never Let Her Go (2001), Deceit (2004), Lucky Day (2002), Malice Aforethought (2005), He Died with His Eyes Open (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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And Never Let Her Go (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, realistic
Plot: obsession, missing person, murder, dangerous attraction, love affair, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, protagonist as suspect, couples, legal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: delaware
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Deceit (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending
Plot: infidelity, murder, love affair, couple relations, life is a bitch, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, who done it, couples, alcohol abuse, father figure, debt ...
Time: 21st century
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84%
A Crime of Passion (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young heiress has her life turned upside down after her business partner's wife is killed and foul play is suspected.
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, enigmatic, realistic
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, woman in danger, who done it, couples, murder, dishonesty, danger, estate, murder investigation, adultery, inheritance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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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 ⇓
68%
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Malice Aforethought (2005)
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: investigation, mysterious character, unhappy marriage, crumbling marriage, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, rivalry, obsession, danger, serial killer, couple relations, infidelity ...
Time: future, 1920s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, enigmatic
Plot: amateur detective, private detective, uncover truth, riddles and clues, false accusation, danger, frame up, elderly, murder, dishonesty, intelligence agency, strong female presence ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Dead in the Water (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be appointed to the high court. The only thing wrong with this is that his shrewish wife Olivia, whose ...
Style: neo noir, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, love triangle, murder, conspiracy, couples, who done it, courtroom drama, false accusation, life is a bitch, prostitute, crime gone awry, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Guilty Hearts (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: murder, church, love affair, investigation, couples, family problems, infidelity, fall in love, dishonesty, crumbling marriage, love and romance, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ⇓
54%
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Dead Gorgeous (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, thrilling ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, murder, unlikely criminals, infidelity, couples, spouse killer, couple relations, dishonesty, dull life, spouse in danger, female friendship, adultery ...
Time: 1940s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
She Knows Too Much (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Style: mind bending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, partner, partners against crime, dishonesty, investigation, rivalry, misfit partners, goofy hero, private detective, law enforcement, murder, presidential candidate ...
Time: 80s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
All Around the Town (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young woman, seemingly good but still psychologically disturbed from being kidnapped as a little girl, becomes the obvious suspect in a murder.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, split personality, memory loss, missing child, who done it, mental illness, law enforcement, legal investigation, vengeance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Three Blind Mice (2001)
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: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Unnatural Causes (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Roy Marsden returns as author P.D. James's indefatigable gumshoe, Inspector Adam Dalgliesh. This time, he's investigating the murder of a famous mystery writer whose body is found in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast. To add a ...
Style: detective, crime thriller, mind bending, tense, psychological ...
Plot: mysticism, murder, legal investigation, law enforcement, danger, obsession, dishonesty, private detective, police investigation, amateur detective, reluctant partners, obsessive quest ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Trapped (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: protagonist as suspect, legal investigation, mind game, manhunt, femme fatale, dishonesty, betrayal, crumbling marriage, rivalry, danger, dangerous attraction, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
43%
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Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting
Plot: law enforcement, murder, investigation, undercover, assassination, who done it, dishonesty, secret agent, memory loss, hidden identity, danger, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Treacherous Beauties (1994)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A female photographer hears that her brother has been shot dead at a horse rearing farm. She decides to go there herself and uncovers a murky conspiracy.
Style: serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: murder, conspiracy, couples, farm, photojournalist, uncover truth, law enforcement, journalism, fall in love, dishonesty, love and romance, mind game ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Love Is a Woman (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Narcotics agent Dennis goes undercover in the Mediterranean Islands to investigate a smuggling operation, and gains the confidence of a woman who works for the ringleader. But Dennis ends up arrested for murder when the crime boss turns up dead.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: underwater, undercover agent, murder, island, heroin, smuggling, special agent, strong female presence, manipulation, working undercover, undercover, who done it ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Limit (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An elderly woman turns the tables on her kidnapper.
Style: rough, serious, psychological, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police detective, dishonesty, undercover, frame up, love affair, life is a bitch, murder, chaos and mayhem, hostage, mysterious character, drug abuse ...
Time: 21st century
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41%
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Skinwalkers (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, mind bending
Plot: native american, serial killer, murder, vengeance, police investigation, supernatural ability, danger, law enforcement, curses spells and rituals, native, murder investigation, indians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, utah, arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Style: realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot: courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, lawyer, advocate, private investigator, dishonesty, amateur detective, dedicated lawyer, private detective, legal, couple relations ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, murder, intelligence agency, law, advocate, who done it, riddles and clues, actor's life, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, legal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Northern Lights (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hoping to leave behind troubled days in the Baltimore city police department, Nate Burns (Eddie Cibrian) journeys to Alaska, where he takes up a quiet life as a small-town sheriff and begins a romance with spirited bush pilot Meg Galligan (LeAnn ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, mind bending, tense, realistic ...
Plot: small town, law enforcement, danger, curses spells and rituals, small town life, love affair, winter, snow, brother brother relationship, beautiful scenery, love and romance, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alaska, baltimore
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40%
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State of Mind (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic psychologist Grace is asked by police to determine the guilt or innocence a man who killed his ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: murder, infidelity, investigation, false accusation, family problems, couples, law enforcement, dishonesty, legal, memory loss, single parent, who done it ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Heroine of Hell (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Crime - Catherine Keener stars in this made-for-TV drama as Magda, an artist who has strong ideas about the notion of retribution and personal justice against those who have hurt other people emotionally. - Catherine Keener, Wendy Phillips, ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious
Plot: murder, injustice, couples, infidelity, chaos and mayhem, couple relations, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, dishonesty, obsession, performer's life, inspiration ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Linda (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time together instead of with their respective spouses, Paul and Stella. - From IMDB
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, cynical, suspenseful ...
Plot: erotica, girl, prison escape, conspiracy, false accusation, infidelity, murder, couples, protagonist as suspect, love and romance, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few months previously investigating the murder of a young ...
Style: detective, crime drama, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, danger, law enforcement, multiple suspects, who done it, riddles and clues, police, laboratory, investigation, deadly
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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