Movies like The Blue Knight

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The Blue Knight (1973)
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The Blue Knight (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Style: action adventure
Plot: police officer, serial killer, car chase, bad guy, lapd, prostitute, murder, drug dealer, adoption, social problems, patrol, police station, ex cop, mistaken identity, runaway child, retirement, police car, novel, street, social problem
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles

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Most similar movies to The Blue Knight

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about police officer, police, murder, car chase, law enforcement, police car and police investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Blue Knight: The New Centurions (1972), Police Story (1973), Dragnet (1969), Relentless 3 (1993), Dragon Trap (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The New Centurions (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, urban, police officer, suicide, car chase, peplum, alcoholic, cop, interracial, rookie, lapd, police station ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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95%
 7.5
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Police Story (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work and violence on network TV. Although it ...
Style: anthology, detective, vintage
Plot: police, police officer, vietnam war, car chase, cop, lapd, police station, police protagonist, police car
Time: 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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Dragnet (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Off. Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking ...
Style: neo noir, detective
Plot: car chase, murder investigation, homicide, crime investigation, propaganda, dating service, voyeurism, rape, murder, trailer park, photographer, rejection ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, die hard, serial murder, police investigation, police officer, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, murder, mind game, investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: murder, serial killer, two killers, true crime, psychopath, criminal, killer, violent, police detective, homicide, strangler, cousin ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts ...
Style: detective
Plot: mobster, organized crime, car accident, father daughter relationship, private detective, mafia, beach, ex lover, children, recording studio, pickup truck, attempted murder ...
Place: los angeles, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.5
 6K
Dragon Trap (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a serial killer goes after former convicted pedophiles, it is up to Police Commissioner Abbas and his Chief Celal to stop the killings.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, neo noir, detective
Plot: investigation, soldier, serial murder, pedophile, police officer, car chase, drinking, murder, serial killer, killer, dead body, drawing ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Super Cops (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Style: detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, police, cop, nypd, blaxploitation, car chase, police officer, sexual content, partner, violent content, urban, academy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 6.4
 23K
Blue Thunder (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, action adventure, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: helicopter, conspiracy, aviation, chase, car chase, military, helicopter pilot, murder, vietnam war, law enforcement, terrorism, voyeurism ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles, california, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
American Rampage (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: independent film, gay cinema
Plot: woman with a gun, police officer killed, revenge, tough cop, car chase, policewoman, female nudity, cartel, police officer, drug dealer, lapd, police ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
37%
 6.4
 3K
Vice Squad (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Style: neo noir, retro, terrifying, hood, serious ...
Plot: prostitute, pimp, female nudity, misogynist, sex scene, cruelty, psychopath, murder of a prostitute, woman in jeopardy, kidnapping, gang, hooker ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his ...
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alcoholic, investigation, private detective, murder, police corruption, rehabilitation, going straight, downfall, redemption, police officer, warehouse, private investigator ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Pale Blue Balloons (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dave is a bad cop fighting a deadly heroin addiction while working a case deep inside the mafia. After killing numerous drug dealers and even undercover police officers for the mob, he is kept from his money for trivial reasons. As his drug problem ...
Style: independent film
Plot: cop, bad cop, drug addiction, shootout, drug, urban setting, death, car chase, corrupt cop, heroin, mafia, prostitute ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutally gunned down.
Style: detective
Plot: nypd, ambush, italian mafia, shootout, jewish mob, corruption, conspiracy, murder, car chase, police detective, armed robbery, assassination ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
Style: detective
Plot: private investigator, domestic drama, death of father, murder, stealing a car, cia, fbi, cemetery, private detective, police department, reunion, cuckoo clock
Place: malibu california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the ...
Style: road movie, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, heist, chase, car thief, driving, car, police, police investigation, carsploitation, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The French Connection (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style: detective, neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroin, gangster, drug dealer, organized crime, car chase, investigation, chase, smuggling, drug lord, drug smuggling, police, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, israel, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their misdeeds. Police inspector Grindel (Delon) understands the ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: guy, bad guy, cop, vigilante, neo fascism, ambush, massacre, suicide, torture, bazooka, police officer, death squad ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
A Force of One (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Style: independent film, christmas horror, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, police, karate, serial killer, xmas, murder mystery, vigilante, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, showdown ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Across 110th Street (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, grim, cynical, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, murder, mafia, organized crime, urban, african american, gangster, mobster, exploitation, black, cop, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Mitchell (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A tough-guy cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues two drug runners (Martin Balsam, John Saxon) across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an anti-hero, Mitchell often ignores the orders of his superiors and demonstrates disdain for by-the-book ...
Style: suspense, grindhouse, detective, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, car chase, chase, prostitute, motorcycle, crime wave, helicopter, silly humor, cons and scams, police corruption, city life, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sketches of a Strangler (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An art student living with his sister is actually a maniac strangling dancers and prostitutes. One victim's sister starts looking for him...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, art student, strangler, murder, obsession, prostitute, investigation, mental illness, psychopath, student, strangulation, brother ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.5
 2K
Muzzle (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: LAPD K-9 officer Jake Rosser has just witnessed the shocking murder of his dedicated partner by a mysterious assailant. As he investigates the shooter’s identity, he uncovers a vast conspiracy that has a chokehold on the city in this thrilling ...
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: lapd, police, truth, conspiracy, human dog relationship, partners against crime, fighting crime, police dog, true crime, crime investigation, criminal gang, murder investigation ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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End of Watch (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style: tense, emotional, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: latinos, gang member, cop, police, shooting, street gang, friendship, urban ghetto, police investigation, organized crime, police officer, found footage ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.7
 897
Badge 373 (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the ...
Style: grim, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: urban, car chase, sociopath, police officer, gangster, profanity, violent content, police detective, tough heroes, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, ...
Style: detective
Plot: private investigator, lawyer, beach, attorney, basement, murder, baseball player, movie star, rolls royce, ex wife, private detective, ex husband ex wife relationship ...
Place: malibu california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
Plot: corrupt cop, street crime, cop, policewoman, burglary, police captain, drug dealer, female protagonist, police, corruption, police station, police corruption ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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