Movies like Cop Car
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Cop Car (2015)
34K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Style:
road movie, intense, psychological, bloody, suspenseful, tense, light, thought provoking, clever, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
suspense, child, murder, car, stealing a car, car chase, sheriff, boy, child in peril, coming of age, crime gone awry, twists and turns, brutality, runaway, small town, police officer, stupidity, teenager, gangsters, serial killer, heist, mountain, psychopath, dark humor, violence ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
colorado, california, usa, united states, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and clever films with plots about dialogue, suspense, twists and turns, murder, storytelling, brutality and corruption mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Cop Car: Cold in July (2014), Blood Simple (1984), The Hitcher (2007), The Trust (2016), The Perfect Host (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, tense, brutal, realistic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, murder, private detective, vigilantism, home invasion, death, small town, intruder, gangsters, father son relationship, unlikely partners ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
texas, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, crime gone awry, murder, suspense, adultery, extramarital affair, murder mystery, hitman, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, visceral ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the ...
Style:
slasher, scary, road movie, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, hitchhiker, road trip, murder, desert, survival, suspense, on the run, car chase, car accident, police station ...
Place:
new mexico, texas, usa
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Style:
psychological, tense, stylized, twist ending, tragic ending ...
Plot:
suspense, police officer, gangsters, police corruption, mafia, police investigation, organized crime, violence, twists and turns, corrupt cop, theft, heist ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, dinner party, hidden identity, suspense, psychology, survival, villain, robbery, plot twist, wine, police corruption, kidnapping ...
Place:
australia, los angeles, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Prisoners similar movies
57K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, road movie, tense, scenic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, suspense, chase, uncover truth, murder, road trip, conspiracy, highway, desert, ransom, car breakdown, car ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, arizona, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
75K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
dark, neo noir, intense, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, death, vigilantism, vigilante, suspense, car, violence, murder, brutality, violent, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, suspense, police investigation, heist, gunfight, gangsters, corruption, justice, law enforcement, criminal heroes, criminal, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, sexy, road movie, intense ...
Plot:
small town, desert, brutality, on the run, wilderness, suspense, betrayal, murder, femme fatale, mechanic, character study, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, las vegas, usa, phoenix arizona
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, talky, brutal, non-linear ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gang, dark hero, undercover cop, suspense, psychopath, organized crime, violent, torture, gangsters ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, psychopath, sniper, hostage, mind game, hopes, trapped, murder, dishonesty, psychological manipulation, sin, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twist ending, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, surveillance, twists and turns, murder, police station, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, mass murder, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Chambers has come home to Austin, Texas. To the mother who's starting a new life and the brother driven by old jealousies. To the places he remembers and the memories he can't forget. And to Rachel, the woman he married and then ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, suspenseful, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
heist, love triangle, betrayal, twists and turns, gambling, hospital, writers, art, killer, truck, morality, casino ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, crime gone awry, criminal, war injury, femme fatale, murder, brutality, greed, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Movies similar to Mystic River
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Gabriella, a Columbian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. The current string of murders by "The Blue Blood Killer" of affluent Miami socialites provides her with fodder for her scrapbook of death. She lands a job with ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, suspenseful, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, dark humor, cleaning lady, obsession, dangerous attraction, investigation, macabre, decapitation, death, violence, insanity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, colombia, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
On the way to his mother’s funeral, a detective accidentally hits a person with his car. He takes the body with him and puts it into his mother’s coffin. The moment he feels relieved, he receives a call. This caller insists that he saw the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
murder, suspense, police, twists and turns, gunfight, vengeance, funeral, life turned upside down, murder mystery, police corruption, blackmail, police inspector ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, tokyo, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, depressing, emotional, twist ending, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
vengeance, loss of child, murder, suspense, sexual abuse, childhood, murder mystery, investigation, police investigation, child abuse, death in the family, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.
Style:
clever, surprise ending, dark, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, obsession, police, manipulation, police investigation, twists and turns, mind game, psychology, guilt, greed, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends. Instead of obtaining a small amount of money they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, suspenseful, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, gangsters, mafia, chase, small town, organized crime, car chase, crime gone awry, desert, murder, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Movies like Sleepers
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style:
clever, surprise ending, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, gangsters, betrayal, vengeance, organized crime, dishonesty, brutality, twists and turns, con artists, criminal heroes, rivalry, ambition ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, las vegas, california
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Style:
tense, neo noir, talky, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
robbery, suspense, police detective, hostage, femme fatale, police, manipulation, rivalry, confined, music festival, compassion, character study ...
Time:
1920s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, courtroom, lawyer, murder, investigation, psychopath, police investigation, chase, courtroom drama, nude, suspense, revenge ...
Time:
80s
Place:
boston, new jersey, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, kidnapping, suspense, murder, twists and turns, vengeance, law enforcement, police investigation, murder mystery, investigation, missing person, killer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. ...
Style:
road movie, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, crime gone awry, chase, on the run, gangsters, stripper, runaway, violence, nude, transformation, twists and turns, musician ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, new jersey, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, murder, gangsters, violence, vigilantism, revenge, vigilante, gang, tragic event, violent, suspense, character change ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran quietly plans to go on a mass shooting spree. At the same time, an elderly horror film star prepares to make a public appearance at a drive-in theater.
Style:
psychotronic, psychological, realistic, tense, scary ...
Plot:
sniper, serial killer, monster, macabre, suspense, murder, aging, suburbs, violence, terror, death, dark hero ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, texas, california, asia, vietnam ...
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31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, train, heist, murder, gangsters, runaway train, terrorism, gang, subway, mayor, criminal, railway ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, cynical ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, manipulation, twists and turns, small town, betrayal, suspense, murder, cons and scams, disorder, nothing goes right, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, nevada, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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