Movies like Second Service

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Second Service (2017)
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Second Service (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: John Green is a bitter, Millennial private eye who finds new purpose in life after stumbling upon a plot to bring the mob back to Chicago.
Style: independent film
Plot: stalker, private detective, mob, chicago illinois
Place: chicago

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Most similar movies to Second Service

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, detective, suspenseful and clever films with plots about murder, private detective, investigation, dishonesty, deadly, private investigator and gangster mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Second Service: The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972), Baby Face Nelson (1996), She Knows Too Much (1989), The Lost Capone (1990), Things Change (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency, helped by an ex-con and various parolees.
Plot: detective agency, murder, ex convict, probation, private detective
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Plot: private investigator, private detective
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Baby Face Nelson (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Bonnie and Clyde were no match for Depression Era gangster George "Babyface" Nelson and his moll Helen Womack. Constantly on the lam from the law and from Chicago's biggest crime lord Al Capone, Babyface and his female accomplice ...
Style: independent film
Plot: mobster, gangster, mob
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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 ⇓
75%
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The Lost Capone (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: While Al Capone works his way up from top-dog street gang thug captain in Chicago to U.S. crime king, his brother Jimmy Capone chooses the righteous way, actually with father's blessing, leaving Illinois for small town Harmony in Nebraska, ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, al capone, organized crime, prohibition era, brother brother relationship, marshal, mob
Place: nebraska, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Things Change (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly ...
Style: clever, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: organized crime, hitman, gangster, friendship, murder, mobster, mafia, casino, scapegoat, mistaken identity, sensuality, criminal heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
V.I. Warshawski, Detective in High Heels (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, murder mystery, justice, woman fights a man, happy ending, strong female character, investigation, father daughter relationship, who done it, uncover truth, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
The Return of Charlie Chan (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
Style: detective, tension, psychotronic
Plot: charlie chan, murder, private detective, mogul, sleuth, investigator, luxury, son, investigation, victim, amateur detective, clue ...
Time: 70s
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Lady in Cement (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if ...
Style: neo noir, noir, thrilling, crime drama, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, diving, underwater, murder, yacht, scuba diving, chess, poker, ocean, woman with a gun, deep south, gay ...
Time: 60s
Place: miami, rome italy, usa, europe, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Murder She Said (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Miss Marple believes she’s seen a murder in a passing by train yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own. Her inquisitions lead her to a mountain top. The first of four films starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever, black and white ...
Plot: private detective, whodunit, amateur detective, strangulation, murder, murder mystery, police investigation, dishonesty, uncover truth, woman strangled to death, serial killer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Passion for Danger (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, semi serious, cynical, exciting ...
Plot: private detective, bookstore, book, private investigator, arms dealing, gang, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, amateur detective, law enforcement, chase ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.6
 28K
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings ...
Style: stylized, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot: holiday, heist, christmas, adaptation, robbery, thief, new year's eve, new year, parents and children, escapades, cons and scams, friendship ...
Time: year 2016
Place: chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.4
 2K
Gumshoe (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Style: neo noir, noir, parody, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: private detective, bookstore, book, private investigator, railway, amateur detective, murder, respect, partner, satire, femme fatale, police investigation ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: northern england, europe, england, liverpool, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
49%
 5.0
 264
The Mentor (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Elizabeth June tries to put the loss of her eight-year-old daughter behind her by going back to teaching. Under the stress of the tragedy her husband Brian has moved out while Elizabeth is desperate to save her marriage and return to a life of ...
Style: psychological, tense, touching, unusual plot structure
Plot: mental illness, stalker, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, mentor, female protagonist, marital problem, stalking, female teacher, mental disorder, loss of daughter, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.2
 5K
Thin Ice (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, dark humor, disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, snow, winter, small town, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: It is a very hot summer in the city as the well known detectives of the 87th Precinct investigate serial rapes and a mysterious homicide (which do not appear to be connected). The women getting raped appear to be raped by a rapist who has raped them ...
Style: detective
Plot: deaf, woman with a gun, evil man, rape, stalker
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Goodnight, My Love (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Gruff gumshoe Francis Hogan is hired by a mysterious woman to find her boyfriend who has gone missing. With his perpetually hungry partner in tow, Hogan must untangle a web of intrigue involving the criminal underworld and a dead courier. One ...
Style: detective
Plot: private investigator, homicide, mobster, nightclub, surveillance, assassination, private detective, investigation, hotel, blonde, murder, gambling ...
Time: 1940s, year 1946
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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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 ⇓
47%
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Style: serious, realistic, talky, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, multiple suspects, murder, whodunit, hercule poirot, investigation, dishonesty, conspiracy, secretly observing, mother son relationship, writers ...
Time: 80s
Place: england, belgium, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style: neo noir, detective, noir, dark, cynical ...
Audience: manly
Plot: private detective, murder, cat, betrayal, whodunit, investigation, mental institution, beach, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness, gangster ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place: malibu california, california, los angeles, mexico, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.5
 3K
Tony Rome (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
Style: detective, neo noir, noir, retro, thrilling ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, private investigator, murder, deep south, sea, mysticism, prostitute, beach, investigation, redheaded woman, boat, violent content ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: miami, florida, usa, miami beach
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive ...
Style: sweet, clever, detective, neo noir, cult classic ...
Plot: organized crime, nudity, photograph, photographer, drinking, gangster, police, fistfight, making love, sex scene, exodus, caper ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 5.9
 11K
Chi-Raq (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Style: melancholic, satirical, bad ending, stylized, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: violence, redemption, black, dysfunctional family, justice, adaptation, women, civil rights, african american, social commentary, blaxploitation, gunfight ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Harry Orwell has been retired from the force ever since he caught a bullet that lodged inoperably in his back. But that doesn’t mean the man called Harry O is out of the action. Moonlighting as a private sleuth, fighting off daily back pain and ...
Style: detective, tv series pilot
Plot: psychopath, murder, private investigator, obsessed fan, stalker, modeling, estranged husband, retired cop, breaking and entering, women's prison, suicide, divorce ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.0
 6K
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the ...
Style: black and white, slasher, crime drama, mind bending, talky ...
Plot: private detective, amateur detective, murder mystery, ship, poison, sherlock holmes, twists and turns, spy, sea, mysticism, boat, bike ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Crucifer of Blood (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a stolen treasure.
Style: detective
Plot: curse, sherlock holmes, private detective, train station, avarice, treasure, greed, morphine, opium, diamonds, death of father, narration ...
Time: victorian era, 1880s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.3
 278K
The Sting (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style: entertaining, atmospheric, witty, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: con artists, gambling, chase, cons and scams, caper, twists and turns, organized crime, manipulation, con man, plot twist, train, mafia ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1936
Place: chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
Complex of Fear (1993)
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Condominium residents are terrified when they learn that two of their neighbors have been brutally raped and that the culprit may be living in their midst. A police manhunt ensues. One officer, who actually lives in the complex, is particularly ...
Plot: rape, stalker, rapist, neighbor, investigation, police investigation, serial rapist, apartment complex, answering machine, condominium, apartment, bound and gagged
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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