Movies like The Adventures of Nick Carter

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The Adventures of Nick Carter (1972)
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The Adventures of Nick Carter (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
Style: detective, period piece, period drama
Plot: private detective, private investigator, investigation, murder, brothel, dancehall girl, father son relationship, assassination attempt, marital infidelity, playboy, witness, drunk, patriarch, madam, drowning, wealthy family, brother brother relationship, disguise, henchman, fistfight, police detective, police captain, murder suspect, missing woman, murder case ...
Time: year 1912, turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Place: new york

Most similar movies to The Adventures of Nick Carter

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out detective, serious, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about murder, investigation, private detective, private investigator, law enforcement, deadly and police detective mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Adventures of Nick Carter: The Drowning Pool (1975), One Police Plaza (1986), Harper (1966), Lady Against the Odds (1992), The Caller (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Drowning Pool (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a ...
Style: neo noir, detective, suspense, cult classic, thrilling ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, political corruption, russian roulette, underwater, newspaper, deep south, murder, police corruption, investigation, guard dog, private investigation ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
One Police Plaza (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Style: tension
Plot: murder investigation, police corruption, law enforcement, corrupt cop, crooked cop, fighting the system, weapons, writers, warehouse, confrontation, police, homicide detective ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 6.8
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Harper (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, murder, investigation, kidnapping, missing person, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, adultery, divorce, ransom, private investigator ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
63%
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 5.4
 1K
The Caller (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jimmy Stevens, a senior VP at an international energy firm, blows the whistle on his company's deadly and corrupt practices in Latin America. Knowing he will be assassinated for his betrayal, he places an anonymous call securing the services of ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: whistleblower, private detective, murder, uncover truth, investigation, survival, dishonesty, amateur detective, danger, journalism, workplace, deadline ...
Time: 1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, new york, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The New Mike Hammer (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, with Stacy Keach in the title role, is a television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984 to January 12, 1985. The series was 24 sixty minute episodes. The show follows the adventures of Mike ...
Style: detective
Plot: private detective, private investigator, woman with a gun, police, investigation, hard boiled
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 7.4
 2K
The Crack (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 131 min.
Story: German Areta "The Louse", is an ex-cop detective with a tiny office in a part of Madrid going to seed. Areta is trying to track down a young woman who has disappeared into the world of high-class courtesans in the city, and he is told to ...
Style: neo noir, suspense thriller, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, prostitution, uncover truth, investigation, missing person, barber, ex cop, boxing match, little girl, restaurant, christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iberian peninsula, madrid, spain, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mike Hammer, Private Eye is an American syndicated television program based on the adventures of the fictitious private detective Mike Hammer, created by novelist Mickey Spillane. The show starred Stacy Keach and was seen as an attempt to revive the ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, neo noir, rough ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, investigation, nypd, partner, law enforcement, partners against crime, riddles and clues, pulp fiction, hard boiled
Time: 80s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Ricochet (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Crosscurrent (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain
Style: detective
Plot: murder, drug dealer, hitman, police detective, business tycoon, crime investigation, crime boss, witness, teenager, meeting, police inspector, father daughter relationship ...
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 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 ⇓
55%
 6.3
 27K
Crooked House (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, detective, captivating, surprise ending ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: whodunit, murder mystery, private detective, mansion, murder, family secret, twists and turns, investigation, servant, poison, secret, spy ...
Time: 50s, year 1957, 1950s
Place: london, cairo egypt, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
City by the Sea (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style: suspense, detective, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: father son relationship, police investigation, murder, guilt, redemption, drug addict, grandfather grandson relationship, homicide detective, police corruption, depression, justice, family bonds ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
City of Tiny Lights (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Plot: missing person, private detective, investigation, prostitute, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, missing woman, dark past, religious fanatic, private investigator, hotel, black, motel ...
Time: 2010s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.1
 18K
Night Moves (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, detective ...
Audience: manly
Plot: private detective, investigation, murder, missing person, espionage, infidelity, female nudity, manipulation, loneliness, complex characters, crime gone awry, uncover truth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place: florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.7
 12K
The Flock (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.
Style: rough, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: missing person, investigation, danger, kidnapping, murder, obsession, law enforcement, special agent, serial killer, sex maniac, retirement, trailer park ...
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
49%
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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 ⇓
49%
Hickey & Boggs (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Style: neo noir, detective, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, private investigator, investigation, blaxploitation, rescue, kidnapping, money, revenge, chase, vietnam veteran, suitcase of money ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.8
 84K
Reptile (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
Style: detective, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot: murder, police investigation, criminal, police psychologist, murder investigation, real estate agent, crime investigation, investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, secret, crime solving ...
Place: new england, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Shock to the System (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gay detective tries to solve the murder of a college student.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, group therapy, private investigator, murder, uncover truth, suicide, mysterious character, investigation, lgbtq, gay relationship, prejudice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Prescription: Murder (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
Style: detective, slasher, talky, serious, realistic ...
Plot: police detective, murder, psychiatrist, investigation, alibi, swimming pool, whodunit, murder mystery, infidelity, police investigation, couples, uncover truth ...
Time: future, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, los angeles, acapulco mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style: neo noir, detective, dark, stylized, clever ...
Plot: private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, gangster, murder, jazz, racism, home invasion, private investigator, cop ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: los angeles, california, usa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.2
 6K
McQ (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, murder, police detective, police corruption, fighting crime, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, investigation, twists and turns, urban, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Ice Blues (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This new installment in the popular and critically-acclaimed Donald Strachey Mystery series finds America’s favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey (Chad Allen), taking on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, private investigator, law firm, danger, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, private detective, partner, senator, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.4
 4K
Marlowe (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe ...
Style: neo noir, detective, noir, mind bending, tense ...
Plot: private detective, blackmail, murder, femme fatale, investigation, gangster, missing person, philip marlowe, mysticism, love, private investigator, darkness ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Back to the Streets of San Francisco (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brutal murder. And he is trying to decide which of two inspectors shall he recommend for the ...
Plot: murder, disappearance, homicide, shootout, police officer, priest, revenge, judge, father daughter relationship, promotion, sergeant, parole officer ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective
Plot: intelligence agency, lawyer, advocate, courtroom, who done it, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, murder, amateur detective, hotshot lawyer, private detective, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Return of Frank Cannon (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of an ex-girlfriend's husband.
Style: detective, neo noir
Plot: private investigator, suicide, friendship, friend, private detective, retirement, cia, airplane crash, murder, airplane, airplane accident, investigation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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