Movies like Hit and Run 1966
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Hit and Run (1966)
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Original name: ひき逃げ
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother (Hideko Takamine) seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's husband manages to buy silence about the incident, but the victim's mother discovers the identity of the driver. After she secures a job in the home of the company president and his philandering spouse, the woman plans to murder the couple's son when he reaches the age of her late son.
Style:
crime drama, period piece, noir
Plot:
revenge, hit and run, grief, obsession, deception, female protagonist, impostor, moral ambiguity, murder, corruption, manipulation, affair, cover up, family tragedy, class conflict, social inequality, chambermaid, car accident, class differences, witness, death of son, cold, mature, infidelity, guilt ...
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Most similar movies to Hit and Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out noir, crime drama, suspense and dark films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, murder, investigation, betrayal, obsession and guilt mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Hit and Run: Flag in the Mist (1965), Proof of the Man (1977), Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1993), Hard Days (2023), Lies and Crimes (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko (Chieko Baisho) travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately ...
Style:
crime drama, black and white, noir, suspense, period piece
Plot:
revenge, courtroom, female protagonist, murder mystery, justice, vengeance, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, corruption, desperation, class conflict ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, family secret, police procedural, racism, moral ambiguity, alienation, identity, revenge, mature, designer, hit and run ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, tokyo, new york
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Leslie's husband Steve is a brute and she wants out, at least she thinks she does. Her lover Elizabeth agrees that Steve needs to go away, so they plot his murder. Meanwhile their friend Cliff can't seem to get used to the idea that his ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, crime drama, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, on the run, love triangle, female protagonist, escape, betrayal, fugitive, moral ambiguity, manipulation, female friendship, domestic abuse ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, crime drama, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
police corruption, cover up, hit and run, corruption, car accident, moral dilemma, escalation, secrets, guilt, investigation, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman moves to a new home after her police officer husband is killed. She soon discovers a place where growing prescription drug abuse is creating a nightmare of lies, crime, and murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, detective, moody
Plot:
lie, widow, secrets, mature, drug addiction, danger, female protagonist, deception, murder, family drama, moral ambiguity, cover up ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
greek movie
Style:
dark, intense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
drug addiction, moral ambiguity, criminal underworld, moral dilemma, murder, manipulation, hitman, class conflict, organized crime, guilt, betrayal, underground ...
Time:
70s
Place:
athens greece
Similarity:
54%
170
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, relationships, private investigation, brother, religious faith, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, affair, faith, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bad girl uses her brother to kill her lover.
Style:
crime drama, dark, psychological thriller, sinister, tense ...
Plot:
murder, betrayal, deception, female villain, manipulation, female sociopath, psychological abuse, guilt, conspiracy, seductress, crime investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
jealousy, murder, frame up, wrongful imprisonment, false accusation, obsession, betrayal, blackmail, moral ambiguity, corruption, infidelity, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In this Japanese drama, a young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. First she torches her parents' villa, and then slaughters all her lascivious mother's lovers. Because the girl is so ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, female killer, female protagonist, crime investigation, deception, cat and mouse, vigilante justice, moral ambiguity, obsession, dual identity, femme fatale, manipulation ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A widower sends daily reminders to the petty criminal who killed his wife in a traffic accident that on the anniversary of her death, he will kill him.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, intense, bleak ...
Plot:
revenge, hit and run, showdown, car accident, grief, threat to kill, family tragedy, confrontation, moral ambiguity, loss, vengeance, obsession ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
While a major in the U.S. Army, Joe Cheever has a fling with his commanding officer's daughter that results in a pregnancy. Cheever convinces the girl to have an illegal abortion. The abortion goes wrong and the girl dies. To protect his ...
Style:
suspense
Plot:
abortion, revenge, military, cover up, revenge motive, guilt, betrayal, death, obsession, corruption, secrets, family tragedy ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Turkey, Italy, India
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Matters turn violent after an ex-police detective (Richard Tyson) and psychiatrist (Kurt Sinclair) manipulate a grieving father (Matt Cinquanta) in pursuit of justice.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, manipulation, secret, justice, vigilante, grief, violence, problem, police detective, manipulative person, detective inspector ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Following the death of her mother, a thirty-something woman discovers she was conceived through rape and vows revenge.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, rape, revenge, female vigilante, vengeance, rape and revenge, child born of rape, threat, problem, threat to kill, dark secret, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
Similarity:
43%
355
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Style:
tension, suspense, dark, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
gambling, yakuza, revenge, female protagonist, loss, risk, addiction, betrayal, obsession, desperation, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, jealousy, ski resort, paranoia, danger, snow, betrayal, resort, moral ambiguity, mountain, isolation ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Coutrroom drama: after being victimized by an abusive boyfriend, a woman goes on trial for murder. Sequel to Historia de un canalla.
Style:
period piece, tense, atmospheric, art house, tragic
Plot:
murder, guilt, confession, moral ambiguity, remorse, ethical dilemma, character study, regret, female protagonist, judge, mature woman, crimes of passion ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When a man is found dead, the investigation shatters his widow's perfect facade and exposes a hidden double life in this thriller based on real events.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, dark, twisted ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, double life, widow, secrets, prime suspect, female protagonist, moral ambiguity, deception, paranoia, interrogation ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Kanno (Ken Takakura) is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, emotional, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
yakuza, betrayal, revenge, prison, organized crime, underworld, violence, father daughter relationship, crime family, moral ambiguity, honor, family drama ...
Place:
tokyo, brazil
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Six former sorority sisters are suspected of murder when a baby's skeleton is found in the ruins of the sorority house.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, political, period piece ...
Plot:
female friendship, sorority, lie, secrets, murder mystery, betrayal, guilt, cold case, dark past, suspicion, cover up, trauma ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Tashiro (Keiju Kobayashi) coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto (Tatsuya Mihashi) in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, noir
Plot:
confession, infidelity, moral ambiguity, character study, jealousy, male friendship, sexual tension, mistrust, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, urban ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Serbia, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A married woman discovers her husband is living a double life in Paris, jeopardizing not only her marriage but her life.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, lie, double life, betrayal, infidelity, deception, marital problem, dysfunctional marriage, relationship problems, family secret, adultery, family problems ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sophie Humbert - a famous criminal attorney who heads a prestigious law firm that does a good deal of work for the Police Commission - decides to take over the pro bono defense of Gabriel Etchegaray, a petty criminal who's just confessed to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
defense attorney, courtroom, murder, lawyer, court case, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, murder suspect, affair, society, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
33%
608
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.
Style:
satirical, period piece, tense
Plot:
con artists, scam, fraud, manipulation, deception, moral ambiguity, scheming, ethical dilemma, betrayal, corruption, realism, character study ...
Time:
1950s, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc will do everything in his power to stop it from happening... He is going to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom, trial, courtroom drama, murder, vigilante, lawyer, legal, legal action, injustice, lawyers and clients, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken ...
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, tension, suspenseful, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, mafia, gangster, hitman, organized crime, violent, political corruption, gang war, criminal underworld, family tragedy, betrayal, loss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bangkok thailand, marseille
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, fatherhood, road accident, grief, guilt, death of child, criminal's revenge, loss of child, murderer, murder mystery, problem ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Roza has an affair with her boyfriend's father. Soon after, she is found dead from a fall. Was it suicide, or was she pushed?
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir, period piece
Plot:
murder, love triangle, whodunit, investigation, father son relationship, affair, forbidden romance, suspicion, secrets, jealousy, passion, scandal ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
30%
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