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Der Skorpion (1997)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Josef Bertholt is head of operations of the Munich Police's drug squad. When his wife Lily is the victim of a hit by drug dealers, he becomes even more obsessed with his work.
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, suspenseful, intense, psychological, bleak, emotional, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot:
police, drug, father son relationship, drug traffic, gang, investigation, addiction, undercover, law enforcement, family drama, revenge, obsession, underground, mature, urban, moral dilemma, ecstasy, family crisis, moral ambiguity, confrontation, violent, corruption, vigilante, nightlife, police corruption ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
munich germany, germany
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Most similar movies to Der Skorpion
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, noir, tense and suspenseful films with plots about corruption, urban, moral ambiguity, revenge, investigation, betrayal and organized crime mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Der Skorpion: Lenny Blue (2002), An Obsession (1997), Down 'n Dirty (2000), Solid Gold (2019), Poliziotti (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, police, police officer, gang, gang war, criminal gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, police detective, fighting crime, drug dealer, bandit ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
95%
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:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's investigation leads him to widespread corruption in the department, as well as a corrupt district attorney. Smith finds ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, investigation, murder investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, male protagonist, violence, conspiracy, betrayal, urban, divorced father ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kaja Miller, a young and honest police officer, is caught on one of her missions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, corruption, criminal, police, investigation, police detective, violence, teamwork, police officer, fighting crime, policewoman, physical abuse ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, dark, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, organized crime, crime boss, mafia, corruption, betrayal, mistrust, ethical dilemma, surveillance, rookie, power struggle, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, police, junkie, female nudity, spy thriller, addiction, informant, law enforcement, narcotics, law, save the day, cancer ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, dramatic, tension ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, gang war, mob boss, organized crime, moral ambiguity, brotherhood, crime investigation, police corruption, betrayal, investigation, urban, mistrust ...
Similarity:
58%
730
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police force's vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other ...
Style:
detective, crime drama, dark, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
vice squad, sex trafficking, prostitution, sexploitation, investigation, mature, moral ambiguity, corruption, organized crime, underage sex, police corruption, slow burn ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
Style:
crime drama, neo noir, detective, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder, interpol, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, urban, underworld, police procedural, violent, revenge, exploitation, nightlife ...
Time:
year 1971
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, tough law enforcer, police investigation, dishonesty, police corruption, law enforcement, corruption, police station, trust, investigation, betrayal, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
''Vigilante Style'' is an exploitation feature with a very gritty 1990's feel focusing on underground vigilante crews within the seedy and sinister underworld of Britain. The film conveys a message of standing up against ...
Style:
dark, neo noir, tense, brutal, independent film ...
Plot:
exploitation, corruption, justice, vigilante, vigilante justice, revenge, social commentary, british, urban, violent, underground, anti hero ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, strip club, organized crime, female protagonist, crime boss, problem, gang, bandit, mafia, criminal gang, mafioso, mob hit ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1995, bankrupt smuggler Lu Shaohua turns to meth production for profits, while anti-narcotics cop Lin Qiangfeng transfers to Xigang after an undercover mission. Over years of cat-and-mouse across borders, Lin finally dismantles Lu’s expanding ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
methamphetamine, law enforcement, police procedural, investigation, drug traffic, justice, organized crime, undercover, cat and mouse, suspicion, violence, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
53%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
undercover, covert operation, drug crime, heroin addiction, drug traffic, corruption, manipulation, investigation, deception, double life, moral ambiguity, police procedural ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, dark, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, underworld, missing person, investigation, family secret, identity, secrets, social commentary, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, ethnicity, dual identity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A brutal crime has repercussions seven years later.
Style:
psychological, crime drama, emotional, intense, tense ...
Plot:
character study, moral dilemma, guilt, redemption, realism, law enforcement, regret, investigation, slow burn, urban, mature, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young detective seeks the help of a discharged police officer, giving him the chance to reclaim his old life in exchange for solving a bank raid case.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, bank robbery, police procedural, redemption, justice, second chance, heist, urban, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
Similarity:
50%
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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:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, tense, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
organized crime, violence, underworld, gang, drug traffic, prostitute, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, informant, street life, urban ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
49%
154
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Samao Daikoku’s (Shota Sometani) family register was taken which keeps him from escaping the underground life that he has led. To get away once and for all, Samao Daikoku breaks into Daikichi Ebisu's (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) coin locker to steal ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
yakuza, blackmail, blackmailer, criminal gang, bandit, gang, problem, underground, moral ambiguity, organized crime, violent, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
49%
73
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story:
Officer Tracy Smith deals with family, the reoccurring nightmare of the brutal murder of his parents and his Secret Internal Investigation of a Special Narcotics Unit. Tracy quickly learns that being a Detroit Narcotics Officer nothing is what it ...
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, intense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, law enforcement, police procedural, narcotics, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, internal affairs, urban, undercover, betrayal, violence ...
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young man named Bill Solino who discovers not only that his deceased father was a mobster but also that his uncle, who raised him, may have had a hand in his fathers murder twenty years earlier.
Style:
suspense, psychological, contemplative, tense, dark ...
Plot:
guilt, uncle nephew relationship, danger, gangster, violence, coming of age, godfather, moral dilemma, twists and turns, death in the family, hidden truth, family relations ...
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A grieving Chinese father travels to America to collect his daughter and stays to catch the killer.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, murder, father, murder mystery, murderer, who done it, secret, family relations, murder investigation, grief, family bonds, investigation ...
Place:
america
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: Either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.
Style:
crime drama, tension, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
hooliganism, hooligan, informant, undercover, moral dilemma, criminal underworld, infiltration, violence, moral ambiguity, gang, danger, organized crime ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
law enforcement, gang, police corruption, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, immigrant, corruption, drug, mafia, police, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, dark, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police, violence, mobster, organized crime, pursuit, gang, cop killer, criminal underworld, law enforcement, manhunt, italian police, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
corrupt cop, police corruption, money, corruption, needing money, handgun, police partner, police, money problems, police officer, urban, class conflict ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
Style:
detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, nightclub, drug dealer, who done it, danger, uncover truth, sexual content, private investigator, murder, corruption, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
41%
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