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The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
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The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
Original name: L'istruttoria รจ chiusa: dimentichi
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Because of a violation of traffic regulations an architect is put in prison. There he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.
Style: neo noir, crying, poliziottesco
Plot: prison, police officer, corruption, nazi, lgbt, police, gulag, architecture, organized crime, bureaucracy, economist, gay interest, bare chested male, mafia, gay, lawyer, ship, murderer, violence, friendship, death, murder, adulterous husband, bully, wine ...
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Most similar movies to The Case Is Closed, Forget It

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, poliziottesco, realistic and crying films with plots about police officer, murder, violence, bare chested male, death, blood and female nudity mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Case Is Closed, Forget It: The Finger Man (1962), Kidnap Syndicate (1975), Mafia (1968), Blood in the Streets (1973), Felon (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Finger Man (1962)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end ...
Style: neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, betrayal, frame up, cons and scams, vengeance, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, friendship, crime gone awry, tough heroes, spy, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, year 1962, 60s
Place: europe, france, paris france
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95%
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist (James Mason) seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic (Luc Merenda).
Style: poliziottesco, detective, crying, psychotronic
Plot: vigilante, police, police officer, revenge, kidnapping, ransom, father, murder, massacre, betrayal, righteous rage, boy ...
Place: italy, milan italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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Mafia (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Police Officer faces difficulties when investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town. A businessman is murdered for refusing to join a Mafia-controlled group and although he suspects the Mafia are involved he can find no witnesses or ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, police investigation, carabinieri, card playing, police officer, town, sicilian mafia, murder ...
Place: italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, action thriller, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, prison, police officer, female nudity, assassination, revenge, vigilante, woman with a gun, blackmail, conspiracy, danger, heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, alps, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Felon (2008)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
Style: brutal, realistic, tense, emotional, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: prison, fighting the system, prison life, prison riot, life is a bitch, prison escape, prison gang, organized crime, life turned upside down, rivalry, murder, brutality ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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75%
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Street Law (1974)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, action thriller, grindhouse, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, police, police officer, female nudity, car chase, vigilante, organized crime, lawyer, rebellion, corruption, nudity, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Fatal Charm (1990)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six women. But he's so charming that the teenage Valerie just can't believe he really did it, ...
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, cheerleader, murder, forbidden love, high school, fetishist, masochist, erotic dream, violent content, righting the wronged, parents and children, false accusation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.9
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Flic Story (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, gangster, robbery, prison, law enforcement, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, psychopath, police station ...
Time: 1940s, year 1947, 1950s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Corleone (1978)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, friendship, survival, destiny, murder, corruption, politics, gunfight, friend, mafia don ...
Place: italy, palermo italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He ...
Style: slasher, mind bending, grindhouse, creepy, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, female serial killer, closeted homosexual, murder, obsession, female psychopath, psychotic, macabre, murder mystery, gay, musician, killer ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: europe, rome italy, italy, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Wave of Crimes (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Leyre lives a quiet and comfortable life which ends abruptly when an act of rage of her teenage son leads her to protect him by any means necessary.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot: teenager, murder, business, family relations, police, mother, lawyer, cover up, corruption, money, love, grandmother ...
Place: basque country, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: organized crime, kidnapping, hostage, killing an animal, terrorism, terrorist, island, shepherd, machine gun, car chase, train, male nudity ...
Place: italy, sardinia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Confessions of a Police Captain (Italian: Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica, also known as Confessions of a Police Commissioner to the District Attorney) is an Italian crime-drama film about a cop starring ...
Style: poliziottesco, grindhouse, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female nudity, police, mafia, police officer, corruption, italian mafia, corrupt, love letter, woman with a gun, organized crime, bureaucracy, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Kidnapping Stella (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Snatched off the street and held for ransom, a bound and gagged woman uses her limited powers to derail her two masked abductors' carefully laid plans.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, twists and turns, van, ransom demand, kidnapped woman, love, wealthy family, couple relations, danger, ransom, locked door ...
Place: berlin germany, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Caged Men (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Elliott was a loser who robbed the bank only to land in jail. In prison, he encounters homosexuality as every inmate wants to turn Elliott into a mate!
Style: poliziottesco, independent film, crying, lgbt cinema, gay cinema
Plot: prison rape, traumatized man, rape, prison, exploitation, male star appears nude, sex scene, gang rape, friendship between men, gay rape, corporal punishment, anal rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Blue Nude (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Obscure, sleazy and laid back picture about a young man being dragged down into the seedy and ruthless underbelly of 70s New York pornographers.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: rough sex, age-gap relationship, lgbt, gay, male objectification, ejaculation, male stripper, male nudity, seductive man, oral sex, job, friend ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Brutalization Of Franz Baum (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. For, involved by a gang of bad boys, the young man had taken part in a bank robbery. A "heroic ...
Style: crying
Plot: prison, swamp, prison warden, handicapped, social problems, car wash, suicidal tendency, convict, gay, suicidal, rainstorm, excavation ...
Place: central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Street Fighters (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, urban, rape and revenge, underground ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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High Crime (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, car chase, police officer, shootout, organized crime, italian mafia, dirty harry, car crash, drug, gun fu, knife fight, martial arts ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Nightwatch (1994)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, tense, psychological, creepy ...
Plot: psychopath, night watchman, serial killer, doctor, murder, bet, brutality, danger, investigation, oral sex, perversion, murder mystery ...
Time: 90s
Place: scandinavia
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Spring Awakening (2015)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: gay, gang, humiliation, teenage gang, violence, teenager, erotica, awkward situation, gang member, gay interest, sexual abuse, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: greece
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50%
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Billy Boy (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When an angry teenager discovers a close friend has been killed, grief jeopardizes his future and he finds himself engulfed in danger.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, crying ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: sex scene, female nudity, teenage boy, teenage love, teenage protagonist, loss of friend, death, society, danger, parents and children, friends, poverty ...
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49%
Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Unhappy marriage causes divorce. Brosnan (new husband) and wife attempt to build a new life, and move to a new state. However, the ex-husband follows and the story unfolds from there.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, action thriller, crying ...
Plot: divorce, boy, kidnapping, strong female lead, manipulation, secret, rivalry, fight, female protagonist, police investigation, police, father son relationship ...
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49%
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Unknown Hour (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Hynek Michรกnek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer as protagonist, mentally unstable protagonist, husband wife relationship, corruption, doctor, murder, socially awkward, revenge, nurse, friendship between men, death, criminal ...
Place: central europe
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Brigade of Death (1985)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A crime ring is kidnapping women to sell them to the harems of rich Emirs, but the Vice squad put an end to it.
Style: perverse, detective, poliziottesco
Plot: homosexual, serial killer, prostitute, shooting, bare chested male, dead woman, dirty cop, motorcycle gang, multiple deaths, beefcake, drug, accidental death ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Fifth Cord (1971)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Luigi Bazzoni (Le Orme) directed this outstanding giallo thriller starring Franco Nero as a hard-drinking newspaperman who gets involved in a string of brutal murders.
Style: slasher, grindhouse, suspense, erotic, scary ...
Plot: reporter, nymphomania, investigation, new year, murder, drug addiction, lgbt, macabre, organized crime, killer, virus, sexual obsession ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, europe, new york, australia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Assassin (1961)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A socialite is murdered and her playboy lover is brought in for questioning. During his stay in custody we get to see the real sneaky playboy in action via flashback. Is he guilty or just a sleaze.
Style: neo noir, poliziottesco, eurospy
Plot: police, underdog, age-gap relationship, accused of murder, police officer, older woman younger man relationship, murder investigation, antique dealer, arrest, dog, suicide, false accusation ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.2
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6ixtynin9 (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. However, the people that left it there soon want it back.
Style: dark comedy, tense, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, self defense, mistaken identity, disorder, woman in danger, chase, money, serial killer, stolen money, death, murder, caper ...
Time: 90s
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.0
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A Cop (1972)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Commissaire Edouard Coleman is a Paris police chief whose life investigating violent crimes has left him despondent. After beginning an affair with a beautiful but cold woman named Cathy, he befriends her boyfriend, Simon, a local nightclub owner. ...
Style: neo noir, visually appealing, hood, noir, suspense ...
Plot: gang, caper, french police, gangster, train robbery, heist, criminal, corruption, robbery, police inspector, driver, bank robbery ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Taxi 121 (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Story: Taxi 121 is a feature film inspired by true events, where a serial killer took lives of three Prague taxi drivers. Story is focused on one of the victims, the young driver Matej. His one last ride will change life of many people around forever.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, violence, saving a life, getting away with murder, death, killing spree, drunkenness, american tourist, boy, traffic policeman, psychopath, husband wife relationship ...
Place: prague, central europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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