Movies like Crime of Crimes

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Crime of Crimes (1989)
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Crime of Crimes (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A Latino family new to Los Angeles find itself in trouble when the husband is arrested for a murder he didn't commit. His pregnant wife winds up in the hospital, and his little daughter is kidnapped by a child molester.
Style: independent film
Plot: pedophile, police, pregnancy, kidnapping, pedophilia, murder, wife, pregnant woman, daughter, ice cream, false accusation, husband, child molester, pregnant
Place: los angeles
Keyword: latin

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Most similar movies to Crime of Crimes

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, independent film, serious and neo noir films with plots about murder, police, kidnapping, violence, police officer, gangster and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Crime of Crimes: The Executioner Part II (1984), Pendulum (1969), The Human Hyena (1995), The Last Hour (1991), Perseguida (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Executioner Part II (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film
Plot: vigilante, murder, rape, revenge, vietnam war, ptsd, prostitution, city, execution, assault, police, violence ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Pendulum (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality ...
Plot: police officer, mental disorder, death, murder, falsely accused, police captain, on the run, cop, police, wife, murderer, false accusation ...
Time: year 1969
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Human Hyena (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department.
Plot: police, murder, corruption, kidnapping, corrupt, narcotics, young
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Last Hour (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A former cop's ex-wife marries a stockbroker, who it turns out has cheated the Mafia out of a large sum of money. They kidnap the wife to force the husband to pay the money back. The ex-cop has to rescue her.
Style: independent film
Plot: skyscraper, female bodybuilder, police shootout, kidnapping, die hard, ex-cop, police officer, police detective, criminal gang, hostage, elevator, gangster ...
Time: year 1991
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Perseguida (1991)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A journalist Lorena and her friend photographer Raul decide to try to take an interview from influential politician Hermenegildo Parra. After several unsuccessful attempts they decide to break into his house and make some photos there but when they ...
Plot: kidnapping, politics, newspaper, murder, picture, daughter, female nudity, jail cell, female reporter, jail, chase, pursuit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Night of the Juggler (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Style: neo noir, detective, grim, hood
Plot: kidnapped, hostage, psychopath, ransom, urban, gang, ghetto, big city, gangster, abduction, child kidnapping, corrupt cop ...
Time: year 1980
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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52%
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Killpoint (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: rape, murder, cop, hand to hand combat, bodybuilder, nightclub, smuggling, martial arts, fistfight, weapons, police, gangster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Christian Brothers (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story: When the daughter of a minister gets kidnapped, Christy is called upon to rescue her. Although he manages to save her, he himself gets embroiled in the kidnapper's murder.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative, captivating
Plot: murder, false accusation, police, chase, snitch, father son relationship, accusation, falsely accused, relationships, police investigation, danger, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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We the People (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Alan and his pregnant wife, Amy, plan to spend a quiet weekend at their isolated vacation home in the woods. They are joined by two other couples, Bill and Sheri and then Charles and Liz. Suddenly they're confronted by two gun-toting killers, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: extramarital affair, lawyer, hostage, revenge, rape, home invasion, middle class, pregnant woman, lynching, mistress, racial slur, family in danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.9
 141
L.A. Vice (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: independent film, erotic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, ransom, female corpse, metropolis, partner, missing person, anti hero, chases and races, danger, police investigation, confined ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style: independent film
Plot: police officer, sheriff, kidnapping, corruption, daughter, town, wife, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Beast of Burden (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: hitman, drug cartel, race against time, police, rescue, danger, hostage, chase, murder, conspiracy, rivalry, secrets ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.1
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Newman's Law (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the ...
Style: detective
Plot: murder, police, lapd, shootout, mafia, robbery, corruption, politician, false accusation, police shootout, drug, gunfight ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Out of Bounds (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: frame up, airport, murder, chase, punk rock, police, bus, heroin, fish out of water, manic pixie dream girl, criminal, teenager ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, iowa, new orleans, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Donato and Daughter (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, the two find themselves forced to deal with a number of painful secrets from their past.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, family life, parents and children, law enforcement, amateur detective, fighting crime, estrangement, who done it, partner, nypd, tango ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A California congressman's wife and daughter are abducted and held hostage in a historic hotel and Logan McQueen (Reynolds) is rushed to the scene to assist his former partner, Charlie Duffy (Durning), who has been taken captive trying to ...
Plot: die hard, hostage situation, psycho killer, vietnam veteran, hostage, murder, ransom, hotel, kidnapping, congressman, daughter, ex cop ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Dead Bang (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack ...
Style: cult classic, neo noir, detective, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fbi, murder, investigation, chase, police corruption, xmas, police officer, violence, cop, killer, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, california, colorado, usa, oklahoma city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.2
 20K
Ricochet (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: psychopath, on the run, law enforcement, false accusation, murder, frame up, friendship, rivalry, haunted by the past, career, dishonesty, african american ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Pursuit (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Detective Breslin crosses paths with Calloway, a ruthless hacker desperate to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by a drug cartel. When Calloway escapes police custody, Breslin joins forces with a no-nonsense female cop to reclaim his prisoner. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
Plot: drug cartel, kidnapped wife, drug dealer, rescue, manhunt, police investigation, fight, police, wife, gay, kidnapping, hacker ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.3
 482
Nails (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective
Plot: ex wife, drug, automobile, shootout, heroes, con artists, showdown, male female relationship, urban setting, pistol, chase, car chase ...
Time: year 1992
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 3.7
 1K
Distortion (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late. His story dismissed by the police, he's left with no choice but to rely on his own ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: kidnapping, law enforcement, obsessive quest, missing person, murder, drug, life is a bitch, drug abuse, addiction, diner, flashback, fbi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Dragnet (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Off. Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking ...
Style: neo noir, detective
Plot: car chase, murder investigation, homicide, crime investigation, propaganda, dating service, voyeurism, rape, murder, trailer park, photographer, rejection ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Jingoist (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, talky, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, swat team, police, kidnapping, catastrophe, violence, death, society, chase, chaos, murder, tragic event ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Death Wish II (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style: detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Time of Fear (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Time of Fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an FBI agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer. FBI Agent Cheryl Hammer, arrives in a small California town to catch an elusive killer. Seeing no help forthcoming ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: homicidal maniac, murder, fbi agent, crime solving, murder investigation, murder mystery, killings, catholic priest, killing spree, investigation, unsolved crime, police detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Sniper (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Story: Lucas is a widower who works as a clockmaker. He has a daughter who lives in a village in northern Spain. One day his daughter go to school as each morning and he opens his shop. Aafter, a neighbor comes running to tell him that his daughter just ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: daughter, murder, police, death of daughter, male nudity, female nudity, sex, dictator, assassination attempt, female full frontal nudity, breasts
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
L.A. Takedown (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Michael Mann's (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, bank robbery, criminal, cybersecurity, shootout, police, robbery, police shootout, violent content, police detective, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.0
 1K
The Split (1968)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Style: neo noir, retro, suspense, detective
Plot: blaxploitation, bank robber, heist, caper, assault, soccer match, airplane, football, gang of thieves, loot, arrest, murder investigation ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 3.3
 1K
Unbound (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Julius Fonteneau has decided to take the law into his own hands after his daughter has gone missing. His only friend supports him while his wife resents him and the police are growing suspicious of his intentions. He must determine right from wrong ...
Style: realistic, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, violence, kidnapping, husband wife relationship, revenge, psycho killer, deception, blood, vigilantism, justice, vigilante, dishonesty
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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