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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: small town, jesse stone, investigation, small town life, police officer killed, murder, danger, rivalry, serial killer, secret service, law enforcement, ocean, swimming, fisherman, ruse, hanging, pet dog, fishing boat, retirement, tailing a suspect, burned corpse, female singer, undercover, deadly, fire extinguisher ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, law enforcement, investigation, danger, serial killer and small town mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt: Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010), Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005), Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007), Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011), Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: murder, jesse stone, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, die hard, secret service, cop, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, boston, new england
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100%
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two favorite ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: serial killer, small town, murder, psychopath, jesse stone, murder mystery, law enforcement, small town life, chief, cop, investigation, female psychopath ...
Place: nova scotia, new england, massachusetts
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100%
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: jesse stone, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, heist, cop, animal actor, animal, drug ...
Time: year 1992, year 1994, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, nova scotia, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: investigation, jesse stone, false accusation, law enforcement, murder, small town, quitting job, secret service, serial killer, funeral, cop, flashback ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new england, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: memory loss, small town, jesse stone, investigation, kidnapping, murder, law enforcement, police detective, missing person, missing child, chief of police, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nova scotia, boston
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100%
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style: neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, small town, psychopath, profanity, violent content, small town life, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, danger, dishonesty, social relations ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: montana, usa
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Small-time police chief and struggling alcoholic Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake. The case brings the former LAPD cop up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot: child molester, murder, jesse stone, investigation, split personality, psychopath, law enforcement, life is a bitch, uncover truth, domestic violence, haunted by the past, framed for murder ...
Place: new england, massachusetts, boston, usa
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100%
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' Tom Selleck reprises his role as Jesse Stone, an L.A. cop who relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.
Style: captivating, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police investigation, murder, jesse stone, who done it, gangster, law enforcement, police station, small town, serial killer, secret service, cop, domestic disturbance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, massachusetts, new england, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Once a Los Angeles homicide detective, Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder mystery, serial murder, investigation, crime solving, killings, forensics, murder investigation, killing spree, police, murder, police detective ...
Place: nova scotia, boston
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A Killing Affair (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she ...
Style: independent film, suspense, neo noir, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: mountain, collision, widow, murder, drifter, small town, underdog, intrigue, danger, vengeance, rivalry, fall in love ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa
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24%
The Ministers (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: vengeance, danger, rivalry, profanity, law enforcement, unlikely couple, murder, brainwashing, religious fanaticism, strong violent content, violent content, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Silent Witness (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, homecoming, courtroom, friendship, legal, lawyer, danger, rivalry, family relations, law, deadly
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Place: usa, ohio
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Beautiful & Twisted (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The women in a Seattle serial killer's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead - from his girlfriend to his mother-in-law to his second wife. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, mother daughter conflict, mother son relationship, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, law enforcement, danger, murder, domineering mother, rebellious daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hornet's Nest (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful
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Time: 21st century
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Brigham City (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in ...
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19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
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Duration: 180 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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1st to Die (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
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Style: rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark ...
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, realistic
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
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Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Jackals (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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18%
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