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The River Murders (2011)
 5.2
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The River Murders (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who’s taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he’s to find the killer, save his future and protect what’s left of his past.
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic
Plot: serial killer, cop as target, murder, uncover truth, woman in danger, police investigation, life is a bitch, law enforcement, false accusation, dishonesty, killer, murderer, crime investigation, killing, multiple murder, violent content, nudity, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, sexual abuse, profanity, who done it, danger, strong violent content, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, seattle

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Most similar movies to The River Murders

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, police investigation, serial killer, danger and dishonesty mostly in Crime, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The River Murders: Pendulum (2001), Bloodline (1979), Texas Killing Fields (2011), The Mean Season (1985), Cleaner (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pendulum (2001)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, politician, uncover truth, investigation, life is a bitch, police corruption, dangerous attraction, partners against crime, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 2K
Bloodline (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, police investigation, danger, manipulation, couples, love affair, obsession, law enforcement, rise to the top, serial killer, mysticism ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: missing person, teenage girl, murder, serial killer, partners against crime, dysfunctional family, partner, police partner, life is a bitch, uncover truth, woman in jeopardy, torture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mean Season (1985)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Style: neo noir, retro, spectacular, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, journalism, murder, journalist, newspaper, reporter, killer, corrupt cop, killing, crime investigation, investigative journalism, corrupt ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.1
 45K
Cleaner (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, intense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, murder, police investigation, murder mystery, father daughter relationship, hitman, organized crime, intelligence agency, deep south, spy, epidemic, cash ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
American Crime (2004)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style: serious, scary, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, danger, protagonist as suspect, journalism, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 2.2
 1K
Magic Man (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, independent film
Plot: serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, danger, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, wizard, mythical creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.3
 358
Never Forget (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
Style: psychological, realistic, mind bending, tense, exciting ...
Plot: murder, amnesia, woods, rock, puzzle, memory loss, best friend, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, chases and races, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Reckoning (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: found footage, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, crime scene, partner, injustice, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 3.8
 245
Murder Eleven (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A serial killer is loose on the streets of Atlantic City. His ten victims are prostitutes, his methods are ruthless and yet his motives are unknown. Two embattled homicide detectives, Mayfield and Jesse, are in a race against time to catch this ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, homicide detective, race against time, police investigation, law enforcement, amateur detective, murder, who done it, tough heroes, partners against crime, police officer, prostitute ...
Time: 21st century
Place: atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Gone but Not Forgotten (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot: serial killer, danger, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, psychopath, rivalry, murder, police investigation, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: usa, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubled police officer determined to solve them, with or without the help of her department
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, mental illness, police investigation, obsession, uncover truth, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, woman in danger, true crime, killer ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.8
 599
Bound by Lies (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detecive Max Garrett is assigned to protect the sultry photographer Laura Cross from a ruthless killer, he has no idea what he's in for. The more involved Garrett gets in the case, the more attracted he is to Cross, but as they get closer, ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, photographer, murder, reluctant partners, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, police investigation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, manipulation, erotica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
We'll Meet Again (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Socialite Molly Lasch is released from prison after serving a six-year sentence for the murder of her husband, Dr. Gary Lasch. Now, with the help of Fran, an investigative reporter, Molly sets out to prove her innocence. Together they uncover a ...
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, righting the wronged, false accusation, woman in danger, partner, law enforcement, danger, amateur detective, life is a bitch, dishonesty, riddles and clues ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
When the Bough Breaks (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A police detective investigates the apparent serial killing of several children which is linked to an institutionalized, autistic child.
Style: scary, rough, serious, psychological, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, missing person, murder, investigation, mentally unstable, witnessing a crime, female police officer, police investigation, woman in danger, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) delivers an intense, electrifying performance in this explosive follow-up to the gritty urban crime thriller Street Kings. Liotta plays Detroit detective Marty Kingston, the leader of an undercover narcotics team, whose ...
Style: tense, exciting, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, uncover truth, vigilantism, partners against crime, working undercover, gunfight, corruption, partner, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.3
 18K
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. ...
Style: suspenseful, surprise ending, tense, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, blindness, killer, murder, obsession, police investigation, small town, whodunit, hitman, blind character, surveillance, police officer ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, germany, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Movie in collections
 6.9
 2K
Backyard (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned ...
Style: serious, rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, woman in danger, fighting crime, incompetent police, injustice, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, police corruption, u.s. mexico border ...
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, manhunt, police investigation, psychopath, one last job, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, murder, riddles and clues, supernatural ability, clue ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, murder, mind game, uncover truth, mysterious character, investigation, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place: usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Fatal Acquittal (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, danger, who done it, acquittal, legal action, suspect, guilty, husband, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 1K
Night Game (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins
Style: slasher, detective, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, baseball, murder, nudity, psychopath, police detective, violent content, who done it, woman in danger, danger, law enforcement, police investigation ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Movie in collections
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Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, obsessive quest, police investigation, danger, psychopath, law enforcement, haunted by the past ...
Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ten 'til Noon (2006)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style: realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, crime gone awry, vengeance, couples, disorder, betrayal, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, twists and turns, husband wife relationship, nudity ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious ...
Plot: memory loss, uncover truth, investigation, false accusation, dishonesty, life is a bitch, best friend, accident, car accident, danger, murder, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style: disturbing, slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, violence spree, psychopath, stalking, mind game, danger, killer, true crime, criminal ...
Time: 50s
Place: usa, wisconsin, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.9
 188
The Advocate (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot: murder, lawyer, courtroom, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, protagonist as suspect, injustice, righting the wronged, who done it, courtroom drama, social differences, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.1
 9K
Knight Moves (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A psychologist falls for a world-class chess player suspected of odd murders linked to his game.
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot: chess, serial killer, investigation, murder, police investigation, sex scene, revenge, serial murder, police, protagonist as suspect, psychopath, haunted by the past ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.4
 45
Impunity (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Investigating the gruesome murder of a cabinet minister's daughter, a special investigator and a local police detective find themselves knee-deep in political corruption and conspiracy, in this sizzling noir thriller set in post-apartheid South ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, police investigation, murder, danger, political conspiracy, dishonesty, political corruption, violent content, partner, partners against crime, murderous pair, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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