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The Big Fall (1997)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, neo noir
Plot:
danger, investigation, chase, escapades, private investigator, die hard, infidelity, dishonesty, fbi, torture, car chase, villain, gunfight, conspiracy, theft, deception, car accident, ruse, cigar, person on fire, love interest, exploding airplane, sadistic psychopath, gunned down, car crash ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to The Big Fall
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about dishonesty, danger, deadly, murder, rivalry, life is a bitch and law enforcement mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Big Fall: Below Utopia (1997), Frame of Mind (2009), Eye of the Stranger (1993), The Sweeper (1996), Happy Here and Now (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, danger, confined, sex scene, making love, gunfight, sensuality, mansion, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
What happens when the truth is not enough? A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, assassination, political conspiracy, state affairs, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, kennedy assassination, conspiracy, profanity, violent content, moving ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, contests and competitions, dishonesty, terrorism, legal, law enforcement, rivalry, life is a bitch, investigation, wrongfully committed, small town life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, working undercover, action violence, home invasion, police shootout, police officer, police detective, murder, car chase, special agent, partner ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, contemplative ...
Plot:
missing person, riddles and clues, woman in danger, investigation, amateur detective, haunted by the past, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, voyeurism, rivalry, blues, computers and web ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
Similarity:
44%
641
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, urban, stash, woman
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, investigation, injustice, life is a bitch, society, dishonesty, legal, nightclub, sexual abuse, rape, bounty hunter, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man sells drugs to rich kids, but finding love gives him reason to leave the gritty life. However, the gritty life has trouble letting go.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
going straight, juvenile delinquency, materialism, destiny, society, drug abuse, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, drug dealing, fight scenes, urban ghetto, transplant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california, chicago
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
criminal's revenge, fighting crime, vigilantism, hitman, gang, danger, betrayal, car chase, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her, his roommate warns him to be careful because he suspects she may have other motives. Years later, she returns and hires him as her lawyer to ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, lawyer, couples, power relations, haunted by the past, college, rivalry, orphan, protagonist as suspect, witnessing a crime, dangerous attraction, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Amanda and Jason are happy marriage now, after years of frustration have finally managed to take a beautiful girl from a country in Eastern Europe through an international adoption agency. But when the doctor will perform a DNA test to small, finds ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
kidnapped child, adoption, kidnapping, adopted daughter, suspicion, investigation, uncover truth, couples, family relations, family problems, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Innocent, sexy Allyson leaves her boyfriend Peter to go to acting classes in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she rents a room in an apartment building from the grumpy Mr. Merry next to the resident working girl, Bridget. During the day Allyson struggles ...
Style:
sexy, tense, erotic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
bdsm, sexual perversion, innocence, dominatrix, friendship, fetish, lgbt, voyeurism, prostitute, woman in danger, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A disaster movie opening with an enormous multi-vehicle crash on a Californian highway. After the opening stunt-filled action, a flashback of the crash victims' lives prior to and leading up to the accident. The closing replays the entire ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, truck driver, intercourse, cop killer, automobile, car chase, car crash, chaos and mayhem, collision, escapades, survival, chases and races ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
39%
503
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, Arc is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict, who embarks on a quest to find a missing child in the hope of redeeming his eroding character. The ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, stylized, dark ...
Plot:
redemption, addiction, missing child, private detective, law enforcement, dealer, drug abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, society, drug addiction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
39%
418
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Style:
independent film, anthology, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
racism, die hard, black lives matter, discrimination, hip hop culture, hip hop, nypd, civil rights, drug addiction, rebellion, violent content, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south central los angeles, america, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman witnesses the murder of a prosecutor by a criminal he is trying to convict. She informs the FBI, who then places her and her family in Witness Protection. And their lives are turned upside down. The agent tries to get the criminal but it ...
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
family in danger, investigation, witnessing a crime, life turned upside down, hidden identity, betrayal, special agent, witness protection program, witness protection, murder, fbi, murder witness ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Taxi driver Jose begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the hands pf a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to his party-girl fare Angela, the damaged pair must struggle against forces ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, bleak, rough, tense ...
Plot:
murder, partner, danger, gang, vengeance, life is a bitch, chases and races, city life, revenge, doom, reluctant partners, urban ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three first-time filmmakers, Justin, Dana and John set out to make a documentary about the hardships of inner-city life. Justin follows two NYPD officers while Dana and John focus on Thomas (a black youth poised to move up from his hardships). ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, hood ...
Plot:
found footage, law enforcement, friendship, moral dilemma, social decay, teenage life, youth, social differences, society, danger, partner, filmmaking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Style:
neo noir, detective, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, private investigator, investigation, money, revenge, chase, blaxploitation, rescue, kidnapping, suitcase of money, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tragic
Plot:
murder, private detective, infidelity, adultery, couples, family problems, dishonesty, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, true crime, under the surface ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
38%
342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang, after being being brutally attacked by the gang he seeks revenge via his street connections.
Style:
bleak, rough, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, racism, police corruption, gangster, youth, urban ghetto, city life, going straight, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
An American secret agent, on the trail of a vanished scientist, must recover the scientist's revolutionary secret formula before the enemy catches up with his quarry first.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, espionage, jazz, danger, chase, undercover, state affairs, race against time, chases and races, missing person, special agent, bondage ...
Time:
60s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
38%
265
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Sixteen years after the Drakes' young daughter was kidnapped by her nanny, a woman appears claiming to be the long-lost child.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, danger, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, orphan, family relations, criminal heroes, parents and children, dishonesty, child abduction, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Cuba
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After languishing in a Barcelona prison for nearly a decade, a busted bank robber attempts to find the girl who made off with the cash in this suspenseful tale of revenge and betrayal starring Adriana Gil and Eduard Fernández. Ex-con Martin Losada ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, on the run, rivalry, vengeance, chase, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, obsessive quest, investigation, betrayal, political corruption ...
Time:
50s
Place:
cuba, spain, europe, latin america
Similarity:
37%
525
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A high-speed accident on the freeways of Los Angeles reveals a turf war between two competing car theft rings of sexy all-girl crews. Brandy Martinez, a young streetwise cop is assigned by lieutenant Baynes (Steven Bauer) to go undercover and ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, working undercover, gang, partner, chases and races, car chase, danger, love and romance, woman with a gun, car, car race, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, south america, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
187
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mac and his high school gangster buddies try to take over the world of sports betting in a city filled with crime, prostitution and gambling. When the Mafia gets involved, they do whatever it takes to keep these tough young-bloods off their turf.
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, high school, gangster, ambition, sport team, buddies, football, rivalry, friendship, danger, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, haunted by the past, danger, family relations, family problems, teenage life, save the day, on the run, drug dealer, love, rivalry, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead a life without crime. Unfortunately, on the hottest night of the summer, these two ex-criminals ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prostitute, hotel, partner, murder, criminal heroes, going straight, cons and scams, heist, best friend, disposing of a dead body, released from prison, pimp ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
155
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ellen's life is turned upside down after her wealthy hubby vanishes at sea. Everyone close to her is a liar - especially Ellen's missing spouse. Was this a case of an affair gone bad? A corporate cover-up? Or something far more sinister? ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, mind bending
Plot:
couple relations, infidelity, murder, love affair, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch, who done it, dangerous attraction, alcohol abuse, debt, father figure ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
radiation, plutonium, danger, manhunt, uncover truth, race against time, dishonesty, life is a bitch, contamination, nuclear war, radiation poisoning, computer ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
36%
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