Movies like The Choirboys

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The Choirboys (1977)
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The Choirboys (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
Style: neo noir, detective, independent film, bleak, humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, organized crime, fetish, police station, cop, dark humor, friends, racism, alcohol abuse, profanity, society, law enforcement, urban, fighting crime, police corruption, moral dilemma, partner, police investigation, prank, social decay, buddies, dishonesty, retiring, female nudity, group ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to The Choirboys

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, suspenseful and semi serious films with plots about law enforcement, police, partner, dishonesty, gangster, police investigation and cop mostly in Crime, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Choirboys: True Confessions (1981), Busting (1974), The New Centurions (1972), Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009), The Super Cops (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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True Confessions (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute
Style: neo noir, detective, intelligent, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, catholic priest, cop, priest, politics, serial killer, redemption, clergy, political corruption, police corruption, desert, catholic ...
Time: 1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1950s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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95%
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Busting (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: LA cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don't heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss.
Style: neo noir, detective, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vice squad, buddy cop, criminal, urban, car chase, explosions, cop, chase, shootout, call girl, crime boss, partner ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
The New Centurions (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, urban, police officer, suicide, car chase, peplum, alcoholic, cop, interracial, rookie, lapd, police station ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Mr. Jack and Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about life, death, divine will and the force of power that predetermines their existence. Mr. Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate and natural ...
Style: talky, semi serious, humorous, dark, offbeat ...
Plot: murder, police detective, dark humor, police investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, mentally unstable, serial killer, guilt, profanity, violent content, violence spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Super Cops (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Style: detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, police, cop, nypd, blaxploitation, car chase, police officer, sexual content, partner, violent content, urban, academy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Blue Hill Avenue (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style: hood, bleak, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, urban, friends, drug dealing, black, fighting crime, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, betrayal, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Onion Field (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder, police investigation, true crime, legal, moral ambiguity, manipulation, brutality, courtroom, trial, law enforcer killer, haunted by the past ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place: los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, police investigation, odd couple, investigation, buddies, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, dishonesty, master criminal, law enforcement, partner, racial slur ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Black Marble (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does ...
Style: independent film, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: midlife crisis, alcohol abuse, heist, kidnapping, couples, animal life, odd couple, law enforcement, buddies, dishonesty, pets, opposites attract ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, hawaii ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Downtown (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now ...
Style: detective, action comedy, retro, fast, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, ghetto, police, male nudity, street gang, law enforcement, urban, cop, gangster, police shootout, police partner, arrest ...
Time: 80s
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: It's tough beat for San Francisco police lieutenant Jake Martin (Walter Matthau) when he has to investigate a city bus massacre in which a madman opened machine gunfire on eight people.
Style: detective, crime drama, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, serial killer, police procedural, cop, mass murder, swat team, car chase, urban, organized crime, police, paranoid, big city ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Fuzz (1972)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
Style: exciting, rough, realistic, semi serious, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blackmail, police investigation, survival, partners against crime, undercover, law enforcement, buddies, dishonesty, partner, police protagonist, buddy cop, cop ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Cisco Pike (1971)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroin addict, corruption, marijuana, pimp, police investigation, police corruption, drug dealing, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, false accusation, addiction ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Made (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two aspiring boxers lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Style: funny, humorous, dark comedy, realistic, clever ...
Plot: friendship, organized crime, crime gone awry, dark humor, boxing, nothing goes right, partner, buddies, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, mafia ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: los angeles, new york, usa, california, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Rampart (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Style: bleak, intense, rough, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot: police corruption, brutality, police, police brutality, dysfunctional family, bigotry, cop, scandal, dishonesty, dirty cop, law enforcement, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.5
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Brass (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, partner, police detective, society, fighting crime, police investigation, partners against crime, amateur detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, murder, police station ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Jerry and Tom (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his ...
Style: talky, witty, humorous, clever, non-linear ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, killer, dark humor, murder, gangster, contract killer, professional, couple relations, dishonesty, hidden identity, odd couple ...
Time: 80s, year 1998
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.1
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Harlem Nights (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: "Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style: hood, funny, black comedy, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: nightclub, gangster, urban, black, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, mobster, corruption, gang, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: mobster, scam, sting operation, politician, mafia, get rich quick scheme, gangster, partner, violent content, best friend, disorder, friends ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
American Crude (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Quite a bit can happen over the course of a single day in L.A., and when smooth-talking scam artist Johnny decides to throw a bachelor party for his best friend Bill the events of the day take a bizarre turn. As the festivities get underway, the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, dark comedy, realistic
Plot: prostitute, lifestyle, crime gone awry, nothing goes right, buddies, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, female nudity, disorder, revenge, lesbian sex, dark humor ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, cynical, dark comedy ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, odd couple, showbiz, hollywood, friends, disorder, buddies, profanity, society, death, friend
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Glass Shield (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style: tense, harsh, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangster, hip hop, crime gone awry, brutality, fbi, justice, false accusation ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Style: neo noir, detective, grim, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: big city, explosions, undercover, police investigation, workplace, fighting crime, society, dishonesty, law enforcement, working undercover, police corruption, workplace situations ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, silly humor, gangster, disorder, social relations, small town, dark humor, satire, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Wrong Cops (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Russia, USA, Belgium, Portugal
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: dark humor, police corruption, drug, law enforcement, dishonesty, police station, police, fighting crime, goofy hero, partners against crime, corrupt law enforcer, partner ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
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Delvecchio (1976)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dominick Delvecchio is an integrity-minded, honest police detective who works out of the Washington Heights division of the Los Angeles Police Department. When not screeching tires, rousting bad guys and trading quips with his burly partner Paul ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Plot: police station, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, squad, defense attorney, idealist, police protagonist, crime investigation, police inspector, sergeant, police captain ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
My New Partner (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the ...
Style: exciting, witty, suspenseful, neo noir, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, buddy cop, prostitute, corrupt cop, police corruption, corruption, disorder, misfit partners, odd couple, buddies, law enforcement, bad guy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
Style: black comedy, action comedy, neo noir, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, buddy cop, buddy, law enforcement, police, hitman, mobster, kickass, dirty harry, cop, car crash, police chase ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Fifty Pills (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A combination of unfortunate circumstances force Darren into the situation where he has to sell off the eponymous stash of drugs in a limited time frame.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, disturbing
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college life, college, dark humor, nothing goes right, drug dealing, teenage life, high school life, partner, disorder, coming of age, lifestyle, youth ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Prince of the City (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style: tense, neo noir, detective, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: manly
Plot: corruption, police, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, police corruption, addiction, whistleblower, fighting the system, police investigation, betrayal, redemption ...
Time: 70s, year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, america, usa, virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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