Movies like Confession of Pain
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Confession of Pain (2006)
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Original name: 傷城
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A detective helps a friend investigate the mysterious death of his father.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, neo noir, crime drama, twisted, detective
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, haunted by the past, perfect crime, investigation, private detective, partner, police detective, dishonesty, partners against crime, corrupt law enforcer, chinese mafia, triad, asian, alcohol abuse, coma, best friend, one last case, supportive coworker, christmas, death, christmas eve, violence, blood, deadly ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, asia
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Most similar movies to Confession of Pain
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about law enforcement, deadly, murder, investigation, dishonesty, police detective and police investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Confession of Pain: Ricochet (2011), One Way Out (2002), Varg Veum - Yours Until Death (2008), The Detective 2 (2011), Overheard (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
547
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police detective, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, crime thriller, detective ...
Plot:
murder, gambling, addiction, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sex, homicide, winter, deception ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, who done it, robbery, murder, investigation, dishonesty, private detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, new love, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mysteries keep revolving around Tam’s life.
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, private detective, murder, riddles and clues, danger, killer, serial killer, violent content, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, corporate crime, partner, undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, economics, mafia, big business, big brother, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, triad, mob boss, police detective, undercover cop, gang war, twists and turns, mole, working undercover, hidden identity, police investigation, mind game ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, murder, perfect crime, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, dirty cop, crooked cop, male pubic hair, male nudity, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, triad, gangster, police, organized crime, spy, vengeance, murder, police investigation, survival, asian gangster, recruit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding (Liu Kai Chi) is violently killed in a game of Russian roulette. Half a month later, a series of inexplicable ...
Style:
rough, tense, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, partner, conspiracy, law enforcement, who done it, danger, riddles and clues, dishonesty, partners against crime, murder, police shootout ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
Style:
tense, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
yakuza, murder of a nude woman, vietnam war, nypd, triad, policewoman, partner, police corruption, pregnancy, gambling, murder, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry, chinese mafia, triad, mafia, yakuza, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, china, hong kong, taiwan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, police, working undercover, mole, undercover, triad, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, violent ...
Time:
future, y2k, year 2004, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, investigation, hidden identity, law enforcement, working undercover, fighting crime, master criminal, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, vengeance, rivalry ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detective agency. When a filthy caddie named Freddy "Fat Dog" Baker wanders into Fritz's ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
private detective, gangster, investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, tough heroes, life is a bitch, mafia, pervert, father daughter incest, partner, society ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A blind detective, former cop, teams up with a policewoman who admires him to solve the disappearance of a girl friend of hers, years ago. Besides, he helps her to improve her skills as an investigator.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, dark humor, blind character, police investigation, partner, twists and turns, disability, blindness, danger, blind man, gambling, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot:
gang, working undercover, hidden identity, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, partner, police officer killed, secret police, fighting crime, mafia, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, mafia, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, murder, law enforcement, gangster, mob boss, violent content, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, antwerp, europe, albania
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
undercover, drug dealing, mole, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, tragic hero, moral dilemma, organized crime, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sexual abuse, uncover truth, murder, lie, love, memory loss, danger, blackmail, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, woman in danger, life is a bitch, gangster, murder, who done it, danger, private detective, investigation, law enforcement, nordic, missing child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yuki (Theresa Mak) is a celebrity photographer who stumbles upon some unsettling information in this erotic suspense mystery. Two people wind up dead, and Yuki is convinced that a hypnotist is to blame. Now, it's up to Yuki to make the police ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, investigation, vigilantism, samurai, assassination, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, violence spree, who done it, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
During a patrol, Julie and Simon, two police constables, injure a wealthy man who pointlessly killed their partner. This wealthy man in question turns out to be the son of a politician. This is why the two police constables are accused of brutality ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, working undercover, police, politician, chase, drug, duty, criminal, drug traffic, police procedural ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
21%
389
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, private detective, police procedural, manhunt, haunted by the past, chases and races, law enforcement, investigation, investigator, cold case, evidence, suspect ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener Şen) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık) to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, generation gap, who done it, partner, law enforcement, turk, hitman, oldtimer, temperamental, rookie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, detective
Plot:
private investigator, private detective, murder, hollywood, manipulation, reluctant partners, law enforcement, chases and races, on the run, chase, fighting crime, uncover truth ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
police detective, police station, murder, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, partners against crime, law enforcement, workplace, die hard, crime solving, law and order ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
baltimore, usa
Similarity:
20%
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