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The Badge (2015)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the case, Vince discovers that the person responsible could be one of his closest friend. The Badge brings a unique view on how trust and friendship can switch to blood in an instant.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective, crime drama, suspense, dark, noir, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, police investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police corruption, dishonesty, corruption, investigation, betrayal, trust, police station, secrets, police procedural, moral ambiguity, mistrust, conspiracy, morality, loyalty, urban, ethical dilemma, identity crisis, revenge, violent content, police, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to The Badge
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, realistic, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, revenge, law enforcement, betrayal and urban mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Badge: Guilty by Association (2003), One Way Out (2002), Internal Affairs (2009), Bloodlines (2005), Kojak: Ariana (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
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 ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Força-Tarefa is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi
Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, workplace, workplace situations, police, police corruption, corruption, investigation, police procedural, internal affairs, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry, righting the wronged, parents and children, police, female protagonist, family secret ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, emotional, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
urban, police procedural, danger, investigation, kidnapping, bait, rescue, female victim, cat and mouse, betrayal, revenge, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When the newlywed wife of a Minnesota police chief accuses a new officer on his force of raping her several years earlier, it sets the stage for a tense confrontation in this riveting story. Penelope Ann Miller and Reed Diamond star as Kathy and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
violence against women, rape, rape victim, injustice, life is a bitch, society, sexual abuse, law enforcement, strong female presence, husband wife relationship, justice, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, police, police officer, gang, gang war, criminal gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, police detective, fighting crime, drug dealer, bandit ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, police, junkie, female nudity, spy thriller, addiction, informant, law enforcement, narcotics, law, save the day, cancer ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Style:
tense, realistic, crime drama, detective, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, murder investigation, murder mystery, police procedural, investigation, suspect, assassination attempt, woman, whodunit, nypd, murder, small town ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young detective seeks the help of a discharged police officer, giving him the chance to reclaim his old life in exchange for solving a bank raid case.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, bank robbery, police procedural, redemption, justice, second chance, heist, urban, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, tough law enforcer, murder, who done it, serial killer, fighting crime, turk, investigation, moral ambiguity, anti hero, police procedural ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, investigation, trauma, violence, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, police procedural, loss, crime spree, guilt, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police corruption, working undercover, police investigation, dirty cop, boss and employee, undercover, law enforcement, dishonesty, idealism, society, internal affairs, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's investigation leads him to widespread corruption in the department, as well as a corrupt district attorney. Smith finds ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, investigation, murder investigation, revenge, moral ambiguity, male protagonist, violence, conspiracy, betrayal, urban, divorced father ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
448
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The mysterious death of a cop becomes complex as investigation progresses because of fabricated evidences and indirect involvement of a few other cops in the case.
Style:
tense, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
police, police corruption, corruption, police procedural, investigation, police station, murder mystery, law enforcement, problem, teamwork, criminal, police officer ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective John Traveller (Peter Coyote) is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. His partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, protagonist as suspect, riddles and clues, manipulation, law enforcement, danger, who done it, dishonesty, graphic violence, investigation, guilt ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Life's gone pear-shaped for Jack Irish. He's back to takeaway Chinese for one after his girlfriend Linda abandoned him for a career in Sydney, a flashy Brisvegas type is muscling in on the racetrack action, and his cabinet-making still ...
Style:
tense, detective, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, missing person, uncover truth, intrigue, danger, dishonesty, private investigator, dark past, family secret, moral ambiguity, grief ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
law enforcement, gang, police corruption, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, immigrant, corruption, drug, mafia, police, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young police chief Sandra Mohr returns to her hometown of Graz with a bad feeling. Together with her new boss, Sascha Bergmann, she is tasked with solving the death of a journalist who was planning to write an article on abuse of office and nepotism.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, thrilling, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, crime investigation, police investigation, crime solving, problem, uncover truth, sleuth, police procedural, corruption, murder, abuse of power ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, dramatic, tension ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, gang war, mob boss, organized crime, moral ambiguity, brotherhood, crime investigation, police corruption, betrayal, investigation, urban, mistrust ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Criminal police Li Hongqi accompanied his girlfriend back to his hometown for the Chinese New Year, and accidentally discovered that his father-in-law Lao Tao was involved in this crime-related case. Li Hongqi, with a strong sense of justice, ...
Style:
detective, brutal, captivating, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, gangster, investigation, justice, law enforcement, mafia, police investigation, tough guy, police corruption, gunfight, shooting, organized crime ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Kaja Miller, a young and honest police officer, is caught on one of her missions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, corruption, criminal, police, investigation, police detective, violence, teamwork, police officer, fighting crime, policewoman, physical abuse ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Jason Shepherd awakens in hospital in an amnesiac state. Discovering that he is a police detective he tries to solve the mystery of how he came to lose his memory and uncovers some shocking truths.
Style:
crime thriller, detective, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, investigation, identity crisis, police procedural, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, paranoia, self discovery, urban, corruption, police corruption ...
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In Telugu State, influential politician J.C. Dharmendra Reddy is brutally murdered in his residence. Fearless cop Sudha takes on the case, diving into a web of secrets, deception, and lies. Can she uncover the truth, or will the system thwart her ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, detective, tense, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, corruption, deception, justice, police procedural, female protagonist, cover up, conspiracy, secrets, law enforcement, corrupt politician ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twin brothers nicknamed "Water" and "Power" from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince's through the city's political and police ranks to become players in a complex and dangerous web of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
law enforcement, danger, political corruption, twins, survival, police corruption, siblings relations, police, corruption, politics, brothers, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The second adaptation of Alexandra Marinina's novels - "I died yesterday", "The stolen dream", "Men's games", "Everything must be paid for." Criminal investigation officer Anastasia Kamenskaya is ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, policewoman, police investigation, law enforcement, good versus evil, police station, strong female lead, coworker relationship, murder, friendship, police procedural ...
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Between the Lines was a television police drama series created by J. C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 1992 and 1994, running for three series.
The show centred on the eventful life of ...
Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
police, corruption, internal affairs, investigation, police corruption, conspiracy, lesbian, ethics, racism, bureaucracy, morality, sexual harassment ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Police officer Tom Faber was found shot to death in his car behind the stadium. Inspector Hastert (André Jung) from the criminal police leads the investigation and searches for the murderer together with Olivier (Jules Werner), the brother of the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot:
murder, intrigue, police investigation, law enforcement, mind game, rivalry, dishonesty, one last case, retiring, manipulation, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, dishonesty, vengeance, danger, obsession, life philosophy, vigilantism, betrayal, law enforcement, murder, death, police ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, law enforcement, investigation, corruption, police procedural, murder mystery, cover up, urban, political conspiracy, bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, whistleblower ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
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