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McCanick (2013)
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McCanick (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense, neo noir, teen, non-linear, detective, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: manhunt, criminal, twists and turns, police corruption, partner, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, murder, drug dealer, police detective, chases and races, urban, violent content, prison, murderer, police officer, motorcycle, birthday, hotel, restaurant, church, elevator, chase, coffee, telephone call ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, violent content, police, police detective and investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like McCanick: Ricochet (2011), Streets of Blood (2009), The Negotiator (1998), Cut Bank (2014), Mulholland Falls (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ricochet (2011)
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, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Streets of Blood (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ghetto, murder, investigation, police detective, undercover, law enforcement, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.3
 154K
The Negotiator (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, police, corruption, police corruption, false accusation, conspiracy, negotiation, frame up, swat, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 14K
Cut Bank (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 25 year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut Bank, Montana the coldest town in America. But his effort to do so sets in moton a deadly series of events that change his life and the life of the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, semi serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: murder, small town, witness, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, small town life, coming of age, blood, hustler ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Mulholland Falls (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, detective, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political corruption, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, conspiracy, revenge, betrayal, gangster, dishonesty, partners against crime, mafia ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Caught in the Crossfire (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, partner, gang, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, friendship, rivalry, danger, mafia, cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.1
 43K
Narc (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style: bleak, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, investigation, drug addiction, police, murder, drug, police brutality, addiction, drug addict, drug overdose, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.6
 3K
Rushlights (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style: neo noir, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: cons and scams, crime gone awry, couples, murder, betrayal, small town, inheritance, drug dealer, sheriff, danger, love and romance, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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McQ (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, murder, police detective, police corruption, fighting crime, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, investigation, twists and turns, urban, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
 92K
Righteous Kill (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, intense ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, revenge, justice, vigilante, police investigation, murder, avenger, twists and turns, police, gangster, corruption ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
37%
Internal Affairs (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, police investigation, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, abusive husband, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.2
 1K
Endure (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lloyd must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, detective
Plot: kidnapping, police detective, race against time, police investigation, woman in danger, partner, danger, law enforcement, confined, reluctant partners, husband wife relationship, swamp ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.6
 7K
Q & A (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style: talky, intense, neo noir, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, fighting the system, life is a bitch, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, legal, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.2
 6K
Bent (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot: female nudity, police corruption, revenge, cop killer, voyeur, betrayal, prison, redemption, danger, society, intelligence, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.1
 86K
Snake Eyes (1998)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxing, assassination, conspiracy, investigation, dishonesty, twists and turns, mentor, brutality, political activism, law enforcement, assassin, conspiracy theory ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new jersey, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.6
 291K
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, detective, thought provoking, surprise ending ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, moral dilemma, police investigation, missing child, moral ambiguity, tragic event, murder mystery, immorality, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
City by the Sea (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police ...
Style: suspense, detective, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: father son relationship, police investigation, murder, guilt, redemption, drug addict, grandfather grandson relationship, homicide detective, police corruption, depression, justice, family bonds ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style: clever, serious, captivating, psychological, twisted ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, court, courtroom drama, legal, twists and turns, trial, murder, legal investigation, hotshot lawyer, mind game, jury ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, peru, beverly hills ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.8
 247K
Disturbia (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, neighbor, murder, voyeurism, house arrest, paranoia, homicidal maniac, investigation, psychopath, death, arrest, teenager ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.2
 17K
Freedomland (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Style: disturbing, intense, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot: racism, hospital, missing child, kidnapping, police corruption, multiple storylines, psychopath, police detective, investigation, missing person, mother child relationship, mental illness ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Played (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: murder, prison, criminal underworld, criminal heroes, criminal, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, released from prison, corrupt cop, police detective, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, los angeles, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 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 ⇓
35%
 5.9
 9K
Lila & Eve (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
Style: suspense, serious, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: murder, female protagonist, violent content, dishonesty, hidden identity, organized crime, conspiracy, police, witness, loss of daughter, manipulation, vigilante ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.1
 83K
Broken City (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, conspiracy, private detective, infidelity, betrayal, politics, mayor, political corruption, twists and turns, corruption, ex law enforcer, blackmail ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style: tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: master criminal, organized crime, investigation, police corruption, anti hero, criminal, moral ambiguity, justice, betrayal, police detective, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Style: suspense, talky, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Plot: courtroom drama, police, police corruption, corruption, police investigation, nypd, district attorney, courtroom, lawyer, murder, legal action, jury ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.6
 24K
Dark Blue (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, harsh, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police investigation, police brutality, cop, police, corruption, investigation, police officer, rookie, robbery, partner, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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