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Mike's Murder (1984)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.
Style:
neo noir, depressing, rough, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, tennis, addiction, coach, hitman, love and romance, life is a bitch, bank, fall in love, gays and lesbians, love affair, drug dealing, who done it, danger, law enforcement, urban, mind game, city life, haunted by the past, drug abuse, amateur detective, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation, female nudity and nudity mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Mike's Murder: The Limit (2004), The Stranger (1987), Black Widow (1987), Criminal Passion (1994), Separate Lives (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A homicide detective begins a torrid affair with a senator's son who is a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, erotica, nudity, bare breasts, woman seduces a man, psychology, professor, police, ex-cop, split personality, obsession, murder ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
kids
Plot:
female nudity, nudity, insurance, hitman, investigation, sex, husband wife relationship, hooker, murder mystery, prostitute, voyeurism, voyeur ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, erotic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On Ne Meurt Que Deux Fois, a French murder mystery based upon a novel of the same name, is an unusual, involving film with excellent performances by its entire cast. Police Inspector Staniland (Michel Serrault) is investigating the death of a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, murder, seduction, police detective, investigation, who done it, couples, law enforcement, dishonesty, crime investigation, jealousy, forbidden sex ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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983
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
22%
812
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.
Style:
independent film, mind bending, tense, scary, serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, performer's life, manipulation, estrangement, mental illness, addiction, urban, voyeurism, city life, protagonist as suspect, mind game ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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265
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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407
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1996, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mulholland drive
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, light hearted
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, mexico
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, femme fatale, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
804
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, female nudity, woman with a gun, vietnam veteran, cheating wife, inheritance, vietnam war, family problems, couple relations, infidelity, manipulation, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, mind game, mysterious character, uncover truth, investigation, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, independent film, contemplative, mind bending, serious ...
Plot:
private detective, nudity, private investigator, female nudity, investigation, corruption, femme fatale, small town, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa
Similarity:
19%
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