Movies like Felony

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Felony (2013)
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Felony (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense, detective
Plot: moral dilemma, police, police corruption, police investigation, accident, life turned upside down, dirty cop, law enforcement, crime gone awry, dishonesty, coma, guilty conscience, guilt, hit and run, disorder, police officer, ambulance, hospital, boy, single mother, police partner, car accident, telephone call, father son relationship, drunkenness ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: australia
Keyword: australian

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Most similar movies to Felony

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about law enforcement, police investigation, dishonesty, police, murder, police officer and police corruption mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Felony: Winter Ridge (2018), Line of Duty (2012), The Square (2008), Swerve (2011), Mulholland Falls (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Winter Ridge (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tearing himself away from the bedside of his coma-bound wife, a police Sergeant investigates a series of age-related murders, only to discover that time can be far more destructive and cruel than the idealistic killer........
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, serial murder, coma, accident, police investigation, police protagonist, law enforcement, husband wife relationship, car accident, guilty conscience, moral dilemma ...
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95%
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Line of Duty (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Steve Arnott is a young officer who’s fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, crime drama, detective ...
Plot: police corruption, honest law enforcer, corruption, female police detective, dirty cop, police detective, police, british police, policewoman, twists and turns, law enforcement, law enforcer ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Square (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder, revenge, tragedy, extortion, infidelity, nothing goes right, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, disorder, life turned upside down ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Swerve (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, police corruption, disorder, twists and turns, rivalry, cons and scams, small town, car accident, chase, desert, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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
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41%
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Vice (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, undercover, drug dealing, crime gone awry, partners against crime, dishonesty, working undercover, nypd, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Final Sale (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by the moral dilemma of being saved by it, she fights against her ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: transplant, hospital, moral dilemma, police investigation, couples, black market, law enforcement, terminal illness, police, danger, couple relations, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Noise (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, law enforcement, police investigation, policewoman, chaos and mayhem, chaos, suburban life, suburbs, vigilante, paranoia, secret, husband wife relationship ...
Place: australia, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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In the Shadow (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelery robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The ...
Style: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, police investigation, fighting the system, political intrigue, police detective, political unrest, law enforcement, dishonesty, political conspiracy, cold war, secret service, working class ...
Time: 50s, 1920s
Place: europe, prague, central europe, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Blood (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, detective ...
Plot: investigation, police, murder, secret, moral dilemma, lie, guilt, police brutality, island, law enforcement, haunted by the past, family relations ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 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%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
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, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 173K
Michael Clayton (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Plot: lawyer, business, legal, conspiracy, guilt, mental illness, law firm, twists and turns, divorce, courtroom, trial, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Accused at 17 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, serious
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: prank, disorder, friendship, police investigation, law enforcement, vengeance, murder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, friends, youth, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Carambole (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: hit and run, murder, life turned upside down, investigation, uncover truth, law enforcement, private detective, blackmail, doctor, european, serial killer, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Reckoning (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: found footage, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, crime scene, partner, injustice, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Wish You Were Here (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns ...
Style: psychological, serious, tense, captivating, twisted ...
Plot: missing person, tourist, holiday, uncover truth, struggle, age difference, inspiration, backpacking, mobster, pregnant wife, profanity, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Badge (2015)
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 ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, tough law enforcer, police investigation, dishonesty, police corruption, law enforcement, violent content, corruption, police
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 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
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32%
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
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31%
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense thriller, psychological thriller ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, uncover truth, couple relations, law enforcement, dishonesty, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, great ending, murder investigation, twists and turns, investigation ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 8.2
 5K
Drushyam (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Rambabu, a cable operator, lives with his beloved wife Jyothi and two daughters. One day, his family inadvertently gets involved in a grave crime and he must go to great lengths to protect them.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, twisted ...
Plot: family relations, hidden truth, life turned upside down, police investigation, family in crisis, police corruption, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, danger, dishonesty, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Jar City (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police investigation, murder, loss of child, uncover truth, haunted by the past, family problems, psychopath, law enforcement, police corruption, parents and children, addiction, dishonesty ...
Time: 2000s
Place: iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.2
 913
True Blue (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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: suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blackmail, murder, uncover truth, tough law enforcer, mind game, investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, police corruption, gang, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 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 ⇓
30%
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 ⇓
29%
 4.6
 446
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 ⇓
29%
 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 ⇓
29%
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 5K
The Major (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Plot: moral dilemma, life turned upside down, disorder, change of heart, corrupt law enforcer, police station, life is a bitch, police corruption, social decay, police, justice, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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