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Inherent Vice (2014)
119K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, surreal, sexy, neo noir, black comedy, erotic, cerebral, confusing, meditative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, private detective, marijuana, conspiracy, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, hippie, drug trade, obsession, paranoia, betrayal, brothel, dating, massage parlor, teeth, police investigation, voice over narration, drug, uncover truth, twists and turns, woman in danger, dishonesty, investigator, satire, aryan brotherhood ...
Time:
70s, year 2014, year 1970, year 1967, 90s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, usa, beverly hills, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out clever, neo noir, interesting and suspense films with plots about murder, dialogue, twists and turns, investigation, storytelling, runaway and greed mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Inherent Vice: The Long Goodbye (1973), Brick (2005), The Big Lebowski (1998), Under the Silver Lake (2018), Night Moves (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Style:
neo noir, detective, dark, cynical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, cat, profanity, whodunit, investigation, beach, mental institution, supermarket, alcoholic, private investigator, loneliness ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, malibu california, california, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, detective, teen, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, twists and turns, murder mystery, loner, murder, investigation, teenager, amateur detective, whodunit, coming of age, adolescence, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, disappearance, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, swimming pool, sect, secret society, secret message, obsession, skinny dipping, male nudity, lake ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
97%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, espionage, infidelity, loneliness, actress, dysfunctional marriage, female criminal, extramarital affair, death of daughter ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
florida, usa, los angeles, key west florida, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Style:
detective, neo noir, funny, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
private detective, dark humor, satire, actor, thief, murder mystery, cheerleader, buddy, accidental killing, violent, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, year 1980, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california, california, denver colorado, usa ...
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
Similarity:
75%
12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, cynical, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, divorce, adultery, swimming pool, ransom ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, witty, light, realistic ...
Plot:
happy ending, hitman, hospital, murder, sexy nurse, medical, memory loss, psychology, professional killer, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest ...
Time:
y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, kansas, usa, new mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
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, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Style:
sexy, captivating, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
massachusetts, new york, boston, wyoming, nevada ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, atmospheric, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, anxiety, paranoia, therapist, nightmare, fear, death of mother, domineering mother, childhood trauma, violence, guilt, shame ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.
Style:
detective, period piece, costume drama, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
murder, whodunit, society, murder mystery, country estate, estate, high society, murder investigation, butler, police investigation, twists and turns, servant ...
Time:
1930s, year 1932, 20th century, pre world war two, year 2001 ...
Place:
england, detroit, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Style:
neo noir, detective, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
private detective, femme fatale, crime boss, missing person, murder, voice over narration, motel, interrogation, alcoholic, baseball, ex convict, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style:
neo noir, period piece, stylized, visually stunning, clever ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, betrayal, investigation, mafia, law, courtroom, private investigator, blackmail, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1946, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Plot:
private detective, businessman, private investigator, investigation, murder, eccentricity, deduction, dating, extortion, blackmail, hidden truth, ugly duckling ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, san francisco, los angeles, portland oregon ...
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, retro, erotic, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, sex, pimp, frame up, gigolo, prostitute, sex scene, love affair, sensuality, infidelity, nudity, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, palm springs california, malibu california, usa ...
Similarity:
26%
867K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, witty, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, kids, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
murder mystery, investigation, whodunit, death, mystery killer, murder, mansion, murder investigation, eccentric family, large family, private detective, suspect ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north america, usa, new england, massachusetts, seattle
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sex scene, police, police corruption, making love, corruption, murder mystery, sex, murder, investigation, hardcore, erotica, sexual content ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, mississippi, usa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Style:
suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, film industry, murder, writers, movie business, satire, police investigation, male nudity, showbiz, blackmail, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, future, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, pasadena california
Similarity:
25%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, disturbing, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, investigation, twists and turns, memory loss, amnesia, suspicion, plastic surgery, haunted by the past, infidelity, female killer, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, oregon, bay area, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style:
sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
murder, missing person, disappearance, childhood trauma, dysfunctional marriage, abusive husband, mentally unstable, overbearing parent, divorce, twists and turns, investigation, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2000, year 1982, future, year 2010 ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, vermont, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
25%
52K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the ...
Style:
non-linear, dark comedy, psychological, black comedy, sexy ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, dark humor, accident, multiple perspectives, chase, vandalism, crime gone awry, car accident, police, obsession, creativity ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style:
period piece, captivating, teen, comedy drama, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, closeted homosexual, first love, actor, jealousy, teenage boy, political campaign, brother brother relationship, age difference, atheism, gay relationship, friendship ...
Time:
year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, pasadena california
Similarity:
25%
44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, stylized, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
private detective, african american, missing person, jazz club, black, racism, gangster, jazz, private investigator, cop, home invasion, urban ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, malibu california, africa ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
femme fatale, female assassin, female killer, police corruption, sexy woman, love story, crooked cop, dark humor, woman on top, female nudity, sexual attraction, sexual content ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, phoenix arizona, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
25%
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