Movies like Deadly Stranger

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Deadly Stranger (1988)
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Deadly Stranger (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote, Texas/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: undercover, labor, misfit, life is a bitch, society, working undercover, law enforcement, labor union, dishonesty, workplace situations, nudity, immigrant, police officer, border, extortion, farm, nude, crime, nudity (full frontal - brief), adventure, crimes, immigrants
Time: 80s
Place: mexico, texas

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Most similar movies to Deadly Stranger

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about dishonesty, deadly, law enforcement, murder, danger, undercover and life is a bitch mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Deadly Stranger: Slipping Into Darkness (1988), Deadly Breed (1989), Chameleon (1995), Freeway (1988), Last Seen at Angkor (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Slipping Into Darkness (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: nudity, train, murder, violent content, college, mistaken identity, family life, mental illness, school, false accusation, family relations, disorder ...
Time: 80s
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95%
 4.6
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Deadly Breed (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The flames of racism burn hot as a murderous band of skinheads wreak havoc on the Los Angeles landscape and only one man can put an end to their explosive evil. Stars Blake Bahner, William Smith, Addison Randall.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parole officer, erotica, rape, female nudity, rape victim, racial prejudice, dishonesty, opposites attract, law enforcement, life is a bitch, confined, gang ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.9
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Chameleon (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, secret agent, special agent, violent content, drug dealing, criminal heroes, good versus evil, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners against crime, government agency, dealing with death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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90%
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Freeway (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A deeply-disturbed priest goes on a murderous night-time rampage across America's highways.
Style: neo noir, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, radio, lapd, automobile, exploitation, woman with a gun, violent content, nudity, law enforcement, amateur detective, chase ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Last Seen at Angkor (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Singapore
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Jeremy Oden returns to Cambodia four years after his fiance disappeared from the streets.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: investigation, missing person, kidnapping, life is a bitch, amateur detective, prostitute, private detective, drug abuse, addiction, immigrant, prostitution, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cambodia, thailand, laos, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Bad Cop (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A cop Angel Almaraz saves the life of a local crime boss who, in return, offers him a job as part of his security. Almaraz accepts but soon has doubts.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police corruption, law enforcement, gangster, legends and myths, criminal heroes, dishonesty, police detective, cop, shootout, mobster, drug, corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Thunder Point (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: ira, espionage, spy, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, undercover, save the day, state affairs, dishonesty, world war two, female nudity, bathtub
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Avenger (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, political thriller ...
Plot: manhunt, vigilante, undercover, justice, working undercover, race against time, rivalry, government agency, save the day, state affairs, dishonesty, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., latin america, africa, south africa, bosnia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Blowback (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman's capture. Whitman was tried and sentenced to death. However, he was rescued by a secret government group ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, psychopath, religions or cults, danger, undercover, violence spree, law enforcement, race against time, partners against crime, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Supercapitalist (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot: ambition, fish out of water, society, workplace intrigue, workplace, workplace situations, boss and employee, dishonesty, misfit, stock broker, rivalry, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Harvest Project (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A psychological thriller set in the world of the black market human organ trade.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: black market, moral dilemma, against the rules, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, terminal illness, transplant, organ donation, organ, organ transplant, working undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Dirty Work (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bad City is the tangled story of three men's lives: Manning, a dirty, disillusioned cop; Julian, king of drugs, thugs and prostitution; and Frank, a ruthless politician who destroys everything in the way of his ambition.
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, prostitute, police detective, gangster, police corruption, gambling, tough heroes, reluctant partners, criminal heroes, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young architect finds himself being stalked by a gang of criminals who believe he knows something that could expose their activities.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, private investigator, stalking, journalism, police corruption, undercover, dishonesty, media, law enforcement, danger, violent content, corruption ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Formosa Betrayed (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Plot: political unrest, police detective, investigation, uncover truth, society, rebellion, politics, fighting the system, law enforcement, who to trust, state affairs, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: taiwan, chicago, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.1
 323
Time Lapse (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, save the day, undercover, memory loss, dishonesty, government agency, terrorism, political corruption, danger, rivalry, political conspiracy, antidote ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Who's Got the Black Box? (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: spy, cold war, murder, conspiracy, secret agent, whistleblower, disorder, snitch, righting the wronged, working undercover, frame up, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Blindside (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected ...
Style: retro, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: espionage, murder, scientist, hotel, xmas, surveillance, canuxploitation, dishonesty, undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, intrigue ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Twin Sisters (1992)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, mind bending, tense ...
Plot: twins, serial killer, murder, estrangement, disorder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, undercover, hidden identity, danger, prostitute ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, los angeles, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Heavy (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, betrayal, sibling rivalry, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, violence, gang, mafia, violent content, rivalry, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
American Roulette (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, violent content, nudity, on the run, politics, assassination attempt, danger, heroes, dishonesty, rebellion, espionage, head of state ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Pass (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, redneck, terror, revenge, taxi, vigilante, driver, hitchhiking, gambling, murder, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Idealist (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: journalist, uncover truth, idealism, state affairs, life is a bitch, dishonesty, cold war, whistleblower, contamination, war, journalism, disaster ...
Time: 60s, 80s, 20th century
Place: denmark, greenland
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Officer Down (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, uncover truth, fighting the system, police detective, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, police corruption, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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A Show of Force (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this thriller, television reporter Kate Ryan de Meléndez investigates the death of two radical Puerto Rican activists, whom she begins to believe may have been framed and murdered by undercover American agents.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, police corruption, media, legal, journalism, amateur detective, law enforcement, uncover truth, price of justice, working undercover ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, aging, abusive father, deadly
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Last Innocent Man (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.
Style: cynical, tense, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot: murder, law, courtroom drama, infidelity, love triangle, law enforcement, rivalry, legal, dishonesty, legal action, unsupportive spouse, moral dilemma ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Two Shades of Blue (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, realistic ...
Plot: murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, woman in danger, life turned upside down, protagonist as suspect, deaf, voyeurism, disabled, phone sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Borderline Murder (2011)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young law student, Abby Porter, suspects that her sister, a stripper, may have been murdered. She discovers an illegal network of cross border plastic surgery centers providing crude, but inexpensive cosmetic surgery to young women in the United ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: uncover truth, amateur detective, doctors and patients, dishonesty, society, journalist, missing person, plastic surgery, danger, kidnapping, theft, against the rules ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Megaville (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and the sprawling and futuristic "Megaville." Megaville has an elected president, ...
Style: cyber, independent film, futuristic, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, hitman, society, assassination, distopia, police officer, evil computer, dystopian future, smuggling, dishonesty, danger, undercover ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.9
 4K
Wolf (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based on a true story. In the 70s, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, double agent, infiltration, life turned upside down, fish out of water, on the run, espionage, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, chase ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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