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36th Precinct (2004)
19K
Original name: 36 quai des Orfèvres
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the french police before creating this story, which in part is taken from real facts that happened during the 1980s in France.
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, neo noir, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, violence, twists and turns, gang, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, dirty cop, justice, nudity, police, police investigation, ambition, law enforcement, workplace intrigue, male nudity, gang violence, police officer killed, tough law enforcer, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, blind ambition, spouse in danger, cop ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
france, paris france, europe, rio de janeiro
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, gangster, police, police corruption, organized crime, gang and murder mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like 36th Precinct: Training Day (2001), Bad Country (2014), Infernal Affairs II (2003), Essex Boys (2000), An Innocent Man (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, hitman, investigation, police, police investigation, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, snitch, danger, swamp, informant ...
Time:
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Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, triad, gangster, police, organized crime, spy, vengeance, murder, police investigation, survival, asian gangster, recruit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, female pubic hair, police, ambition, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, rise and fall, rivalry, vengeance, british gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
prison, police corruption, vengeance, gang, survival, frame up, lone hero, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
california, new jersey, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
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Place:
france, europe, marseille
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, dishonesty, partner, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, buddies, cop, profanity, violent content, friends, police corruption, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
100%
20K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who ...
Style:
cult classic, brutal, stylized, dark comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violent, gangster, robbery, bank robber, nightclub, organized crime, heist, bank robbery, gunfight, bank, police corruption, chase ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, criminal's revenge, vengeance, police investigation, murder, hospital, revenge plot, shooting, violence, organized crime, gangster ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, provence, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
Style:
suspense, tragic ending, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
french police, police, mafia, police detective, corruption, violence, police corruption, italian mafia, police shootout, police brutality, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
126K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, south america, europe
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Country: France
Duration: 84 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:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs, making sure once again that the owners don’t bend the rules too far. Weiss knows he’s ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, a young narc officer.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, partner, snitch, partners against crime, law enforcement, informant, drug bust, police, chase, investigation, bankruptcy, violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
34%
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend ...
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, police detective, false accusation, criminal gang, police corruption, investigation, danger, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, rivalry, corrupt law enforcer ...
Place:
amsterdam, holland, europe
Similarity:
34%
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Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iceland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, police corruption, snitch, undercover, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, police officer, gangster, revenge, fighting crime, drug abuse, injustice, lone wolves, hotshot hero, chases and races, cop, gay club ...
Time:
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Place:
france, paris france, europe, provence, marseille
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
bloody, neo noir, bleak, witty, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, violence, police corruption, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, vigilante, crime boss, corrupt cop, criminal, vigilantism, hitman ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, suspense, perverse ...
Plot:
heist, armored car robbery, hidden identity, danger, vengeance, workplace, workplace intrigue, vengeful fired employee, rivalry, dishonesty, truck, robbery ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Vincent is a crooked cop whose drug heist goes wrong when he is stabbed and the criminals he is robbing discover his identity. Vincent escapes with a huge bag of cocaine, but discovers his loot belongs to a powerful mob boss who kidnaps ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, nightclub, kidnapping, law enforcement, crime gone awry, family in danger, cop as target, crooked cop, drug dealing, rivalry, chase, corrupt law enforcer ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe, seattle
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, murder, profanity, police detective, police corruption, gunfight, investigation, vigilantism, partners against crime, uncover truth, working undercover, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, neo noir, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, corrupt cop, police detective, corruption, rookie, undercover, organized crime, nypd, dirty cop, guilt, robbery ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A major police operation to take down a notorious gang of bank robbers goes horribly wrong when a rooftop sniper opens fire, killing several police officers and causing an explosive distraction in which the robbers make their getaway. Commissioner ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, rivalry, chase, sniper, escapades, nypd, violent, violent content, chases and races, law enforcement, violence spree ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france
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31%
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Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for ...
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serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, tense ...
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Time:
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31%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The young police man Vincent is the best in his class, and denies to be recruited to the special forces. But when the corrupt Milo manages to get a grip on him, his life is turned into a living nightmare.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat, murder, law enforcement, survival, police corruption, danger, violence spree, mafia, organized crime, cop, dead father, armory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
31%
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