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The Adversary (2002)
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Original name: L'Adversaire
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of medicine in a plot more closely based on Romand's life and Carrère's book than was Laurent Cantet's 2001 film L'Emploi du Temps. The film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending, realistic, non-linear
Plot:
serial killer, murder, hidden identity, police investigation, hidden truth, mysterious character, dishonesty, cons and scams, true crime, deception, mysterious man, husband wife relationship, doctor, theft, unemployment, flashback, swindle, fraud, lie, health, killing spree, imposture, nudity, violent content, thief ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
switzerland, paris france, geneva switzerland, france, europe
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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 deadly, murder, serial killer, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation and killing spree mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Adversary: SK1 (2014), The Night of the Generals (1967), Tell No One (2006), The Man on the Balcony (1993), The Second Wind (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
police investigation, serial killer, murder, law enforcement, murder of a girl, murder trial, obsession, uncover truth, riddles and clues, danger, true crime, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 2001, year 1995 ...
Place:
paris france, france
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
An unusual World War II crime thriller about a Nazi investigation into the murder of a prostitute. Major Grau finds himself focusing on three suspects: the Generals Tanz, Kahlenberg and Seydlitz-Gabler – all three of whom, it seems, are also ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, serial killer, murder, prostitute, investigation, conspiracy, nazi occupation, nazi, nazi occupied poland, homosexual subtext, male male relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1965, year 1942, year 1944, year 1967 ...
Place:
paris france, france, poland, hamburg germany, warsaw poland ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
murder, corpse, twists and turns, disappearance, investigation, frame up, serial killer, loss of wife, surveillance, grief, paranoia, whodunit ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, child murder investigation, child murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, vigilante, police, criminal heroes, dead children, sex maniac, dead child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
25%
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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:
gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, betrayal, organized crime, criminal, mugging, righting the wronged, escape, heist, armored truck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, marseille
Similarity:
25%
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:
serial killer, murder, making love, woman in danger, redemption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, sex scene, serial murder, swat team ...
Place:
france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned ...
Style:
serious, rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, woman in danger, police corruption, rape victim, fighting crime, incompetent police, injustice, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
The true story of a woman's suspicious disappearance after ending an affair with a powerful, married attorney.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, mind bending, realistic
Plot:
missing person, obsession, attorney, missing woman, murder, mysterious man, dangerous attraction, love affair, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
delaware
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
It is based on the true story of Michael Francke, who was the Head of Corrections for the state of Oregon before being murdered. Just before his murder, Francke visits his brother and informs him of a drug ring involving his prison colleagues. When ...
Style:
spectacular, independent film, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, prison, killing spree, conspiracy, murder, courtroom, police investigation, legal, legal investigation, who done it, obsessive quest, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, two killers, serial killer, true crime, psychopath, cousin, strangler, homicide, killing spree, killer, criminal, violent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The young Kathrin returns to the small village where she was born to bury her mother, whom she barely knew. Piece by piece she learns the details behind the gruesome murder of an entire family on a farm near the village. It has been two years since ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, atmospheric
Plot:
murder, farm, countryside, serial killer, funeral, farmhouse, true crime, german history, killing spree, forest, family secret, small village ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
southern germany, bavaria
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
child, gangster, pregnancy, computers and web, love and romance, parents and children, domestic disturbance, teenage life, dishonesty, serial killer, danger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, nova scotia, pittsburgh
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Style:
rough, psychological, bleak, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, killing spree, investigation, police detective, mind game, gory, family conflict, law enforcement, danger, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 60s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, partners against crime, police investigation, law enforcement, private detective, partner, police procedural, investigation, moral ambiguity, obsession, decapitation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
France, present day. A professional conman passes himself off as the boss of a construction site building a highway extension. He cons the whole region, hires dozens of workers and cynically enjoys the profits of his scam until he meets the lady ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, contemplative, clever
Plot:
fall in love, power of love, deception, mayor, self discovery, disorder, small time, dishonesty, love and romance, con man, working class, bribery ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, flanders
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When prominent businessman Andrew Pyne is found shot in a New York alley, one of the NYPD's best, Rick Mallory, suspects a Galeno Mob hit. When he and his partner, Amos Turzo try to question Pyne's widow, Hadley, they are quickly ushered ...
Style:
independent film, mind bending, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
murder, power relations, righting the wronged, witnessing a crime, serial killer, couple relations, amateur detective, law enforcement, private detective, dishonesty, police investigation, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to fall apart for him when the murdered man's body is found.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, on the run, cons and scams, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, serial killer, deception, hidden identity, killing spree, chases and races, autopsy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Different solution new movie ;-) The Preacher tells the story about the rise and fall off a dutch mafiaboss. The movie is based on the story of Klaas Bruinsma.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, assassination, dishonesty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, hitman, gunfight, true crime, crime family, killing spree, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
holland, amsterdam
Similarity:
19%
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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:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada, france
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, investigation, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, manhunt, legal, law enforcement, child murder investigation, true crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
georgia, atlanta georgia, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
Style:
psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, siblings relations, police investigation, manhunt, dishonesty, danger, police detective, law enforcement, twins, estate, cloning ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders ...
Style:
psychological thriller, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, fugitives, wrongful conviction, serial murder, stalking, frame up, false accusation, death row, murder, best friend, police investigation, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
family in danger, murder, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, human nature, violence spree, serial killer, gang, psychopath, sociopath, assassin, mysticism ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, rough, scary, gothic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, unsolved crime, murder, supernatural, hollywood, investigation, showbiz, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty, filmmaking, couples ...
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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