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The Informant (2008)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
McInnes plays a suburban dad who works as a police informant for a federal investigative agency. The character’s background is shrouded in mystery, with intelligence officers seeking to uncover the truth about his past by working with him.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, realistic, twisted, noir, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, fighting crime, informant, reconnaissance, police officer, police, criminal, teamwork, organized crime, forensics, police investigation, police detective, undercover, deception, double life, law enforcement, surveillance, moral ambiguity, betrayal, interrogation, paranoia, identity, suspicion, ambiguity, mistrust ...
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Most similar movies to The Informant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and dark films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, police procedural, urban, betrayal and police mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Informant: The Trough (2018), Bala Ko... Bahala Sa 'yo (2001), Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy (2015), UNFAIR: the movie (2007), Bluff (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Yu Chau is a cop who has gone so deep undercover within the triad. He can no longer tell which side of the law he's on. When he accidentally kills one of his pals in an operation, he runs off into the boonies to lick his wounds. Upon his ...
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suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
police, police investigation, investigation, sleuth, undercover police officer, criminal gang, fighting crime, child abduction, undercover agent, gang, crime solving, bandit ...
Place:
china
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100%
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Story:
Jeric Raval is Dias Del Fuego. An anti-organized crime cop who does the beat with a dark side of the law demeanor. The kind that loves to fight fire with fire and that which keeps the violent underworld under check. After being meted an indefinite ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, action packed, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, crime boss, police officer, syndicate, tough cop, extortion, violence, vigilante, fighting crime, gang, bandit, criminal gang ...
Time:
2000s
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
police procedural, organized crime, criminal gang, informant, investigation, terrorism, surveillance, law enforcement, nordic, bandit, arms dealer, breaking the law ...
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32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Police officer in the Southern Precinct, WU Ying-xiong, has been revered as a hero in the Harbor City ever since he stopped the terrorists on a Boeing 777 airplane and kept the city safe. Unfortunately, the peace is only temporary… Panic spreads ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
police, teamwork, police officer, fighting crime, partners against crime, police investigation, police partner, police detective, criminal, explosions, buddy cop, conspiracy ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.
Style:
suspense thriller, suspense, crime thriller, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, female protagonist, cop, police, police officer, police procedural, corruption, female detective, mysterious death, criminal, fighting crime, investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
30%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
undercover, covert operation, drug crime, heroin addiction, drug traffic, corruption, manipulation, investigation, deception, double life, moral ambiguity, police procedural ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A boisterous homicide detective is partnered with a neurotic narc to fight organized crime in the Dutch city of Tilburg.
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, teamwork, law enforcement, buddy cop, organized crime, police procedural, crime investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police detective, sleuth ...
Place:
netherlands
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, dark
Plot:
drug traffic, corruption, informant, snitch, underworld, deception, investigation, organized crime, moral ambiguity, double life, conspiracy, police procedural ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Inspector Mugilan investigates the disappearance of a prominent Coimbatore businessman, Aadhavan, and his wife Malavika after their servant is found murdered in their home.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, disappearance, murder, police procedural, businessman, family secret, suspicion, mature, servant, betrayal, cat and mouse, power ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, redemption, organized crime, undercover, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, covert operation, corruption, violence, city, investigation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a late-night triad dispute leads to the death of an innocent civilian, PTU officers take action by investigating triad activities in the area.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, fighting crime, organized crime, police procedural, triad, mafia, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, mob hit, police investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the streets of New York City, a drug war is brewing between bikers and the local drug dealers. A group of corrupt cops have taken the lead on the investigation while trying to set up an honest detective to take the heat. In this dangerous game ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gang, war on drugs, corruption, organized crime, police chase, criminal gang, fighting crime, police, criminal, police investigation, police shootout, outlaw gang ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, revenge, tough cop, justice, corruption, police officer, vengeance, battles, police investigation, crime boss, fight, retribution ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terminal illness, police, junkie, female nudity, spy thriller, addiction, informant, law enforcement, narcotics, law, save the day, cancer ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, goon, kidnapping, swashbuckler, murder investigation, criminal, gang, criminal underworld, bandit, organized crime, murder mystery, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
210
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial rapist, investigation, murder, killing, homicide detective, who done it, forensics, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, police detective, sleuth ...
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24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The gripping saga of a police officer and his team, their challenging journey to nab a criminal gang across the country. Further, it shows how he leads his team towards triumph, amidst professional uncertainities in this gripping drama.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling, captivating, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, forensics, police procedural, criminal gang, law enforcement, homicide detective, crime investigation, detective inspector, sleuth, crime solving, police investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, crime drama
Plot:
police detective, undercover cop, investigation, police corruption, crime investigation, moral dilemma, fighting crime, police partner, unconventional method, forensics, detective inspector, mission ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
A complicated tangle of crimes. A female police inspector accidentally uncovers the connection between the state, the service and crime. A man who tries to prove that his brother is not guilty of the murder everyone claims he committed.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, bleak, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police officer, corruption, police procedural, criminal, policewoman, murder, police detective, true crime, police, police investigation, police inspector ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Leung Siu-Tong is an experienced undercover agent who returns from a long-term assignment in Mainland China to teach new undercover recruits at Hong Kong Police's Criminal Intelligence Bureau (CIB). During this time, he befriends triad member ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
informant, organized crime, undercover cop, working undercover, criminal, undercover police officer, triad, undercover, fighting crime, detective inspector, police officer, undercover agent ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Myanmar, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A car crash sparks a war between local police and an international terrorist organization.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, twisted, neo noir ...
Plot:
police corruption, investigation, police, corruption, police investigation, terrorist plot, police officer, corrupt cop, counter terrorism, war on terror, police station, espionage ...
Place:
hong kong, china, basque country
Similarity:
22%
769
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sub-inspector Pari Venkat faces a huge tragedy putting him on an investigation to seek revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, revenge, police corruption, police, who done it, homicide detective, forensics, police station, crime investigation, police officer, fight ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Ke Ying is a talented economics lecturer who is forced to help psychopath Feng Xiao Sheng gain real power within his corporation. The street smart Xiao Wu is a police informant, and when he discovers Fu’s company is laundering money with foreign ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, power struggle, money laundering, manipulation, deception, corporate corruption, criminal gang, organized crime, fighting crime, forensics, police investigation, teamwork ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, neo noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
law enforcement, organized crime, cat and mouse, police procedural, heist, investigation, retired cop, criminal syndicate, ambush, betrayal, moral ambiguity, surveillance ...
Place:
macau
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the Special Crimes Unit of the Mumbai Police, Revolving around DCP Rudraveer Singh, who is under the system’s radar despite being one of its best minds at work.
Style:
intense, suspense, detective, dark, tension ...
Plot:
investigation, police, police procedural, fighting crime, murder investigation, crime investigation, criminal underworld, police officer, criminal, organized crime, police investigation, serial killer ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
On the first day of April 2004, a rumour emerges that Hong Kong's most influential triad organization is planning to assassinate the new Commissioner of Police, who will take charge in 30 days. Three unrelated policemen, Fung Chi Wai (Criminal ...
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, thrilling, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teamwork, police, criminal syndicate, triad, undercover, law enforcement, police procedural, police detective, mafia, fight, police officer, crime solving ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, detective, serious, action drama ...
Plot:
police, organized crime, drug lord, narcotics, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, revenge, smuggling, justice, violence, corruption ...
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Bermuda
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
conspiracy, epidemic, investigation, police, cover up, virus outbreak, corporate crime, pharmaceutical company, uncover truth, crime investigation, police officer, criminal ...
Place:
malaysia, china, hong kong
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
CID officer Tong gets himself entangled with a gang of killers from mainland China, who are out killing criminals to rob them of their money, and using an ideological basis to justify the killings as protecting mainland China from the criminal scum ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, robbery, police procedural, vigilantism, law enforcement, bandit, armed robbery, outlaw gang, fighting crime, police, gang, burglar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Committed and fiery, Sub Inspector Aravind Karunakaran is obliged to be part of an investigation where an innocent man Murali is deliberately being set up for the murder of a middle-aged couple. Fearing the consequences of revealing that they had ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, cold case, police procedural, crime investigation, crime solving, sleuth, uncover truth, police investigation, unsolved crime, murder investigation, conspiracy, cover up ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
21%
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