Movies like The Badge
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The Badge (2002)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric, neo noir
Plot:
transsexual, murder investigation, murder, gender, uncover truth, investigation, politics, fighting the system, political corruption, dishonesty, sheriff, gender bending, society, law enforcement, introspection, small town life, lgbt, police detective, election campaign, small town, transsexuality, nypd, false accusation, lgbtq, morgue ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans, united states, united states of america
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, investigation, deadly, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch and uncover truth mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Badge: Murder in Greenwich (2002), Sketch Artist (1992), The Wannabe (2015), The Rosary Murders (1987), Reversible Errors (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, fighting the system, uncover truth, murder suspect, who done it, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, haunted by the past, small town life, teenage life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, connecticut
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he resketches the pictures so they don't look like her, and ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, false accusation, police detective, law enforcement, serial killer, sex scene, dishonesty, legal, couples, life is a bitch, caucasian ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
mafia, wannabe, murder, uncover truth, sex scene, gangsters, society, investigation, crime family, politics, prison, organized crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, atmospheric, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, investigation, society, legal, uncover truth, clergy, who done it ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
legal, false accusation, investigation, frame up, uncover truth, police investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, haunted by the past, state affairs, rebellion, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A father suspects his son to be a murderer...or is he just paranoid and trying to cover up his own past which involves his wife being killed in a fire?
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, mysterious character, uncover truth, mind game, haunted by the past, law enforcement, life is a bitch, psychopath, who done it, protagonist as suspect ...
Place:
new england, usa
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46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller
Plot:
uncover truth, fighting the system, investigation, undercover, politics, race against time, life is a bitch, rebellion, government agency, dishonesty, society, assassination ...
Place:
new york, usa
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46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
corruption, legal, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, rivalry, small town life, truth, suspicion, cover-up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Crime - Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's (Zen Gesner) investigation of the murder of a young Japanese girl, a case that leads to a top secret government conspiracy. With the help ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak
Plot:
police investigation, uncover truth, police detective, who done it, wartime life, frame up, political conspiracy, law enforcement, society, life is a bitch, serial killer, dishonesty ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
florida, usa, pearl harbor
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, prostitute, political corruption, exploitation, mysticism, police investigation, murder, self defense, murder investigation, preacher, crime investigation, pimp ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, parents and children, interracial relations, family relations, injustice, murder, idealism, dishonesty, hopes, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A gay detective tries to solve the murder of a college student.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, lgbt, group therapy, private investigator, murder, uncover truth, suicide, mysterious character, investigation, track down, coming out, lgbtq ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
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Three generations of police chiefs for a southern town go about their jobs while a serial murderer operates.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, racism, serial killer, murder investigation, politics, chief of police, small town, small town life, interracial relations, teenage life, chief, police corruption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, murder, ghost, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, hallucination, civil war, gangsters, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, louisiana, california, usa, texas
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44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
New York attorney William Boyals has escaped the Louisiana bayou of his childhood, but he must return to investigate the death of a childhood friend who, like Boyals himself, was both black and gay.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
police corruption, murder, racism, small town, fighting the system, investigation, injustice, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, rebellion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, new york, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
serial killer, murder, politician, investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, police corruption, partners against crime, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, who done it ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets.
Style:
captivating, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
politics, murder, blackmail, politician, family secret, frame up, campaign, manipulation, false accusation, intrigue, political conspiracy, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This new installment in the popular and critically-acclaimed Donald Strachey Mystery series finds America’s favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey (Chad Allen), taking on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, lgbt, private investigator, law firm, uncover truth, law enforcement, private detective, partners, investigation, senator, dishonesty, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, investigation, murder, justice, journalism, homosexual, police investigation, small town, voodoo, suspense, culture clash ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
georgia, new orleans, usa, southern usa
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43%
866
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rembrandt Macy (Tom Berenger) is a maverick cop assigned to a case where the primary evidence is a woman's hand found in a pond. Investigators identify the dead, and Macy is lead into a young woman's past. Macy's primary path to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blackmail, murder, uncover truth, investigation, tough law enforcer, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, dishonesty, gang, life is a bitch ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, suspense, police investigation, heist, gunfight, gangsters, corruption, justice, law enforcement, criminal heroes, criminal, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, texas, arkansas, california, usa ...
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42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, uncover truth, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, injustice, manipulation, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, controversial
Plot:
murder, journalism, life is a bitch, media, law enforcement, minister, female nudity, suspense, politics, society, violence, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
sweden, europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, special agents, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, ex husband ex wife relationship, fbi agent, frame up ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, police investigation, uncover truth, couple relations, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, haunted by the past, police officer, murder investigation, twists and turns, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
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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, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, journalism, investigation, murder, uncover truth, psychopath, who done it, legal, manhunt, law enforcement, child murder investigation, child murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, georgia
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42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 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, suspenseful, serious, psychological
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, investigation, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, mind game, rivalry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, who done it, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, new york, oregon
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las Vegas with her closest friends, BFFs, Elena and Vera. As the layers of illusion unfold, so too do ...
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suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, haunted by the past, police detective, manipulation, murder, dishonesty, magic, wizards and magicians, mythical creature, mysticism, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small Catholic boarding school an unspeakable act has been committed. When High School student, Luther Scott, confesses to Father Michael Kelly, Kelly is bound silent to the particulars of a grisly murder. Now, framed guilty by the desperate ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, catholic, false accusation, courtroom drama, investigation, moral dilemma, frame up, teenage life, who done it, clergy, introspection, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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