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The Pledge (2001)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Paranoia, Police, Private Investigation, Retired Policeman, Serial Killer

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Salinui chueok (2020)

4.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Similarity: 12.88 (Very Similar)

1980s, Based On True Story, Neo Noir, Police, Serial Killer, Anti Hero, Criminal Investigation

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City by the Sea (2002)

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murder suspect.

Similarity: 8.61 (Very Similar)

Family Abandonment, Father Son Relationship, Murder, On The Run, Police, Detective, Grandfather Grandson Relationship, Mother Son Relationship, Murder Of A Police Officer

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The Bone Collector (1999)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Similarity: 8.56 (Very Similar)

Copycat Crime, Criminal Investigation, New York City, Paralysis, Quadriplegic, Based On Novel, Forensic Evidence, Serial Killer

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Zodiac (2007)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Similarity: 8.51 (Very Similar)

Cartoonist, Mysterious Murderer, Serial Killer, Zodiac, Zodiac Killer, Reporter, True Crime

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery, History

The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.

Similarity: 7.88 (Very Similar)

Christmas, Men's Room, Murder, Serial Killer, Yorkshire, British Criminal, Dead Prostitute, Gloomy

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery, History

When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

Similarity: 7.37 (Similar)

Corruption, Interrogation, Pump Action Shotgun, Rat, Serial Killer, British Criminal, British Police, Corpse, English Criminal, Gloomy

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Se7en (1995)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Similarity: 7.29 (Similar)

Detective, Murder, Serial Killer, Serial Murder, Seven Deadly Sins

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Prisoners (2013)

4.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Similarity: 7.22 (Similar)

Child Abduction, Child Kidnapping, Police, Vigilante Justice, Whistle

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Taking Lives (2004)

3.10 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

Similarity: 7.15 (Similar)

Canada, Criminal Investigation, Fake Identity, Female Agent, Serial Killer, Stolen Identity

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The Watcher (2000)

2.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry w

Similarity: 7.05 (Similar)

American Horror, Maniac, Serial Killer, Serial Murder, Villain

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The Hitch-Hiker (1953)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.

Similarity: 7.05 (Similar)

Car, Mexico, Police, Serial Killer, Trip

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Hangman (2017)

2.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman.

Similarity: 7.00 (Similar)

Female Captain, Female Journalist, Homicide Detective, Serial Killer, Tough Woman, Psychopathic Killer, Revenge, Violence

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The Departed (2006)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Similarity: 6.88 (Similar)

Irish American, Irish Mafia, Mobster, Organized Crime, Police, Scene Of The Crime

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Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)

4.15 Stars

Action, Crime, Mystery, Drama

A police officer retires after an accident during a case investigation. Years later, he is forced to relive the past as he narrates the story to his friend's son.

Similarity: 6.76 (Similar)

Car Accident, Double Murder, Murder Mystery, Paperboy, Police

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Bad Lieutenant (1992)

3.50 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.

Similarity: 6.67 (Similar)

Detective, Drugs, Gambling, Police, Rape, Male Full Frontal Nudity

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The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.

Similarity: 6.53 (Similar)

2010s, Cairo Egypt, Egypt, Egyptian Police, Police

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Wonderland (2003)

3.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.

Similarity: 6.50 (Similar)

Murder, Police, Porn Star, Robbery, United States

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Kiss the Girls (1997)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Similarity: 6.42 (Similar)

Detective, Escape, Kidnapping, Serial Killer, Tied To A Tree

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And Then There Were None (1945)

3.70 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Seven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late

Similarity: 6.40 (Similar)

Guest, Island, Judge, Logical Deduction, Servant, Isolation, Paranoia, Secret, Self Justice, Unknown Murderer

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The Dead Girl (2007)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

Similarity: 6.29 (Similar)

Dead Girl, Death, Girl, Police, Storage Unit, Dead Body, Title Directed By Female

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Jennifer Eight (1992)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

John Berlin, a former Los Angeles homicide detective, investigates a multiple murder case in San Diego. The only witness is a blind girl to whom he is immediately attracted.

Similarity: 6.27 (Similar)

Blind Woman, Blindness, Christmas, Serial Killer, Title Spoken By Character

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Eteros ego (2017)

3.95 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.

Similarity: 6.21 (Similar)

Asperger's Syndrome, Criminology Professor, Murder, Police, Two Word Title

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88 Minutes (2008)

2.95 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.

Similarity: 6.10 (Similar)

Cell Phone Trace, Erect Nipples, Mysterious Villain, Race Against Time, Serial Killer

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Solace (2016)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Psychic John Clancy (Sir Anthony Hopkins) works with the F.B.I. in order to hunt down a serial killer.

Similarity: 6.10 (Similar)

Clairvoyant, Euthanasia, Predicting The Future, Psychic, Serial Killer

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The Little Things (2021)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.

Similarity: 6.00 (Similar)

Los Angeles California, Murder, Murder Investigation, Murder Of A Prostitute, Serial Killer

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The Usual Suspects (1995)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Similarity: 5.99 (Similar)

Criminal, Criminal Mastermind, Surprise Ending, Suspect, Unreliable Narrator

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Ugly (2014)

4.00 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

The case of a missing girl takes us through a journey of human greed and brushes upon the egos and repressed emotions of the characters.

Similarity: 5.94 (Similar)

Actor, Casting Director, Daughter, Missing Girl, Police, Hindi

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Similarity: 5.93 (Similar)

Bad Guy Wins, Psycho Thriller, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Stuck In A Well

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The Exorcist III (1990)

3.25 Stars

Drama, Horror, Mystery

A police Lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.

Similarity: 5.92 (Similar)

Church, Priest, Psychopathic Killer, Serial Killer, Strait Jacket, Straitjacket

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Karakter (1998)

3.85 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.

Similarity: 5.92 (Similar)

Gunfight, Lawyer, Police, Police Shootout, Street Shootout

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Witness (1985)

3.70 Stars

Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder while visiting Philadelphia with his mother, police detective John Book tries to protect the boy until an attempt on Book's life forces him into hiding in Amish country.

Similarity: 5.74 (Similar)

Amish, Love, Murder, Police, Train

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The General (1998)

3.60 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.

Similarity: 5.74 (Similar)

Dublin Ireland, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Police, Robbery

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Freeway (1997)

3.40 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.

Similarity: 5.73 (Similar)

Freeway, Police, Rape And Revenge, School, Trailer Park, Sexual Abuse

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Mississippi Burning (1988)

3.90 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Similarity: 5.66 (Similar)

1960s, African American, Investigation, Mississippi, Police

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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)

4.15 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

Similarity: 5.62 (Similar)

Child Murder Investigation, Investigation, Loss Of Daughter, Organized Crime, Psychopath, Manhunt, Paranoia, Whistling

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Dip huet seung hung (1989)

3.90 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded.

Similarity: 5.60 (Similar)

1980s, Gunfight, Hitman, Hong Kong, Police

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Fracture (2007)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

An attorney intending on climbing the career ladder toward success finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he is trying to prosecute.

Similarity: 5.45 (Similar)

Court, Engineer, Murder Weapon, Police, Trial

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Maniac (1981)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Horror

A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.

Similarity: 5.40 (Similar)

Grindhouse Film, Psychotronic Film, Serial Killer, Slasher, Weirdo

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End of Watch (2012)

3.80 Stars

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.

Similarity: 5.35 (Similar)

Lapd, Police, Police Officer, Street Gang, Video Footage

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Copycat (1995)

3.30 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Similarity: 5.35 (Similar)

Dead Body In A Bathtub, Detective, Murder, Psychopath, Serial Killer, Copycat Killer, Copycat Murder, Female Protagonist

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Detroit (2017)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Similarity: 5.25 (Similar)

1960s, Motel, Police, Racism, Riot

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Tom yum goong (2006)

3.50 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Similarity: 5.24 (Similar)

Elephant, Long Take, Police, Sydney Australia, Thailand

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Chinatown (1974)

4.10 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Similarity: 5.22 (Similar)

Detective, Femme Fatale, Neo Noir, Police, Private Detective

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Under Suspicion (2000)

3.25 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A wealthy attorney in San Juan comes to the police station for "10 minutes" of follow-up questions to finding a 12-year-old girl's body in a park. Another young girl was also raped and murdered weeks earlier and the evidence points t

Similarity: 5.17 (Similar)

Child Rape, Marriage Of Convenience, Pedophile, Police, Sex Scene

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Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)

3.65 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.

Similarity: 5.16 (Similar)

Drugs, Investigation, Murder, Police Detective, Serial Killer

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La haine (1995)

4.05 Stars

Crime, Drama

24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

Similarity: 5.14 (Similar)

Ghetto, Gun, Hate, Police, Riot, Arab, 24 Hour Time Span, Riot Police

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Hour of Lead (2020)

2.85 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Story of a husband and wife that will stop at nothing to find their missing daughter, who disappeared on a family camping trip. When the police don't catch any leads, the duo take over.

Similarity: 5.14 (Similar)

Disappearance, Missing Child, Missing Person, Police, Suspicion

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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey (2018)

3.60 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

On the night she plans on taking her own life, a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and finds herself fighting to stay alive. She gets released, but when she returns home, no one believes her story except for one detective.

Similarity: 5.13 (Similar)

Based On Real Person, Based On True Story, Rape, Serial Killer, True Crime

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It Comes at Night (2017)

3.10 Stars

Horror, Mystery, Sci-fi, Drama

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Similarity: 5.11 (Similar)

Forest, Infected, Pandemic, Paranoia, Post Apocalypse

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Turner & Hooch (1989)

3.10 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

A detective must adopt a rambunctious dog in order to help him find a killer.

Similarity: 5.10 (Similar)

Character Names As Title, Dog, French Mastiff Dog, Police Officer, Surname In Title, Police