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Plot Summary:
Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After shooting her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but Kyle's partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, surprise ending, detective, slasher, anamorphic
Best tv shows and movies like China Moon (1994):
Similar in 85%
White Mischief (1987)
Plot Summary:
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Kenya
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: costume drama, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, historical drama, period drama
Similar in 89%
Love Is a Gun (1994)
Plot Summary:
A model causes an obsessed police photographer to lose his girlfriend and become a murder suspect.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological thriller, independent film, detective, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, erotic
Similar in 81%
The Big Easy (1986)
Plot Summary:
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, noir, clever, suspenseful, detective, psychological, serious, realistic
Similar in 80%
Forever Mine (1999)
Plot Summary:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, sex comedy, anamorphic, erotic
Similar in 83%
Serenity (2019)
Plot Summary:
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down with a desperate plea for help.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, brutal, visually appealing, philosophical, mind bending
Similar in 81%
Extreme Measures (1996)
Plot Summary:
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of the eminent surgeon Dr Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself under in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, sexy, serious, scary, psychological, bleak, medical drama, detective
Similar in 81%
The Amy Fisher Story (1993)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the Long Island teen who shoots and wounds the wife of a man she called her lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, neo noir, serious, realistic, psychotronic
Similar in 88%
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Plot Summary:
After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, neo noir, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, exciting, noir
Similar in 88%
Palmetto (1998)
Plot Summary:
A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, intense, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic
Similar in 83%
American Gigolo (1980)
Plot Summary:
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful, sexy, intense, enigmatic, serious, realistic
Similar in 90%
Jade (1995)
Plot Summary:
Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the law man emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, sexy, suspenseful, rough, psychosexual thriller, neo noir, psychological, noir, sensual
Similar in 85%
The Hot Spot (1990)
Plot Summary:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, psychological, slasher, sensual, visually stunning
Similar in 76%
Dream Lover (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ray is young, charming, successful and the owner of a prosperous architect company. However, he has recently gone trough a very painful divorce. His friends try to cheer him up by showing him the positive sides of being single but for Ray marriage and stability is just too important. But when he meets Lena his gloom is quickly forgotten.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: sexy, serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, psychosexual thriller, sexual, erotic, neo noir
Similar in 78%
No Way Out (1987)
Plot Summary:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, political thriller, psychological, surprise ending, political, tense, sexy, exciting
Similar in 90%
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious, tall, blonde woman, wearing sunglasses murders one of a psychiatrist's patients, and now she's after the prostitute who witnessed it.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, scary, sensual, slasher, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Shattered (1991)
Plot Summary:
Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who is supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, sexy, suspense, psychosexual thriller, noir
Similar in 76%
Night Moves (1975)
Plot Summary:
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, detective, grim, meditative, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 75%
Color of Night (1994)
Plot Summary:
When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexual, sensual, serious, psychosexual thriller
Similar in 84%
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal, disturbing, talky, intense, serious, realistic
Similar in 78%
Out of Time (2003)
Plot Summary:
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, atmospheric, serious, realistic, entertaining, detective
Similar in 89%
Deceiver (1997)
Plot Summary:
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, clever, talky, twisted, detective, psychological thriller
Similar in 87%
Blink (1993)
Plot Summary:
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, neo noir, enigmatic, erotic, psychological thriller, gloomy
Similar in 81%
Jennifer 8 (1992)
Plot Summary:
A big city cop from LA moves to a small town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected by his colleagues, the cop, John Berlin, meets a young blind woman named Helena, who he is attracted to. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose and only John knows it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, surprise ending, tense, detective, neo noir, psychological thriller, visually stunning, serious, realistic, disturbing
Similar in 85%
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Plot Summary:
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, sexy, tricky, enigmatic, talky, intense
Similar in 89%
The General's Daughter (1999)
Plot Summary:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, rough, realistic, serious, mind bending, surprise ending
Similar in 90%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological
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Red Rock West (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie, suspense, rough, independent film, black comedy, clever
Similar in 87%
Deception (2008)
Plot Summary:
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, sensual, neo noir, surprise ending, psychosexual thriller, twisted, erotic
Similar in 87%
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 285000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: twist ending, detective, thought provoking, neo noir, surprise ending, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Similar in 89%
The Pledge (2001)
Plot Summary:
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, suspenseful, detective, suspense, enigmatic, intense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, disturbing