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Plot Summary:
The classic Raymond Chandler tale retold with Mitchum taking over the Bogart role.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, suspense, clever, talky, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
Best tv shows and movies like The Big Sleep (1978):
Similar in 83%
Lady in Cement (1968)
Plot Summary:
While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, detective, crime drama, thrilling, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty
Similar in 86%
Six Sex Scenes and a Murder (2008)
Plot Summary:
Nick's made poor choices professionally and personally. A man feared and envied by many, he's lived a life seduced by crime, money, beautiful women, and burlesque. Now he wants out and he's got 24 hours to find an exit. He's helped by the love of his life, ex-burlesque dancer, Regan Price and by his brother Tony, owner of The Uptown Bar. (Julie Rubio).
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, neo noir
Similar in 78%
I, the Jury (1982)
Plot Summary:
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, perverse, independent film, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, surprise ending
Similar in 82%
Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
Plot Summary:
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, melancholic, talky, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic
Similar in 79%
Slam Dance (1987)
Plot Summary:
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, noir, visually stunning, independent film, erotic
Similar in 77%
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Plot Summary:
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, suspense, cult classic, thrilling, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 85%
A Private Affair (2002)
Plot Summary:
Divorced private detective Francois Maneri is assigned by his agency to investigate the disappearance of Rachel, a young student who has been missing for six months. After interviewing Rachel's family, friends and classmates, Francois is attacked and injured by an anonymous assailant and becomes reluctant to continue his search. But when Rachel's body is found, Francois is drawn deeper into the investigation as he discovers the dead girl's secret life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, detective, deep, realistic, cynical
Similar in 80%
Marlowe (1969)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe deduces that there's much more to this than a simple missing-person case. Marlowe's path crosses that of a blackmailed movie star, Mavis Wald, and her friend, exotic dancer Delores. A mobster sends karate expert Winslow Wong to bust up Marlowe's office and warn him off the case, while Lieutenant French also cautions the detective to stay out of the police's way.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, psychological, tense, noir, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Three Way (2004)
Plot Summary:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan soon spins out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir, surprise ending
Similar in 80%
Under Suspicion (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, serious, clever, realistic, suspenseful, detective, noir, visually stunning, sexy
Similar in 84%
Circus (2000)
Plot Summary:
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: stylized, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, clever, dark comedy, serious, psychological, noir
Similar in 81%
The Monkey's Mask (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, noir, neo noir, clever, serious, contemplative, talky
Similar in 78%
Femme Fatale (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspenseful, suspense, sensual, neo noir, clever, psychological, tricky, enigmatic
Similar in 78%
Dead Sexy (2001)
Plot Summary:
A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, rough, suspenseful, detective, tense, serious, realistic, slasher, sexual
Similar in 75%
Bent (2018)
Plot Summary:
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, neo noir, cult classic, detective
Similar in 82%
Harper (1966)
Plot Summary:
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological, noir, enigmatic, suspenseful, tense, clever
Similar in 88%
Blow-Up (1966)
Plot Summary:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, cerebral, independent film, art house, psychological thriller, stylized, erotic, visual, atmospheric, mind bending
Similar in 77%
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, tense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, surprise ending, noir, cult classic
Similar in 82%
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Plot Summary:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, noir, dark, atmospheric, witty, cynical, stylized, funny, inspirational
Similar in 83%
The Grifters (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, bleak, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 80%
Klute (1971)
Plot Summary:
This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, detective, psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, talky, psychosexual thriller
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 85%
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 87%
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 88%
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Plot Summary:
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, dark, atmospheric, clever, stylized, suspense, psychological, political, mysterious
Similar in 79%
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Plot Summary:
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, detective, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, hood, thrilling
Similar in 88%
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Plot Summary:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, detective, crime drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever, dark, slasher, thrilling
Similar in 80%
Twilight (1998)
Plot Summary:
A retired ex-cop and private detective gets mixed up in murder when he is asked to deliver blackmail money and walks into a 20 year old case involving the mysterious disappearance of an actress' former husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, clever, talky, detective, serious, realistic, witty, smart, cynical
Similar in 85%
The Black Dahlia (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, detective, stylized, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, period piece, visual
Similar in 85%
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Plot Summary:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: neo noir, captivating, tense, noir, suspense, atmospheric, clever, suspenseful, detective, serious