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Plot Summary:
A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 443
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic drama, eighties
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Best tv shows and movies like Third Degree Burn (1989):
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In the Shadow of Evil (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jack Brenner is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured and develops amnesia. Dr. Molly Nostrand works to help Brenner recover his memories and the two become romantically involved. Meanwhile, The Roper is still out there somewhere and the police are depending on Jack Brenner to bring him in.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Hollywood Detective (1989)
Plot Summary:
An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a fan of his begs him to help her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989)
Plot Summary:
Mike Hammer is kidnapped and led to believe it is the work of a Las Vegas entertainer, but soon realises somebody else is involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Blackout (1986)
Plot Summary:
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Zig Zag (1970)
Plot Summary:
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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A Case for Murder (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover some inconsistencies in the case as well as a possible connection to the recent murder of a judge.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Hollywood Confidential (1997)
Plot Summary:
A former LA cop runs a top-flight private detective agency that caters to spoiled Hollywood types.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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Last Time Forever (2006)
Plot Summary:
A small-time divorce lawyer gets involved with an alluring married woman, and together they draw her rich husband into a blackmail scheme.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)
Plot Summary:
The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, captivating, rough
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Beverly Hills Buntz (1987)
Plot Summary:
Beverly Hills Buntz is a spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987–88 season.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, sitcom
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Vares: Tango of Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough….
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Girls of April (2011)
Plot Summary:
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, rough
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Double Jeopardy (1996)
Plot Summary:
A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Raluca (2014)
Plot Summary:
Former cop Filip Marold doesn't want to be reminded of some things from his past. But others remind him... He works as a private detective, sleeps with his secretary and spies on people for money. All up to the moment when he meets seductive Raluca and his life turns upside down. Is it just a coincidence? Fate? Or has someone set a trap? Even in his wildest dreams he wouldn't imagine the things that were about to happen. Things that involve sex, murder, the big reveal and a harsh reminder of that damn past.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, crying
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Linda (1993)
Plot Summary:
Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time together instead of with their respective spouses, Paul and Stella. - From IMDB.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, gloomy
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Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Deviant Obsession (2002)
Plot Summary:
Joan Alton is a lawyer who goes undercover at a strip club to gather clues that might exonerate her lover who has been accused of murder. While the defendant's secrets unveil, she will stop at nothing to catch the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexual, sexy, sexploitation film, campy
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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994)
Plot Summary:
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996)
Plot Summary:
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective
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Guns & Lipstick (1995)
Plot Summary:
A female private investigator's latest client turns up murdered, and she is thrust into a deadly underworld of bi-sexual strippers, a Chinese Godfather with a taste for young girls and the hunt for one very elusive gem.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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Tick Tock (2000)
Plot Summary:
Stunning trophy wife Rachel Avery is stuck in a cold, loveless marriage with her millionaire husband, Holden. So when Holden goes away on a trip, Rachel hooks up with her close friend Carla, and the two hatch a plan to murder Holden and collect on his vast assets. But the girls don't want to commit the crime themselves, so at a bar they seduce a stranger, Travis Brewer, and convince him to do their bidding.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, rough, tense, sexy, suspenseful, independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, sexual
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Gone in the Night (1996)
Plot Summary:
A couple is unjustly accused of the murder of their daughter. Based on a true story and book of the same title.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: dark
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Hickey & Boggs (1972)
Plot Summary:
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, black cinema, cult film
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The Cheating Pact (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three high school students that are under pressure from their parents to get into good colleges convince a shy but very smart girl to take the College Entrance Test for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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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
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Varg Veum - Yours 'till Death (2008)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective, serious
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The Last Seduction II (1999)
Plot Summary:
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, neo noir, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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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
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Human Desires (1997)
Plot Summary:
Alicia Royale is a fashion mogul who decides to have a large pajama themed party as a promotion for her new line of clothing.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film
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Blood Simple (1984)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, independent film, tense, cult classic, atmospheric, dark comedy, serious