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Klute (1971)
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Klute (1971)

Six months after the disappearance of Tuscarora, PA businessman Tom Gruneman, his boss, Peter Cable, and his wife, Holly Gruneman, hire Tom's best friend, private detective John Klute to find out what happened to Tom, as the police have been unable to do so, and despite John having no expertise in m …issing persons cases. The only lead is a typewritten obscene letter Tom purportedly sent to Manhattan actress/model/call girl Bree Daniel, who admits to having received such letters from someone, and since having received several obscene telephone calls as well. The suggestion/belief is that Tom was one of Bree's past johns, although she has no recollection of him when shown his photograph. Bree tricking is more a compulsion than a financial need. In their initial encounters, John and Bree do whatever they can to exert their psychological dominance over the other, especially as Bree initially refused to even speak to him. Despite their less than friendly start, they embark on a personal relationship based on emotional need, but it is a relationship Bree tries to sabotage because of those same issues which causes her to turn tricks. As they follow the leads through Bree's call girl world, they know they're getting close to finding the truth when someone starts to use psychological torture on Bree. They believe the key to Tom's disappearance is a john who once tried to kill her a few years earlier, but who as a person she doesn't remember. The questions become whether John and Bree c… (Read More)

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conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancesadismpsychopathlonelinessseductionmurder
Mood:
movingneo noir
Locations:
pennsylvaniabrothelrooftopapartmentnightclubhelicopterhotelnew york city
Characters:
pimppsychiatristdetectiveserial killerprostitutepolice
Period:
1970s
Story:
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8mm (1999)
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8mm (1999)

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into … obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town private eye. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancesadismpsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelnew york city
Characters:
pimpdetectiveprostitute
Story:
private investigatorprivate detectiveprivate eyecynicismtape recorderrecordingpremarital sexmissing persontelephoneprostitutionlettertitle spoken by characterfemale nuditysex

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Blow Out (1981)
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Blow Out (1981)

This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his mo …vies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancesadismpsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
pennsylvaniarooftop
Characters:
detectiveserial killerprostitute
Story:
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Basic Instinct (1992)
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Basic Instinct (1992)

A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, a …nd though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt. (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathseductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartment
Characters:
psychiatristdetectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
woman undressingfemale psychiatristcynicismnipples visible through clothingwomantelephoneundressingfemale nuditysex

Dressed To Kill (1980) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Dressed To Kill (1980)

While taking a shower, Kate Miller, a middle-aged, sexually frustrated New York City housewife, has a rape fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a stran …ge man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they continue an adulterous encounter that began in the taxicab. Before she leaves his apartment, she finds papers which certify that the man has a venereal disease. Panicked, Kate rushes into the elevator, but has to return to his apartment when she realizes she's forgotten her wedding ring. When the elevator doors open, she's brutally slashed to death by a tall blonde woman wearing dark sunglasses. Liz Blake, a high-class call girl, is the only witness to the murder and she becomes the prime suspect and the murderess's next target. Liz is rescued from being killed by Kate's son Peter, who enlists the help of Liz to catch his mother's killer as Detective Marino who's in charge of the case is uncooperative in the investigation. (Read More)

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sadismpsychopathlonelinessseductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmentnew york city
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psychiatristserial killerprostitutepolice
Story:
giallo esquecall girlstalkingstalkerwomantelephoneprostitutionundressingfemale nuditysex

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Broken City (2013)
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Broken City (2013)

In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye …ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmenthotelnew york city
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
private investigatorprivate detectiveaspiring actresstape recorderprologuewomanmanhattan new york citytitle spoken by characterfemale nudity

The Big Sleep (1946)
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The Big Sleep (1946)

The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter, Carmen, from being blackmailed about her gambling debts; things almost immediately unravel and blow up from here, as Marlowe finds himself deep within a  …web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organized crime. Marlowe, with the help of the General's eldest daughter, Vivian, skillfully plot to free the family from this web and trap the main main behind much of this mischief, Eddie, to meet his end at the hands of his own henchmen. (Read More)

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seductionmurder
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detectivepolice
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Chinatown (1974)
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Chinatown (1974)

JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens …uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftopapartment
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
private investigatorprivate detectivepremarital sexdrowningwomantelephonetitle spoken by characterone word titlefemale nudity

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

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surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftopnightclubhotelnew york city
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
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Man On A Ledge (2012)
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Man On A Ledge (2012)

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The nearest New York Police officer immediately responds to a screaming woman and calls dispatch. More Officers arrive with SWAT and tactical command along with fire-fighters. The police then dispatch a police psycho …logist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However, things aren't as they seem. (Read More)

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surveillance
Locations:
rooftophelicopterhotelnew york city
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detectivepolice
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The Nice Guys (2016)
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The Nice Guys (2016)

Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens …ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
sadismpsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmenthotel
Characters:
detectivepolice
Period:
1970s
Story:
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Angel Heart (1987)
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Angel Heart (1987)

Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple and Johnny doesn't want to be found. Let's just say that amongst the period detail and beautiful scenery, it all gets really really nasty.

Themes:
murder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
hotelnew york city
Characters:
detectiveserial killer
Story:
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The French Connection (1971) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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The French Connection (1971)

William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, … and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)

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conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftopnightclubhotelnew york city
Characters:
detectivepolice
Period:
1970s
Story:
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Taking Lives (2004)
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Taking Lives (2004)

The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire Martin comments on how he and Matt  …are about the same height and he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunting down a serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim... (Read More)

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surveillancepsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
pennsylvaniaapartmentnightclubhotel
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detectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
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Strange Days (1995)
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Strange Days (1995)

Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates a …nd is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case? (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancepsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
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prostitutepolice
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Talaash (2012)
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Talaash (2012)

Seeing reflections of Mumbai under the red light, Talaash is a tale of love lost, fatal attraction and above all the quest to solve a perfect crime. Suspense at its core, Talaash explores Mumbai's underbelly like never before. Aamir Khan plays an investigation officer, Inspector Shekhawat who receiv …es a phone call early in the morning informing him about death and an accident and how everything starts to unfold from there. The case turns into a life altering chase for Inspector Shekhawat when he is forced to reel under the repercussions of a broken married life with his wife Roshni played by Rani Mukherji and come face to face with his suppressed grief. Being on his investigational quest and fighting it out with personal struggle, Inspector Shekhawat meets a sex worker Rosie played by Kareena Kapoor who further adds shades of mystery to the puzzle. What looks like a simple car accident investigation turns into a haunting mystery as further investigations show many anomalies stringed to the death of the victim. (Read More)

Themes:
murder
Locations:
brothelhotel
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pimppsychiatristdetectiveprostitutepolice
Story:
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Videodrome (1983) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Videodrome (1983)

Max Renn runs a TV channel, and when looking for new material to show--he discovers "Videodrome." His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for the show, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot that uses the show as its front for a global conspiracy.

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conspiracy
Themes:
seductionmurder
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apartmenthotel
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psychiatrist
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Spartan (2004)
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Spartan (2004)

In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th …e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)

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conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelnightclubhelicopter
Characters:
prostitute
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Taxi Driver (1976)
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Taxi Driver (1976)

Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a ces …spool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew. (Read More)

Themes:
psychopathlonelinessseductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelapartmentnew york city
Characters:
pimpprostitutepolice
Period:
1970s
Story:
stalkingstalkermanhattan new york cityprostitutionlettertitle spoken by character

Soylent Green (1973)
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Soylent Green (1973)

In 2022, Earth is overpopulated and totally polluted; the natural resources have been exhausted and the nourishment of the population is provided by Soylent Industries, a company that makes a food consisting of plankton from the oceans. In New York City, when Soylent's member of the board William R. … Simonson is murdered apparently by a burglar at the Chelsea Towers West where he lives, efficient Detective Thorn is assigned to investigate the case with his partner Solomon "Sol" Roth. Thorn comes to the fancy apartment and meets Simonson's bodyguard Tab Fielding and the "furniture" (woman that is rented together with the flat) Shirl and the detective concludes that the executive was not victim of burglary but executed. Further, he finds that the Governor Santini and other powerful men want to disrupt and end Thorn's investigation. But Thorn continues his work and discovers a bizarre and disturbing secret of the ingredient used to manufacture Soylent Green. (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
murder
Locations:
apartmentnew york city
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detectiveprostitutepolice
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Carlito's Way (1993) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Carlito's Way (1993)

A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a n …ightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust. (Read More)

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psychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
nightclubnew york city
Characters:
police
Period:
1970s
Story:
nipples visible through clothingtape recorderpremarital sexlove interestmanhattan new york citycharacter name in titlefemale nudity

Se7en (1995)
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Se7en (1995)

A film about two homicide detectives' ('Morgan Freeman (I)' (qv) and ('Brad Pitt' (qv) desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopath …ic "John Doe" ('Kevin Spacey' (qv)) sermonizes to Detectives Somerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Somerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills (Pitt) scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer... (Read More)

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psychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelrooftopapartmentnightclubhelicopter
Characters:
pimpdetectiveserial killerprostitutepolice
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American Psycho (2000)
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American Psycho (2000)

Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.

Themes:
psychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmentnightclubhelicopternew york city
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detectiveserial killerprostitutepolice
Story:
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High And Low (1963)
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High And Low (1963)

An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent of keeping the company out of the hands of incompetent and greedy executives. He needs the same money, though, to pay the ransom that will possibly save a child's life. His resolution of … that dilemma -- the certain loss of the company vs. the probable loss of the child -- makes for one distinct drama, and an ensuing elaborate police procedure makes for a second. (Read More)

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murder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
nightclub
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
executivejunkietape recorderbusinessmandrug addicttelephone

Audition (1999) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Audition (1999)

In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte …ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathlonelinessmurder
Locations:
rooftophotel
Story:
woman undressingmissing personauditionbusinessmantelephoneundressingtitle spoken by characterone word titlefemale nuditysex

Three Days Of The Condor (1975)
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Three Days Of The Condor (1975)

A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancelonelinessmurder
Locations:
helicopterhotelnew york city
Characters:
police
Story:
phone taprecordingwomanmanhattan new york citytelephonecharacter name in titlesex

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The Conversation (1974)
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The Conversation (1974)

Harry Caul is a devout Catholic and a lover of jazz music who plays his saxophone while listening to his jazz records. He is a San Francisco-based electronic surveillance expert who owns and operates his own small surveillance business. He is renowned within the profession as being the best, one who … designs and constructs his own surveillance equipment. He is an intensely private and solitary man in both his personal and professional life, which especially irks Stan, his business associate who often feels shut out of what is happening with their work. This privacy, which includes not letting anyone into his apartment and always telephoning his clients from pay phones is, in part, intended to control what happens around him. His and Stan's latest job (a difficult one) is to record the private discussion of a young couple meeting in crowded and noisy Union Square. The arrangement with his client, known only to him as "the director", is to provide the audio recording of the discussion and photographs of the couple directly to him alone in return for payment. Based on circumstances with the director's assistant, Martin Stett, and what Harry ultimately hears on the recording, Harry believes that the lives of the young couple are in jeopardy. Harry used to be detached from what he recorded, but is now concerned ever since the deaths of three people that were the direct result of a previous audio recording he made for another job. Harry not only has to decide if he will turn the rec… (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancelonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftopapartmenthotel
Story:
surveillance devicetape recorderrecordingtelephone

Manhunter (1986)
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Manhunter (1986)

Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of  …his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the 'Tooth Fairy' will strike again. Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer that Will is looking for, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman who is not aware of his double life. (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Characters:
psychiatristdetectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
jumping through a windowtape recorderpremarital sexstalkingstalkerwomantelephoneone word title

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A Walk Among The Tombstones (2014)

Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some re …search and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive. (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathlonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftopnew york city
Characters:
serial killer
Story:
private detectiveprivate eyetape recorderstalkingdrug addicttelephone

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Hummingbird (2013)
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Hummingbird (2013)

Themes:
surveillancelonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelapartment
Characters:
pimpprostitutepolice
Story:
premarital sexlettertitle spoken by characterone word title

Sea Of Love (1989)
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Sea Of Love (1989)

Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.

Themes:
seductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmentnew york city
Characters:
detectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
investigatormanhattan new york citytitle spoken by character

Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Natural Born Killers (1994)

Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a me …dia sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style. (Read More)

Themes:
surveillancesadismpsychopathseductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Characters:
psychiatristdetectiveserial killerprostitutepolice
Story:
cynicismtape recorderpremarital sexprologuedrowningwomanundressingsex

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Mr. Brooks (2007) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Mr. Brooks (2007)

Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathseductionmurder
Locations:
rooftophotel
Characters:
detectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
businessmanprologuetelephonetitle spoken by charactercharacter name in titlefemale nudity

New Jack City (1991)
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New Jack City (1991)

The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)

Themes:
surveillancesadismmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmentnightclubnew york city
Characters:
detectiveprostitutepolice
Story:
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Joker (2019)
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Joker (2019)

Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and  …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)

Themes:
psychopathlonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartment
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psychiatristdetectiveserial killerpolice
Story:
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Assault On Precinct 13 (2005)
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Assault On Precinct 13 (2005)

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

Themes:
murder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
helicopter
Characters:
psychiatristdetectivepolice
Story:
junkielove interestprologuedrug addictwomantelephone

Caché (2005) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Caché (2005)

Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope  …of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)

Themes:
surveillanceloneliness
Locations:
apartment
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
anonymous telephone callprivate detectivestorytellingstalkerdrowningone word title

Hostel (2005)
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Hostel (2005)

3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be  …true - the hostel is "to die for" (Read More)

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
sadismpsychopathseductionmurder
Locations:
brothel
Characters:
serial killerprostitute
Story:
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)
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Starsky & Hutch (2004)

Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, and Dave Starsky, who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes … in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case (as a prequel to the TV show), which involved a former college campus drug dealer who went on to become a white collar criminal. (Read More)

Themes:
murder
Locations:
rooftopapartmentnightclub
Characters:
pimpdetectivepolice
Period:
1970s
Story:
tape recorderwomanundressingtitle spoken by charactercharacter name in title

Hollywoodland (2006)
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Hollywoodland (2006)

Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor 'George … Reeves (I)' (qv). Reeves was best known for his title role in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager 'E.J. Mannix' (qv), Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancee at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or vice versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter of which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son. (Read More)

Themes:
murder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
nightclubhotelnew york city
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
private investigatorprivate detectiveaspiring actressinvestigatorrecordingauditiontelephoneone word titlefemale nudity

Atomic Blonde (2017) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Atomic Blonde (2017)

The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized … city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. (Read More)

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sadismseductionmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
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police
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Vertigo (1958)
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Vertigo (1958)

John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she … is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, he believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. (Read More)

Themes:
surveillancemurder
Locations:
rooftopapartmenthotel
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
private detectivefemale tearsprivate eyebusinessmantitle spoken by characterone word title

The American (2010)
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The American (2010)

Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away … from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate. (Read More)

Themes:
lonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
brothelhotel
Characters:
prostitute
Story:
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Bad Boys (1995)
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Bad Boys (1995)

Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a  …murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)

Themes:
murder
Locations:
brothelapartmentnightclubhelicopter
Characters:
detectiveprostitutepolice
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Oldeuboi (2003) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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Oldeuboi (2003)

Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only  …companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)

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conspiracy
Themes:
surveillancelonelinessmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
rooftophotelnew york city
Characters:
police
Story:
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Phone Booth (2002)
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Phone Booth (2002)

Stu Shepard is a fast talking and wise cracking New York City publicist who gets out of trouble and lies with his clever charm, connections, and charisma. Stu's greatest lie is to his wife Kelly, who he is cheating on with his girlfriend, Pam. Upon answering a call in a phone booth in belief it is P …am, Stu is on the line with a dangerous yet intelligent psychopath with a sniper rifle. When realizing it is not a joke, Stu is placed in a powerful mind game of wits and corruption. The New York City Police eventually arrive thereafter and demand Stu comes out of the phone booth- but how can he when if he hangs up or leaves the booth he will die? (Read More)

Themes:
psychopathmurder
Locations:
new york city
Characters:
pimpprostitutepolice
Story:
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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
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Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

Crime novelist Catherine Tramell is living in London, and becomes the center of police investigation (yet again) when her football player boyfriend drowns in a car accident and it is revealed that he was already dead because of a drug overdose before Tramell drove the car into water. Police psychoan …alyst Dr. Michael Glass is called for examining Tramell, and is intrigued by the seductive and manipulative woman. On the other hand , his friend Det. Roy Washburn is sure Tramell is guilty. Tramell asks Glass to treat her for her 'risk addiction' problem, and with each therapy session , Glass gets more and more suspicious about her intentions. As more and more murders are committed, including that of Glass's ex-wife, Glass becomes obsessed with proving Tramell's guilt even though the evidence is contradictory . (Read More)

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seductionmurder
Characters:
psychiatristserial killerprostitutepolice
Story:
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)

A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

Subgenre:
conspiracy
Themes:
psychopathmurder
Mood:
neo noir
Locations:
apartmenthelicopterhotel
Characters:
detectivepolice
Story:
private investigatorprivate detectivecynicismdrug addictfemale nudity

L.a. Confidential (1997) is one of the best movies like Klute (1971)
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L.a. Confidential (1997)

1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out;  …Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime. (Read More)

Themes:
surveillancemurder
Mood:
neo noir
Characters:
pimpdetectiveprostitutepolice
Story:
call girlcynicismpremarital sexprologuefemale nudity

15 Minutes (2001)
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15 Minutes (2001)

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma …ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)

Themes:
sadismpsychopathmurder
Locations:
rooftopapartmenthotelnew york city
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psychiatristdetectiveserial killerprostitutepolice
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