Movies like The Big Heat

20 movies like The Big Heat, ordered by similarity : Red Riding: 1980(2009), Inspector Bellamy(2009), American Gangster(2007), Desperate(1947), 99 River Street(1953), L.A. Confidential(1997), Detective Story(1951), The Blue Dahlia(1946), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), Scene of the Crime(1949), Whirlpool(1949), The Departed(2006) ...

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The Big Heat

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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Red Riding: 1980

Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.

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Inspector Bellamy

A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.

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American Gangster

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

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Desperate

A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.

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99 River Street

A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.

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L.A. Confidential

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

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Detective Story

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

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The Blue Dahlia

An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.

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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.

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Scene of the Crime

While his wife is urging him to quit the force, a Los Angeles homicide detective hunts for the killer responsible for the murder of his ex-partner, who might have been on the take with local bookies.

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Whirlpool

A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.

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The Departed

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

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Madigan

In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.

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Carlito's Way

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.

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The Detective

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.

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Chinatown

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

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Street of Chance

A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.

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The Last Gangster

A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.

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On Dangerous Ground

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

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Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime

Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

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