Movies like Small Town Crime

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   Destroyer

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 121 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   When Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   21 Bridges

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 100 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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   An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Black and Blue

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 109 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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   Rookie cop Alicia West, an Army veteran, inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   I Am Wrath

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 92 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Harry Brown

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 103 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Justified Force

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 105 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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   A retired cop and his new partner must put their differences aside while investigating a drug ring.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Broken City

   Shared themes

   2013 · 109 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: ex-cop and investigation
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Lowlife

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 98 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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   The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared genre DNA
   • a closely matched era

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   The Silent Hour

   Strong story similarity

   2024 · 99 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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   While working a case as an interpreter, a hearing-impaired police detective must confront a group of criminals trying to eliminate a deaf murder witness in her apartment building.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap

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    Standoff

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 80 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era

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