Movies like Flashfire
If Flashfire's mix of prostitute, corruption and escape stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Flashfire's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Long Goodbye
1973 · Directed by Robert Altman · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, police, detective
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
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Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Directed by Ben Affleck · 113 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, police, detective
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro.
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Bad Lieutenant
1992 · Directed by Abel Ferrara · 96 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, police, detective · From the same decade (1990s)
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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Cop Land
1997 · Directed by James Mangold · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, police, arson · From the same decade (1990s)
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired.
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Street Kings
2008 · Directed by David Ayer · 109 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, police · Also action and crime
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the…
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Havoc
2025 · Directed by Gareth Evans · 107 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, police corruption · Also action and crime
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
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L.A. Confidential
1997 · Directed by Curtis Hanson · 138 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, detective · From the same decade (1990s)
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.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: police, detective · From the same decade (1990s)
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Black and Blue
2019 · Directed by Deon Taylor · 109 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: police corruption · Also action and crime
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…
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21 Bridges
2019 · Directed by Brian Kirk · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: detective · Also crime and action
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Directed by David Yates · 146 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, escape
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality.