Movies like Impulse
If Impulse's mix of drug dealer, policewoman and vice squad stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Impulse's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Blue Velvet
1986 · Directed by David Lynch · 120 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, neo-noir · Also thriller and crime
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
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Training Day
2001 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 122 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, neo-noir
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Pulp Fiction
1994 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, neo-noir · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper.
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L.A. Confidential
1997 · Directed by Curtis Hanson · 138 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir · Also crime and thriller · 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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Memento
2000 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, neo-noir
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term…
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Deep Cover
1992 · Directed by Bill Duke · 108 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew.
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Black and Blue
2019 · Directed by Deon Taylor · 109 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: female police officer · Also thriller 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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The Last Seduction
1994 · Directed by John Dahl · 110 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
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Nighthawks
1981 · Directed by Bruce Malmuth · 99 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir · Also crime and thriller
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
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Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Directed by Ben Affleck · 113 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir
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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Sea of Love
1989 · Directed by Harold Becker · 113 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: neo-noir
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague.