Movies like Payback 1999

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Payback (1999)
 7.1
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Payback (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Style: neo noir, suspense, black comedy, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, action packed, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, money, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, anti hero, mafia, heist, greed, robbery, prostitute, violence, torture, twists and turns, gangster, corrupt cop, one man army, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, tough guy, chinese mafia, death of wife, extortion, flashback ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, new york
Keyword: gangsters, chinese, compilation, oldies, change, buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about shot in the chest, shot to death, murder, gangster, pistol, shootout and blood splatter mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Payback: Payback: Straight Up (2006), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Faster (2010), Last Man Standing (1996), Heist (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style: neo noir, ambiguous ending, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, betrayal, vengeance, criminal, prostitute, tough heroes, organized crime, criminal's revenge, crime boss, corrupt cop, husband wife relationship, gangster ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, neo noir, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: twists and turns, hitman, revenge, assassin, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, justice, mafia, vengeance, secrets, mysterious character ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 1979, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 112K
Faster (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver ...
Style: stylized, brutal, intense, talky, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, lone hero, vigilante, corruption, hotshot, justice, ex convict, revenge, vigilantism, brutality, gangster, gratuitous violence ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: iran, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Last Man Standing (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, gang war, small town, betrayal, shootout, violence, one man army, gunfight, tough guy, one against many, prohibition ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place: texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Heist (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, clever, tricky, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, robbery, twists and turns, blackmail, gunfight, surveillance, gold, bank robber, stolen gold, bank robbery, organized crime, violence ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
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Get the Gringo (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style: intense, clever, brutal, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison escape, lone hero, prison gang, criminal heroes, vengeance, gunfight, mafia, tough guy, gangster, corruption, prison life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, usa, san diego california, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
 714K
Heat (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, chase, cop, master criminal, police detective, gangster, police, obsession, bank ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 49K
A Man Apart (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style: suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, drug cartel, vigilante, drug, lone hero, justice, gang, gangster, violence, corruption, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dead Man Down (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, gangster, secrets, blackmail, mob boss, kidnapping, vengeance, mafia, guilt, vigilantism, deception, mystery woman ...
Time: year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 135K
Ransom (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, reward, child in peril, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, ransom, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style: grindhouse, neo noir, bleak, stylized, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, violence, murder, home invasion, vietnam war, revenge, exploitation, macabre, complex characters, vietnam veteran, homecoming, gunfight ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: texas, el paso texas, vietnam, asia, san antonio texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Road to Perdition (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style: harsh, atmospheric, visually stunning, bleak, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mafia, vengeance, organized crime, hitman, criminal's revenge, violence, revenge, road trip, murder, on the road, on the run, assassin ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1931, year 2002
Place: illinois, chicago, usa, persia, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 103K
Running Scared (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun ...
Style: suspense, brutal, bloody, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: child abuse, gunfight, gangster, police corruption, mafia, undercover agent, mob boss, violent, racism, gory, police investigation, organized crime ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.1
 36K
Get Carter (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style: stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, gangster, lone wolves, revenge, murder, vengeance, brutality, criminal heroes, rivalry, criminal's revenge, assassin, adaptation ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, seattle, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 152K
Smokin' Aces (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Style: dark comedy, action packed, clever, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: hitman, assassin, gunfight, gangster, sniper, violent, multiple storylines, disguise, killer, violence, violence spree, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.5
 413K
The Town (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style: suspense, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bank robbery, heist, robbery, gunfight, thief, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, gang, organized crime, gangster, love affair, perfect crime ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 699K
Drive (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, adult
Plot: car chase, heist, mechanic, danger, tough heroes, lone wolves, organized crime, loner, revenge, chases and races, robbery, character study ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iran, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Boondock Saints (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
Style: suspense, neo noir, entertaining, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, mafia, revenge, vengeance, violent, shooting, fbi, vigilante, gunfight, morality, hitman, siblings relations ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 264K
RocknRolla (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and ...
Style: dark comedy, suspense, stylized, witty, talky ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gangster, corruption, organized crime, twists and turns, gang leader, dark humor, mafia, heist, homosexual, chase, robbery, gay straight relations ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.7
 66K
Sabotage (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, suspense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, drug cartel, vengeance, crime scene, revenge, death of friend, revenge killing, tough law enforcer, danger, dishonesty, drug, violent ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: mexico, atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 470K
Training Day (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: police corruption, gang, corrupt cop, ghetto, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, dirty cop, drug ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 67K
Blood Father (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style: suspense, stylized, harsh, road movie, tense ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, teenage girl, ex convict, on the run, revenge, survival, redemption, road trip, alcoholic, race against time, gangster, chase ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: california, new mexico, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.5
 1.4M
The Departed (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, police, organized crime, mole, mobster, undercover cop, twists and turns, undercover, gunfight, corruption, working undercover, gangster ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: boston, america, persia, massachusetts, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 14K
Deep Cover (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The black policeman 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. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police investigation, gangster, brutality, drug, murder, drug addiction, undercover, racial slur, undercover cop, black, urban, betrayal ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, ohio, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Never Die Alone (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Style: hood, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, manhunt, addiction, ghetto, redemption, murder, interracial relations, journalism, criminal heroes, rise and fall, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: usa, detroit, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 560K
Casino (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style: realistic, clever, rough, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, gambling, money, greed, mobster, betrayal, cosa nostra, criminal heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s ...
Place: las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 5K
The Outfit (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, danger, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, chase ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Out for Justice (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style: detective, suspense, neo noir, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, gangster, psychopath, organized crime, aikido, revenge, car chase, shootout, violence, hitman, serial killer ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Heaven's Burning (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, road movie, detective, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, hostage, on the run, obsession, revenge, bank robbery, love, yakuza, kidnapping, interracial romance, car chase, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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