Movies like Persons Unknown 1996

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Persons Unknown (1996)
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Persons Unknown (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.
Style: independent film, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, suspense
Plot: disability, witness, disabled character, ex-cop, one night stand, heist, love and romance, profanity, fall in love, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, dishonesty, cons and scams, violent content, alcoholic, corruption, robbery, morality, ex cop, graphic violence, wheelchair, one-night stand, crime ...
Time: 90s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, chases and races, violent content, deadly and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Persons Unknown: Road to Juarez (2013), Facade (1999), Top of the World (1997), Portraits of a Killer (1996), Love, Hate & Security (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Road to Juarez (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, crime gone awry, buddies, cons and scams, chase, danger, desert, dishonesty, ex convict, violent content, profanity, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, new mexico
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Facade (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style: rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, hitman, vengeance, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Top of the World (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, casino, false accusation, criminal heroes, police investigation, crime gone awry, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, partner, die hard ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
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75%
Portraits of a Killer (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An attorney takes the lawyer/client relationship too seriously. She ends up falling for her client, a very charming photographer who has been charged with a multiple murder. She wants to believe he is innocent but she cannot deny her suspicions.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: lawyer, murder, dishonesty, fall in love, danger, law enforcement, investigation, serial killer, legal, dedicated lawyer, legal investigation, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Love, Hate & Security (2014)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Giulietta Di Messina a rich sensual European aristocrat (Romina Di Lella) has an unquenchable desire to be a lounge singer against her powerful banker husband's William Windsor's (Oliver Gruber) wish. Still she rebels against him and his ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy
Plot: love and romance, danger, fall in love, woman in danger, love, hate, security, graphic violence, violent content, banker, bodyguard
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Plot: police, die hard, nudity, profanity, police detective, serial killer, chases and races, survival, rivalry, dishonesty, investigation, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s
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Washington Wolves (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not ...
Style: suspense thriller, serious, realistic, rough, neo noir ...
Plot: betrayal, partner, violent content, chance, down on your luck, low lives, cons and scams, heist, disorder, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.
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Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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Don't Look Back (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie ...
Style: fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: hitman, heroin addict, murder, woods, lost in the woods, bad guy, drug dealing, on the run, bag of money, stash, gang, criminal heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: texas, los angeles
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57%
N.Y.C. Underground (2013)
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Wealthy, Manhattanite brothers Dylan, Logan and a group of their friends head to Brooklyn for a concert when they meet notorious gangster, Simon and make an ill-advised deal with him. Soon, things go wrong and now the group is desperately running ...
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Plot: gangster, crime gone awry, survival, on the run, chase, disorder, danger, escapades, chases and races, isolation, drug dealing, confined ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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56%
Midnight Witness (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: police corruption, law enforcement, chases and races, misfit, dishonesty, life is a bitch, on the run, danger, chase, witnessing a crime, police detective, injustice ...
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For Hire (1998)
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Duration: 96 min.
Story: Chicago cabbie Mitch Lawrence is a man whose dreams are starting to fade. His only shining light is his loving and pregnant wife. When one of his clients, author Lou Webber offers him money to eliminate a drug dealer who is stalking him, Mitch ...
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: drug dealer, cancer, pregnancy, violent content, stalking, babies and infants, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, hidden identity, unfulfillment, drug dealing, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, twisted
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Cold Steel (1987)
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Country: USA
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Hit List (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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