Movies like B. Monkey
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B. Monkey (1998)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, cult classic, serious, realistic, surprise ending, independent film, dark comedy, erotic, romantic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, sex, nudity, love, violence, betrayal, addiction, hospital, male nudity, british, redemption, storytelling, drinking, gangster, erotica, thief, robbery, jazz club, woman with a gun, nude women, school, heist, friendship, female nudity, murder ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 70s, 1990s
Place:
london, paris france, england, united kingdom, france, europe, britain
Keyword:
cricket the game, bruise, gangsters
Most similar movies to B. Monkey
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, serious and suspenseful films with plots about murder, death, cigarette smoking, bar, violence, money and blood mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like B. Monkey: Heaven's Burning (1997), Kidulthood (2006), Revenge (1990), Out of Sight (1998), The Good Thief (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
hood, serious, tense, rough, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
urban ghetto life, bullying, gang, ghetto, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
betrayal, dangerous attraction, love triangle, couple relations, revenge, vengeance, adultery, unfaithful wife, friendship, desert, extramarital affair, love ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
Style:
melancholic, touching, tricky, light, lyrical ...
Plot:
amnesia, memory loss, love story, justice, master criminal, police, fall in love, couple relations, couples, love affair, love and romance, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
france, paris france, morocco, england, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, romantic, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, fbi, hotel, robbery, love story, crime gone awry, opposites attract, character study, love and romance ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like The Town
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, gambling, robbery, betrayal, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, caper, forgery, painting, character study ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, monaco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, gunfight, twists and turns, gangster, hostage, pregnancy, car chase, rags to riches, confined, disorder, mafia, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
bolivia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran Billy Ray Lancing, a former CSA agent who now works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irina Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Poland that he's helping out ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, friendship, danger, human trafficking, secret code, orphan, martial arts, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, special agent, secret agent, good versus evil ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland, montreal, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, bleak, romantic drama ...
Plot:
couples, love and romance, student life, cons and scams, destructive relationship, college, lie, dancing, police, friendship, friend, secret ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Body Heat
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gang war, ghetto, gangster, drug, hip hop, mafia, gang, chase, betrayal, urban, addiction ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, america, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style:
stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, cocaine, gunfight, mafia, organized crime, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, hotel, pimp, love, mobster, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, usa, detroit, california, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who gives her sanctuary. But the killing was not a simple act of passion, as the victim had ties to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, weeping, crying ...
Plot:
sex with a priest, priest in love, italian mafia, wedding, church, infidelity, murder, prostitute, on the run, catholic church, castration, priest ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, latin america, usa, manhattan new york city, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, fatal attraction, betrayal, private detective, murder, infidelity, greed, love triangle, dishonesty, sex ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
organized crime, betrayal, surveillance, love triangle, drug dealer, drug lord, corruption, friendship, crime boss, drug, love, best friend ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Hell or High Water related movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.
Style:
suspenseful, erotic, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, prison, destiny, erotica, bittersweet, obsession, mad love, lost girl, flirting, partner, outlaw, dentist ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
104K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Style:
suspense, tense, neo noir, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, girl gang, murder, widow, harlot, premarital sex, black, grief, criminal, caper, brutality, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, xian
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, law enforcement, cons and scams, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
194K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Style:
neo noir, intense, clever, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, heist, murder, chase, sex, drug, drug lord, caper, plot twist, violence, drug addiction, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2004, 60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain, amsterdam, netherlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man ...
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, cult classic, black and white, grindhouse ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, female serial killer, con artists, spinster, loneliness, valentine's day, violent, marriage, male nudity, wedding, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
alabama, usa, missouri, michigan, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like Notes on a Scandal
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, stylized, intense, non-linear ...
Plot:
gangster, love, dishonesty, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, hitman, power relations, philosophy, justice, true love, hospital, suicide ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A Paris police detective (Richard Berry) plays rough with a prostitute (Nathalie Baye) and her pimp/lover (Philippe Léotard), whom he wants as an informant.
Style:
neo noir, anthology, detective, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex, undercover police officer, undercover agent, prostitution, spy, gangster, nudity, hooker, french algerian war, vice squad, love triangle, male nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, new york, france, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
100K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
on the road, murder, surrealism, forbidden love, on the run, road trip, violence, sex scene, domineering mother, rape, haunted by the past, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new orleans, texas, austin texas, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, police, violence, organized crime, death, crime boss, betrayal, arms dealer ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, twisted, depressing ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, undercover cop, drug, heroin, drug addict, police, paranoia, drug abuse, junkie, undercover police officer, spy ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
texas, usa, montana, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Films like Triple 9
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, rough, twist ending ...
Plot:
infidelity, adultery, blackmail, dangerous attraction, twists and turns, police investigation, couples, rape, danger, betrayal, disorder, femme fatale ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
femme fatale, female assassin, police corruption, police, mob boss, female killer, sexy woman, love story, secrets, woman on top, female nudity, bare butt ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, phoenix arizona, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
38K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, cult classic, retro, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, safecracker, mafia, organized crime, heist, character study, criminal, bank robber, great ending, betrayal, bank, hustler ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
24%
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