Movies like The Hunter 2010
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The Hunter (2010)
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Original name: شکارچی
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In an act of vengeance, a young man randomly kills two police officers. He escapes to the forest, where he is arrested by two other officers. The three men are surrounded by trees, the woods. They are lost in a maze, a desolate landscape, where the boundaries between the hunter and the hunted are difficult to perceive.
Style:
exciting, tense, bleak, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful, islamic, slow cinema, aesthetic ...
Plot:
murder, ex convict, accidental killing, isolation, law enforcement, vengeance, mind game, confined, criminal heroes, woods, jungle, arrest, forest, death, abandoned house, shooting, revenge, iranian, nightshift, rivalry, criminal's revenge, prison escape, hunting, soldier, car chase ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about deadly, murder, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Hunter: The Wild Hunt (2009), The Gunman (2004), Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978), The Last Ride (2004), Blame (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 96 min.
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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usa
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