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Second Chance (2016)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a home invasion goes terribly wrong, Oscar tries to help the girl whose life he helped to ruin.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, psychological, emotional, dark, intense, realistic, noir, independent film ...
Plot:
home invasion, second chance, redemption, remorse, guilt, forgiveness, moral dilemma, regret, revenge, reconciliation, confrontation, violent, love, survival, isolation, urban, vigilante, stalker, girl
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, suspenseful and intense films with plots about urban, redemption, revenge, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, corruption and violent mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Second Chance: Chase (2022), Chorabali (2012), Fatum (2023), Unbound (2020), Saindhav (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Visually-impaired former cop Nidhi finds herself being part of an unexpected accident scene. She goes to report it to the cops, where CCB officer Avinash takes charge of the case. This case brings unexpected closure for both the complainant and the ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Sumon is compelled to grow up in the city's underworld as mafia lord Osman Ali's killer machine. After killing a pregnant woman, Sumon's conscience leads him to defy Ali's order.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Julius Fonteneau has decided to take the law into his own hands after his daughter has gone missing. His only friend supports him while his wife resents him and the police are growing suspicious of his intentions. He must determine right from wrong ...
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Plot:
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Place:
new orleans
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28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The father of a sick child takes on a criminal gang running a pharmaceutical racket.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, intense, dark, neo noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, family drama, sick child, revenge, corruption, sacrifice, single father, gang warfare, vigilante, urban, redemption, violent ...
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27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Set in Sokulapalem, bound by a promise to his mother, Surya, an LIC agent leads a normal life on six days, maintains a careful ledger of everyone made him angry,unleashing his anger only on Saturdays, solely for justifiable reasons. A tragic ...
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26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story revolves around victims who have been brutally raped, murdered and then burnt using Kerosene. While investigating the case, Vaibhav comes across a few more cases with the same Modus Operandi committed.
Style:
dark, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, detective ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk wants is a normal life - one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you've penetrated the upper echelons of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Troubles worsen for Kumaresan after the capture of Perumal, and soon he is confronted with having to make a choice between performing his duties as a police constable, or taking a stand for what is right.
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
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494
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Follows a ruthless hitman who, after narrowly escaping a fatal attempt on his life, betrays his gang in an effort to find forgiveness but ends up becoming a target himself.
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Plot:
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23%
2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
With only three days to prove his innocence, a struggling ex-soldier (Derek Davenport) is forced to take one last job and save his client's kidnapped daughter (Amelia Haberman) or face time for a crime he did not commit.
Style:
action thriller, suspenseful, intense, tense, fast paced ...
Plot:
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Six unrelated people must push through their past and the mob underworld to discover what has controlled each of them all these years. Sex, Drugs, Guns and God have created a series of events which will leave each of them changed forever.
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273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An estranged man deemed to be a beast vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself for his foster daughter.
Style:
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Plot:
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340
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Zayvian, a teenager, guilty over the death of his twin brother, commits negative acts in order to gain the attention of his parents. He seeks absolution for the murder. His ultimate decision will have an impact on eight other troubled teens that ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having taken control of a maximum security prison, a criminal mastermind faces off against a retired Black Ops agent who had been visiting his incarcerated son.
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, dark, fast paced
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Style:
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Plot:
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129
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
chicago
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
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Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
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692
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A sequel to Kwak Kyeong-taek's "Friend" in 2001, "Friends 2" is about three men who are gangsters based in the background of the year 1963 and 2010.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Recently released from military prison with a dishonorable discharge and a broken heart, John Hidell decides to travel to New York City. However his preparations are complicated by an unexpected relationship.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kyle Braddock has spent the last decade moving witnesses over the border to Mexico and has always avoided confrontation or suspicion until now. Not only has he been framed for kidnapping but there's a malevolent and unrelenting figure on his ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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