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The Cliff (2016)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"The Cliff" is an American crime drama that takes place in the pulsing streets of Dallas'. Undercover police officer Russell Barnes, faces a new challenge of bringing down high profiled drug dealing music executive Daemon Miller. "The Cliff" takes you on a thrilling ride of crime and action as the two very different worlds of Barnes and Miller collide. "The Cliff" is their state of mind!
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, dark, intense, tension, psychological thriller
Plot:
drug traffic, undercover cop, investigation, drug lord, crime boss, music industry, law enforcement, urban, cat and mouse, underworld, betrayal, double life, power struggle, police corruption, moral ambiguity, confrontation, mature, ambition, gang violence, identity crisis, streetwise, catastrophe, revenge, psychology, drug trafficking
Place:
dallas texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, crime drama and tense films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, betrayal, urban, investigation, cat and mouse and corruption mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Cliff: Mafia (2020), Brave Men's Blood (2014), Oscar Shaw (2025), Yellow Gangs (2022), Maro Prasthanam (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
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Time:
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iceland
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83%
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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75%
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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tense, intense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
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75%
Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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74%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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70%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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67%
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Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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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: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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51%
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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:
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714
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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2K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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2K
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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