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Chameleon (2019)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A struggling ex-con and his unpredictable accomplice scam superficial trophy wives and their rich older husbands in self-obsessed Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, tension, twisted
Plot:
scam, con artists, ex convict, kidnapping, betrayal, seduction, deception, manipulation, extortion, accomplice, moral ambiguity, trophy wife, urban, cat and mouse, vanity, mistrust, character study, revenge, social satire, female empowerment, low life, toxic masculinity, isolation, chameleon, neo-noir
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, crime drama, dark and tense films with plots about cat and mouse, revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal, investigation and deception mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Chameleon: Undercurrent (1998), G@me (2003), Body of Sin (2018), Hit Me (2005), To Topple an Empire (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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