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Real (2017)
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Original name: 리얼
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.
Style:
sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, crime thriller, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, neo noir, dark ...
Plot:
casino, investigative reporter, organized crime, sex, criminal, power, power struggle, gangster, underworld, bandit, investigation, journalist, crime boss, investigative journalism, betrayal, deception, corruption, manipulation, ambition, mob boss, control, moral ambiguity, violence, obsession, double life ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
south korea, seoul, east asia
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Most similar movies to Real
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, dark and neo noir films with plots about betrayal, moral ambiguity, urban, revenge, corruption, investigation and cat and mouse mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Real: Fighter Shiva (2025), Mantis (2025), Caliber 9 (2020), The Negotiation (2018), Tabloid Truth (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Village dreamer Shiva comes to Hyderabad to become a director.Rejected and desperate, he joins the drug mafia to fund his film. As he rises, violence consumes him. With cops chasing and gangsters betraying him, Shiva chooses to fight back.
Style:
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Plot:
underworld, moral ambiguity, gangster, ambition, anti hero, organized crime, filmmaking, betrayal, violence, corruption, film industry, power struggle ...
Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Mantis, an ace assassin, returns to the contract killer industry after a hiatus, encountering his trainee friend Jae-yi and a retired legendary killer Dok-go, who now runs the organization.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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196
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, fraud, gangster, suspect, stolen money, criminal gang, gang, struggle for survival, money problems, bandit, mafioso ...
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, tension, captivating ...
Plot:
negotiation, hostage, manipulation, abduction, kidnapping, rescue, criminal, twists and turns, police investigation, danger, confined, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Woo-gon, a passionate manager who lost everything due to stock advertisements and a specialist gets together to find out the truth behind the rumors that have shaken up the country. From precious information to distribution, this crime chasing movie ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, investigative reporter, tabloid journalism, political corruption, intrigue, political scandal, scandal, dark secret, political intrigue, political unrest, political conspiracy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, goon, kidnapping, swashbuckler, murder investigation, criminal, gang, criminal underworld, bandit, organized crime, murder mystery, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disgraced former cop finds himself working for a ruthless female kingpin to pay off his estranged father’s debt and protect his family.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, dark, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Rama or Ravana, whose ideologies work better? Two shrewd minds battle it out in a one-upmanship game. Who will win?
Style:
twisted, suspenseful, tense, fast paced, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
good versus evil, moral ambiguity, rivalry, character study, mind game, adaptation, anti hero, power struggle, cat and mouse, manipulation, urban, betrayal ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Captain Gang has died in a test flight accident. Dae-ik discovers a huge corruption scandal while trying to determine the cause of death. He reports it to journalist Jung-sook, but things changed in unexpected ways.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, korean army, military, criminal, investigative reporter, conspiracy, cover up, secrets, whistleblower, crime investigation, corruption, corrupt officer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A man who works for a seedy private detective decides to turn over a new leaf, but ends up antagonising the men behind his last assignment, and gets entangled in a web spun by greedy politicians, corrupt cops and ruthless gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
gangster, corruption, organized crime, private detective, underworld, violence, danger, moral ambiguity, criminal conspiracy, criminal syndicate, political corruption, power struggle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Kichu takes up an assignment to befriend a gangster David, who has lost his memories to learn about a valuable gold shipment that has gone missing. Will Kichu pull off the task, or end up waking the monster in the gangster?
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
friend, job, friends, two friends, male protagonist, job offer, male male relationship, job seeking, relationships, friendship, friendship between men, amnesia ...
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53%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Marcus is working for the FBI as a informant after he was caught for being a master thief. Now, his handler, Jennings, has discovered that Fredrick Bernhardt, a crime boss, maybe responsible for the disappearance of his wife. Marcus must go ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tension, intense, twisted ...
Plot:
deception, organized crime, crime boss, investigation, criminal underworld, undercover, missing person, betrayal, double life, false identity, cat and mouse, covert operation ...
Similarity:
52%
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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350
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was about to turn states evidence. The killing came as the mobster was with his girlfriend Alma. Jack ...
Style:
detective, suspense, crime thriller, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, investigation, cop, deception, corruption, violent, moral ambiguity, gang, underworld, love triangle, betrayal ...
Time:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, tense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, anti hero, betrayal, police corruption, corrupt cop, black market, ethical dilemma, revenge, investigation, violence, murder mystery, guilt ...
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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seoul
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337
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two bodyguards set out to find their boss's killer before his son starts a mob war.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, bodyguard, revenge, betrayal, loyalty, underworld, crime family, investigation, retribution, gunfight, moral ambiguity, power struggle ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Is Ram Mukherjee Raavan in disguise?
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Story:
When Police kicks open the doors of the elite underground fight club Knuckledust, they find seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of countless fighters, assassins and goons. Only one man, beaten up to a pulp, is still breathing: Hard ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, conspiracy, sex trafficking, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, estrangement, identity, violence, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
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Similarity:
41%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
crime boss, organized crime, commissioner, underworld, hitman, moral ambiguity, power struggle, betrayal, corruption, deception, police corruption, law enforcement ...
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug world to prosecutors and police. When a drug bust at a party attended by high-profile ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, dark
Plot:
drug traffic, corruption, informant, snitch, underworld, deception, investigation, organized crime, moral ambiguity, double life, conspiracy, police procedural ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
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835
Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Entrapped in his apartment, Randal, a recent paraplegic, is given a gift of binoculars by his devoted girlfriend, Pam. But Randal is in financial debt to a sadistic loan shark, and when he witnesses a powerful criminal commit a murder while ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, tension, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tense, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
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614
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Peter McShade is a hitman, whose contract involves killing the major mobster of the Iberian Peninsula, but nothing is what it seems.
Style:
crime thriller, dark, suspense, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, mob boss, assassin, hitman, contract killing, betrayal, deception, violence, underworld, urban, mistrust ...
Place:
morocco, iberian peninsula
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A double-dealing member of an elite group of hit men becomes the ultimate target when his organization discovers his deceit.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, dark, noir ...
Plot:
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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. ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, intense, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
undercover cop, drug traffic, music industry, underworld, cat and mouse, investigation, crime boss, drug lord, law enforcement, urban, betrayal, police corruption ...
Place:
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