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Play Dirty (2025)
26K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, fast paced, reflective, surprise ending, neo noir, black comedy, f word
Plot:
heist, thief, organized crime, billionaire, dictator, anti hero, team, criminal underworld, conspiracy, corruption, cat and mouse, mastermind, moral ambiguity, underworld, disguise, political intrigue, slick, female nudity, sex scene, male protagonist, fiance fiancee relationship, fake, christmas, mafia, dancing ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, south america, brooklyn new york city, indiana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, surprise ending, suspense and f word films with plots about held at gunpoint, violence, murder, gunfight, shootout, death and betrayal mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Play Dirty: Maximum Force (1992), Triple 9 (2016), American Night (2021), Renegades (1989), Live by Night (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
95%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
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86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
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mafia, gangster, art, fight, car chase, criminal heroes, brutality, revenge, mob boss, crime boss, modern art, death of father ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, asia, manhattan new york city
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81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
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Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
period piece, neo noir, stylized, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, prohibition, revenge, gangster, betrayal, chase, criminal, friendship, police, murder, mob boss ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
florida, boston, massachusetts, america, miami ...
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72%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
Style:
erotic, suspense, independent film, detective, neo noir ...
Plot:
martial arts, organized crime, swat team, vigilante, martial artist, unrequited love, kickboxing, final showdown, karate, green beret, mobster, wrestling ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, law enforcement, rivals, cons and scams, dishonesty, life is a bitch, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, scotland yard, london
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
organized crime, undercover cop, police detective, black cop, female warrior, kidnapping, police corruption, rescue, death, brutality, race against time, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
tough guy, witness protection, martial arts, attempted murder, abusive husband, u.s. marshal, fbi, shootout, woman in jeopardy, rescue, hand to hand combat, ship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, los angeles
Similarity:
66%
153K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, delivery man, ex special forces, one against many, black ops, dark heroine, crime boss, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, badass female lead, mystery woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, london, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, violence, death, betrayal, organized crime, police, arms dealer, crime boss ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, police brutality, violence, tough guy, strip club, bank vault, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, ex marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, london, usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gunfight, shootout, revenge, christmas, gang warfare, murder, grieving father, criminal, murderer, bandit, christmas eve, martial arts ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
texas
Similarity:
59%
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Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, black comedy ...
Plot:
one woman army, female warrior, police, danger, survival, gunfight, crime boss, chase, bomb, messenger, trap, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, suspenseful, tense, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, hitman, sadism, stolen money, drug dealer, danger, tax collector, female psychopath, drug, family relations, violence, taxes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, captivating, tense, brutal, action thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
56%
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, robbery, bank robbery, gunfight, blackmail, violence, surveillance, stolen gold, partner, cons and scams, deception ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, daring rescue, female warrior, hired killer, gangster, chases and races, death, fight ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Style:
cult classic, slasher, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
Style:
unusual plot structure, confusing, talky, perverse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, organized crime, tough girl, sniper, government, fighting crime, criminal, mafia, father son relationship, violence, brutality, gunfight ...
Time:
near future, distant future
Place:
usa, canada, detroit
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style:
perverse, retro, crime drama, action adventure, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, crime boss, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, rescue, shootout, blood, two man army, drug lord, violence, hostage ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, new york, asia, usa, china ...
Similarity:
48%
135K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, saga, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, mafia, assassin, betrayal, revenge, kidnapping, hitman, romancing a criminal, car chase, fight scenes, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, florida, miami, chicago, new orleans ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, survival, gangster, twists and turns, race against time, hostage, on the run, danger, life turned upside down, unlikely partners, confined, wanted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Style:
action comedy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
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Plot:
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46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
44%
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