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Hard Days (2023)
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Original name: 最後まで行く
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Style:
detective, crime drama, crime thriller, suspense, tension, psychological, noir, dark, sinister
Plot:
corruption, car accident, police corruption, cover up, hit and run, investigation, secrets, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, escalation, urban, cat and mouse, police procedural, catastrophe, revenge, obsession, betrayal, hospital, isolation, perjury, mother
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, noir, dark and detective films with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, urban, revenge, corruption, cat and mouse and police procedural mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Hard Days: Out of Annie's Past (1995), An Obsession (1997), Sikandar Ka Muqaddar (2024), Blackmail (2025), Squad 36 (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Audience:
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