Movies like The Professionals 2016
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The Professionals (2016)
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his business partner, Abi went to jail. Out from prison, he recruits the victims of his competitor, and plans for revenge.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, twisted, noir, indonesian
Plot:
revenge, business rivalry, heist, betrayal, corporate corruption, prison, retribution, robbery, vengeance, payback, fraud, stealing, conspiracy, team, ex convict, plan, cat and mouse, mastermind, moral ambiguity, hacking, urban, ensemble, office building
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, noir, crime drama and dark films with plots about moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal, revenge, heist, corruption and organized crime mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Professionals: Loot 2 (2017), Zebra (2024), Rob N Roll (2024), The Sixth Robber (2025), The World Cup Heist (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Loot ended with Haku Kale plotting against his four team members to take over entire robbed money. The four gang members, who were framed for the bank robbery, now escape from the prison and want to take revenge against Haku Kale.
Style:
crime drama, twisted, suspense, fast paced, tension
Plot:
heist, revenge, betrayal, gang, prison escape, conspiracy, criminal underworld, corruption, greed, retribution, urban, violent ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
95%
4K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Surya is a street-smart bank employee, in a bid to protect his loved one, gets entangled in a complex multi-crore scam. He must do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
Style:
suspense, tension, dramatic, twisted, fast paced ...
Plot:
fraud, banking, heist, corruption, investigation, betrayal, conspiracy, bank robbery, suspicion, master criminal, urban, moral ambiguity ...
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89%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A fierce robber has plotted a major heist. But unfortunately, his plan was unintentionally foiled by two dispirited middle-aged best friends, and the stolen cash disappears.
Style:
twisted, detective, suspense, tension, dark comedy ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, greed, betrayal, heist gone wrong, chaos, cat and mouse, bandit, female detective, violence, moral ambiguity, urban ...
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74%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A suspect in a massive armored car heist, who initially evades arrest, is ultimately caught when his hidden criminal intent blossoms and is discovered by vigilant police.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
law enforcement, heist, armored car robbery, justice, suspect, capture, cat and mouse, police procedural, investigation, urban, ambush, manhunt ...
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66%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After pulling off a $4,000,000 heist in New York, the team heist team travel to London, England to steal something worth more than it's weight in gold.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, crime thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, team, urban, surveillance, mastermind, escape, ruse, caper, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, london
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-thief returns for the revange of his father's murder makes an intelligent plan to reach the killer, a godfather named as Ghost. During his robbery operations, he plays with the police chief who is trying to stop him. In his final robbery, ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, robbery, heist, thief, burglar, criminal's revenge, satire, vengeance, unlikely friendships, cat and mouse, organized crime, underworld ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
One of New York's biggest crime heads has offered to let the Ice Grill Bandits in on the biggest heist of the century, but the bandits decide to double cross the mob and make their own deal. When they try unload the ice, they soon discover all ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
heist gone wrong, organized crime, heist, criminal underworld, gangster, urban, violence, crime family, betrayal, drug traffic, risk, smuggling ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A dirty police sergeant and a drug kingpin try to clean up their own organization by murdering all the street snitches while attempting to frame it on two Lady Riders, who are trying to get revenge on the drug dealers that raped them. Meanwhile, a ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, dark, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
motorcycle, violent, vigilante, corruption, urban, investigation, female vigilante, justice, law enforcement, revenge, cover up, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four friends pay the ultimate price,when they seek revenge against a low-level Gangster.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, brutal, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, heist, rivalry, crime gone awry, drug dealing, buddies, revenge, violence, danger, blood, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
52%
233
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A hit man turns against his former boss after witnessing a nuclear weapon being smuggled into the US.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tension, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
assassin, conspiracy, betrayal, revenge, violent, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, anti hero, vigilante, corruption, espionage, urban ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Teenagers run into some trouble after they rob a bank.
Style:
suspense, psychological, crime drama, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robbery, teenager, friendship, violence, criminal heroes, heist, death, chase, youth, society, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
1K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
440 crores stolen. Seven days to get it back. A game of greed, betrayal and intrigue culminates in an explosive climax in this story of a greedy man, a conniving woman and an uncanny guy with a bag full of tricks.
Style:
suspense, twisted, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
cat and mouse, greed, heist, money, deception, betrayal, entertainment, loot, mind game, manipulation, anti hero, mastermind ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Andrey, former police officer is trying to find who is responsible for his false accusation and imprisonment.
Style:
suspense, dark, detective, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
wrongful imprisonment, prison, investigation, corruption, justice, police procedural, moral ambiguity, betrayal, revenge, conspiracy, grief, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
45%
253
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.
Style:
dark, bloody, tense, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
yakuza, violence, heist, betrayal, ex convict, robbery, organized crime, criminal underworld, revenge, survival, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A frustrated artist is convinced by his eccentric roommate to rob a bank. Having planned the crime by watching bank-robber films, the amateur heist is doomed from the beginning.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, semi serious, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, money, escapades, burglar, money problems, attempted robbery, theft, robbery, bank robber, criminal, organized crime ...
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43%
126
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The daughter of a druglord and the son of the chief of police fall in love in this Romeo & Juliet-esque street drama.
Style:
tension, emotional, suspense, noir, independent film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, star crossed lovers, family drama, family conflict, urban, young lovers, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, passion, betrayal, power struggle, moral ambiguity, confrontation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south america
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
A fictionalized version of the events surrounding notorious criminal Tiruvarur Murugan, who was involved in a big jewellery shop robbery.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, intense, dark ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, law enforcement, master criminal, fugitive, police investigation, cat and mouse, pursuit, chase, suspicion, street crime, confrontation ...
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Genre: Action
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of gold. The heist goes well but each man is trying to keep all the loot for himself...
Style:
tension, crime drama, suspense, twisted, period piece ...
Plot:
heist, prison escape, betrayal, greed, heist gone wrong, deception, escape, violence, police, criminal underworld, confrontation, loot ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A blackmarket cannabis dealer gets squeezed out of the business when marijuana becomes legal, and is forced to make one last deal with the people he should trust the least.
Style:
crime drama, tension, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
black market, drug trade, betrayal, criminal underworld, one last job, survival, urban, city, moral ambiguity, violence, organized crime, neighborhood ...
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40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, mature, betrayal, underworld, corruption, slow burn, urban decay, cat and mouse, justice, mission
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
betrayal, conspiracy, crime boss, gangster, ambition, organized crime, power struggle, gang war, gangster boss, blind ambition, criminal gang, greed ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action
Country: Nigeria
Story:
When Amanda, a determined young woman, infiltrates the dangerous criminal organization Double Dekoi to clear her brother's name of murder, she recruits a mismatched team, navigating a treacherous world of drug and human trafficking.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, action thriller, tense, tension ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, undercover, organized crime, female protagonist, dangerous mission, drug traffic, human trafficking, urban, investigation, violence, corruption, mature ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
38%
494
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Follows a ruthless hitman who, after narrowly escaping a fatal attempt on his life, betrays his gang in an effort to find forgiveness but ends up becoming a target himself.
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, betrayal, redemption, assassin, revenge, moral dilemma, urban, moral ambiguity, violent, underworld, manhunt ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In Hong Kong, an elite gang of robbers - regarded as somewhat of a crime dream team - is formed, each member selected for their previous well-planned, swift, and successful operations. They are fearless and lethal, even going so far as to kill an ...
Style:
suspense, dark, tension, noir, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, gang, organized crime, betrayal, violence, robbery, undercover cop, scheme, moral ambiguity, revenge, loyalty, greed ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, thailand
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rohit is entangled in a series of murders involving women he knew, disturbing him. After a confrontation where he kills Shetty, Rohit is the suspect, unveiling surprising truths about the murders' origins and his own role in the mystery.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, suspense, twist ending, tense ...
Plot:
murder investigation, investigation, female victim, whodunit, guilt, suspect, identity crisis, cat and mouse, paranoia, police procedural, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
When a young man new in town, the impressionable Chris Donds (Esteban Powell), is drawn into the super wealthy scene of Los Angeles after dark, he confuses his morals and beliefs for absolution and opportunity... the life that dreams as fast as it ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
russian mafia, moral ambiguity, violence, organized crime, corruption, urban, nightlife, retribution, danger, wealth, betrayal, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Albania, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Two men, a former ministry chief and his business partner, have less than 48 hours to save their jobs and reputations. An absurd chain of events threatens to destroy everyone in this fast paced crime thriller.
Style:
crime thriller, tension, fast paced, twisted, suspense ...
Plot:
deadline, cover up, betrayal, conspiracy, power struggle, business partner, political corruption, paranoia, cat and mouse, crime investigation, ethical dilemma, bureaucracy ...
Place:
albania
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Up and coming MMA fighter Sloane Zaro is on her way to super-stardom when she comes home to witness the brutal murder of her mother. As Leonard Zaro goes on trial for killing his wife, Sloane trains for the fight of her life.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, emotional ...
Plot:
mixed martial arts, female fighter, revenge, mobster, trial, betrayal, organized crime, murder mystery, vengeance, grief, father daughter relationship, betrayal by friend ...
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2K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Aditya, the son of a terminally ill businessman, discovers that his father has lost all his wealth to a swindler. Seeking revenge for this crime, he travels to London.
Style:
tension, suspense, twisted, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, cat and mouse, power struggle, fraud, con men, conspiracy, strategy, urban, moral ambiguity, investigation, terminal illness ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mobster Rudy Wright rises to the top of the Los Angeles underworld.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, revenge, crime boss, betrayal, escapades, criminal heroes, pride and honor, society, brutality, gang war, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
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