Movies like The Sleeper 2025
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The Sleeper (2025)
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Original name: Uykucu
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ferman is a cold-blooded hitman who eliminates former agents for a secret organization. While eliminating a target during one of his missions, he encounters Saye and unexpectedly falls in love with her. Instead of killing her, he chooses to bring her into the organization. This decision marks the beginning of an irreversible path in both of their lives.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, crime drama, neo noir, fast paced
Plot:
hitman, secret organization, assassin, conspiracy, assassination, violence, betrayal, mature, forbidden romance, survival, gunfight, espionage, loyalty, cat and mouse, tragic romance, partners in crime, underworld, revenge, killer, cold blooded killer, government agency, stylized violence
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Most similar movies to The Sleeper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, suspense and neo noir films with plots about betrayal, revenge, urban, moral ambiguity, hitman, violence and cat and mouse mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Sleeper: Code Name Banshee (2022), Mantis (2025), Kalaga Thalaivan (2022), Bang (2025), Ultimate Target (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Caleb, a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee, discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb's head.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, harsh, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, chase, revenge, bounty hunter, hitman, murder, killing, death of father, fighting crime, family relations, friendship, gunfight ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
assassin, hitman, contract killer, gunfight, underworld, anti hero, moral ambiguity, violence, mature, ruse, training, redemption ...
Place:
seoul, east asia
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A corporate behemoth hires a ruthless hit man to find out the identity of a whistleblower in the organization. Who wins in the end - the hunter or the hunted?
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tension, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
killer, analyst, hitman, corporate corruption, changing lives, battles, fight, career, problem, murderer, killing, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
76%
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:
74%
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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:
betrayal, assassin, double agent, conspiracy, contract killing, murder, manhunt, revenge, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, survival, paranoia ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Set in the early 1990s, Michael, a simple yet daring boy from the south moves to Bombay with a personal strong motive, grow under the wings of Gurunath, a dreaded gangster. Michael is assigned with a task of killing the man involved in the attempted ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, period piece, suspense, romantic drama
Plot:
gangster, underworld, power struggle, revenge, ambition, love, rise to power, danger, coming of age, loyalty, hitman, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bombay india, delhi
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A retired hitman must reawaken all his deadly skills and fight a one-man war against his former employer.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
hitman, veteran, mission, alcoholic, battles, manhunt, murderer, fight, organized crime, murder, gunfight, assassin ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
Style:
captivating, tense, noir, dark, neo noir
Plot:
hitman, mobster, revenge, organized crime, problem, killer, mafia, criminal, violent, criminal underworld, revenge motive, underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, conspiracy, sex trafficking, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, estrangement, identity, violence, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
64%
116
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sam, an Afghanistan Veteran turned Pot Farmer, modifies a strain of cannabis to not only grow at a rapid rate, but also drastically reduce cancer cells. When the villainous Mr. Black is tipped off about this, he orders a Sniper attack on Sam and his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, fast paced, independent film ...
Plot:
sniper, cannabis, war veteran, corporate greed, conspiracy, survival, hitman, corruption, betrayal, assassination, ethical dilemma, suspicion ...
Similarity:
61%
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 ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Grey Malcolm is a talented young assassin who's ready to get his life back. But before he can leave, he has one final assignment: kill a bank robber who has the city's underground up in arms. As Malcolm tracks his target he learns that his ...
Style:
tension, suspenseful, dark, fast paced, noir ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, contract killing, cat and mouse, final showdown, urban, underworld, betrayal, violence, revenge, chase, urban decay ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After retiring from being a hit man due to a physical disability, a man returns for one final job to take care of his struggling family.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
one last job, hitman, assassin, save the day, confronting the past, lifestyle change, family relations, eviction notice, violence, revenge, cat and mouse, desperation ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, manhunt, kidnapping, criminal, problem, death threat, murderer, murder, killer, confrontation, witness ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on ...
Style:
realistic, art house, tense, political thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, conspiracy, cover up, corruption, political corruption, intelligence agency, social commentary, hitman, betrayal, investigation, justice, character study ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An alone and wounded spy is on the hunt for members of a dark agency he used to work for, White Crow. This will push his skills to their limit, and maybe uncover a dark and sinister conspiracy that could change the world as we know it.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, psychological, twisted ...
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, spy thriller, secret organization, rogue agent, espionage, cat and mouse, betrayal, investigation, paranoia, revenge, surveillance ...
Similarity:
51%
334
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out for Yui, the daughter of his deceased father's brother Majima Yoshiki. One day, a gang feud ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, assassin, gangster, martial arts, school, fight scenes, badass, lone hero, vengeance, crime boss, professional killer, chase ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Gopi, is the son of an ex-RAW agent Raghuveer. Brought up by his uncle Sathya, he wants to be an agent just like his father and uncle. But Satya wants him to lead a normal life and not be killed like his father was. What happens in Gopi’s life ...
Style:
suspense, telegu, twisted, tense, dark ...
Plot:
spy, intelligence agency, espionage, conspiracy, national security, deception, revenge, surveillance, investigation, undercover, betrayal, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul Randall finds his mother murdered one day, he himself comes under suspicion.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, grim, detective ...
Plot:
protection, bodyguard, murder, investigation, assassin, family tragedy, paranoia, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, male protagonist, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
47%
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:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a mission of revenge. But things go horribly wrong whilst trying to escape the police.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, fast paced, grim ...
Plot:
escape, hitman, revenge, cat and mouse, manhunt, violence, chase, fugitive, police, anti hero, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, danger, underworld, stripper, pursuit, survival, nightlife, debt, cat and mouse, betrayal, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
278
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Greek Spies are trying to give bad image about turkey, Metin a young police man who decides to go rogue and achieve justice after the murder of his partner and his family on the hands of Greek spices.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, political thriller, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, vigilante, con artists, retribution, justice, manhunt, male protagonist, family tragedy, investigation, espionage, spy thriller ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Harlin Garret loses his memory and finds himself closed in a facility claimed to belong to the state security services. The manager of this place tells Garrett he used to be a killer for the mob but Garrett refuses to believe. Then he is forced to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, dark, action thriller, tense ...
Plot:
assassin, memory loss, paranoia, conspiracy, psychological manipulation, identity crisis, ethical dilemma, coercion, secret police, moral ambiguity, amnesia, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An annual hunting trip for four longtime friends turns into a backwoods nightmare when they run into a group of devout locals deep inside the Pacific Northwest. As tension mounts between the two groups, the men become caught in a vicious game of cat ...
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
hunting, survival, hunted, backwoods, wilderness, cat and mouse, gunfight, violence, chase, religious fanaticism, survival horror, betrayal ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Protagonist Shiva, works with dreaded gangster for living. An Unexpected incident, turns him into a revenge-seeking man. The way he carries out sting operation to expose the dark secrets of his gang is rest of the movie
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, revenge, betrayal, sting operation, underworld, corruption, violence, power struggle, justice, loyalty, moral ambiguity, vigilante ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Einar and Davy find themselves in a frightening position, when they realize that their employer, Miami Crime boss Ricky want them dead. They both escape hoping nobody will find them. But in four years time a lot can happen!
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, violence, hitman, gunfight, betrayal, escape, gangster, crime boss, organized crime, pursuit, payback, underworld ...
Place:
prague, miami
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After losing everything and his wife's disappearance, Siddharth faces arrest. While investigating, he uncovers widespread societal crimes and vulnerabilities.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, missing person, conspiracy, social realism, ethical dilemma, family tragedy, urban, underworld, moral ambiguity, organized crime, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Brother and sister who get separated and reunite years later when the brother has grown to be a criminal.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, emotional, tense, dark
Plot:
brother sister reunion, sibling relationship, family drama, missing person, danger, secrets, relationships, assassination, female protagonist, betrayal, sacrifice, violence ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Polat Alemdar Erhan and Cahit are yet again on the front lines only to discover a military coup attempt in Turkey.
Style:
tense, political thriller, thrilling, captivating, action packed ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military coup, turkish army, coup, political intrigue, palace intrigue, coup d'etat, intrigue, national security, nationalism, political corruption, loyalty, conspiracy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
41%
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