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Punishment (2008)
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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, dark, fast paced, grim, psychological, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
escape, revenge, hitman, police, violence, chase, manhunt, cat and mouse, fugitive, survival, gunfight, urban, moral ambiguity, shootout, anti hero, betrayal, corruption, loss, urban decay, underground, isolation, redemption, regret
Time:
contemporary
Place:
australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, dark and neo noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban, revenge, survival, corruption and violence mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Punishment: Mister Dissolute (2009), Shaitan (2023), Tainted (2020), Bang (2025), The Refuge (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
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Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
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Similarity:
95%
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Country: India
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Plot:
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622
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last assignment to escape the Russian mob and earn his freedom.
Style:
suspense, dark, intense, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, betrayal, vengeance, violent, bloodbath, organized crime, ex convict, russian mafia, gangster, mafia, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
canada
Similarity:
86%
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:
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Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, noir, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, bandit, heist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, betrayal, isolation, escape, survival, violence, anti hero, chase ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
80%
2K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
INDRA is a serial killer investigation film about an ex-cop who lost his eyesight and sets out to find the killer terrorizing the town. What follows is a gripping chase full of twists and turns — but what if the hunter ends up ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, revenge, obsession, cat and mouse, ex cop, justice, corruption, moral ambiguity, urban, chase, survival ...
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76%
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 ...
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805
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Step is a fast-paced Texas thriller in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, intense, dark ...
Plot:
college dropout, violence, desperation, chase, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, anti hero, loneliness, manhunt, small town, career criminal, stalking ...
Place:
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Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Ajay's world comes crashing down due to debt, he finds himself in a desperate situation after his girlfriend is kidnapped by loan sharks. Short on time, needing the cash, the story follows this man on his maddening hunt for money.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
money, desperation, debt, kidnapping, moral dilemma, urban, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, male protagonist, survival, anti hero, betrayal ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A hardened debt-collector goes on a 24-hour rampage through London in an attempt to avenge the brutal attack on his teenage daughter.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, debt collector, criminal gang, sociopath, teenage daughter, hitman, contract killer, daughter, manhunt, retribution, father daughter relationship, assault ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Johnson Richard, a ruthless Russian scientist, abducts a couple, willing to cross any line to protect his grandfather’s deadly experiment
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, grim, brutal, noir ...
Plot:
abduction, hostage situation, scientist, violent, confrontation, claustrophobia, biohazard, conspiracy, desperation, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, survival ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
He's looking for a way out of the city. But his only escape is through a woman looking for revenge.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, risk, vengeance, male female relationship, criminal's revenge, urban decay, urban, moral ambiguity, street life, corruption, underworld ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pakistan
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Story:
SofÃa is a former professional racer who ends up working as a mule for a drug cartel. When she and her best friend are ambushed by two corrupt cops who want to kill them and take the drugs, all hell breaks loose when they discover what they were ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
latin america
Similarity:
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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:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kyle Braddock has spent the last decade moving witnesses over the border to Mexico and has always avoided confrontation or suspicion until now. Not only has he been framed for kidnapping but there's a malevolent and unrelenting figure on his ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part of a game where the prize is 3 million yen and a clean record. The object is to reach the Baron's house. However, the obstacles they face involve ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Obsession is Aoyama's remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog ("Nora inu," 1949). The basic plot situation is the same: a cop, after losing his gun to a killer, sets out on a search for the criminal who in the end ...
Style:
detective, suspense, dark, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
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:
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Place:
boston
Similarity:
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14
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, revenge, contract killer, assassin, criminal gang, outlaw gang, gang, street gang, bandit, criminal, murderer, murder ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
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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:
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Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution. There is a long drive ahead.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, psychological, road movie ...
Plot:
organized crime, crime boss, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, conscience, betrayal, assassination, passenger, ambush, loyalty, violence, driver ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A stripper on a flight to Las Vegas has a stopover in a small Texas airport. She gets taken hostage by two Cuban gangsters on the run from the cops.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tense, road movie, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
skinny dipping, stripper, hostage, chase, fear, murder, fugitive, female protagonist, violence, cat and mouse, isolation, manhunt ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, las vegas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime, Gloria (Victoria Abril), a young woman of lower class, comes back to Madrid, Spain and to her family. There she tries to find work and earn some money.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, dark, neo noir, intense ...
Plot:
gangster, prostitution, survival, female protagonist, danger, violence, fugitive, pursuit, desperation, hitman, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
When an elusive thief whose high-stakes heists unfold along the iconic 101 freeway in Los Angeles eyes the score of a lifetime, with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker who is facing her own ...
Style:
tension, crime drama, suspense, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
heist, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma, anti hero, chase, redemption, urban, partners in crime, mature, betrayal, identity ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
After being in jail for 14 years, Thilagavarman gets out of prison on parole. A cat-and-mouse chase unfolds as Nandhini, a tainted police officer zeroes in on him as suspect in a spate of murders
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, crime drama, fast paced ...
Plot:
cat and mouse, police procedural, investigation, character study, urban, corruption, obsession, revenge, moral ambiguity, justice, violent, ambulance driver ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Assassin John Brown, a heroin-addicted, recent war veteran, is hired to take out a local nightclub owner. When Brown slips, he finds himself on the run from both police and the shadowy corporation that hired him.
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, dark, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
assassin, hitman, addiction, heroin, moral ambiguity, urban, city, war veteran, anti hero, on the run, underworld, nightclub ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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