Movies like Recon 2016
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Recon (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Alexa Reikowski, a rookie FBI agent, embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family, after a attack on American soil.
Style:
suspenseful
Plot:
fbi agent, covert operation, spy thriller, moral dilemma, cat and mouse, domestic terrorism, paranoia, surveillance, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, isolation, urban
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, united states
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A wealthy middle-aged man at the airport witnesses a tiny incident involving an unknown, perhaps Arab, young man and airport staff. After the young man is confronted directly at the airport toilets, he feels himself subject to an indefinable but ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, suspicion, surveillance, cat and mouse, stalking, airport, confrontation, alienation, isolation, moral ambiguity, slow burn ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Two patrol officers face mounting tensions during a night shift as they navigate dangerous calls while confronting their strained partnership and personal demons.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, ambiguous ending
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factions who are traveling on the same line.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, atmospheric, political thriller, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, covert operation, train, spy thriller, mistaken identity, falsely accused, female protagonist, conspiracy, paranoia, deception, cat and mouse, mistrust ...
Time:
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Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil ...
Style:
period piece, suspense, suspenseful, grim, political thriller ...
Plot:
invention, corporate conspiracy, moral dilemma, depression era, paranoia, ambition, law, whistleblower, biopic, isolation, cat and mouse, world's fair ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A software worker/reporter named Arjun loves a fellow reporter Netra. When minister Krishna offers him a lucrative trucking job due to financial troubles, complications arise as he attempts to flee.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, romantic drama, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, escape attempt, social commentary, financial difficulty, journalism, corruption, class struggle, urban, betrayal, conspiracy, cat and mouse ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
Style:
art house, suspenseful
Plot:
conscience, domestic drama, moral dilemma, guilt, moral ambiguity, character study, intimate, realism, witness, murder mystery, apartment building, unsettling ...
Place:
romania, bucharest
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Tekka is the story of Iqlakh, a janitor who has lost his job and is out to get it back by holding a schoolgirl hostage in a building. ACP Maya comes in, a woman who is trying to conceive. Add to the mix a young journalist pair, Brishti and Tintin, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, sentimental
Plot:
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57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, noir
Plot:
blindness, murder mystery, falsely accused, paranoia, deception, man on the run, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, amateur detective, family secret, betrayal by friend, private investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. Sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, Adams miraculously escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison while under 24-hour surveillance in solitary confinement with the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prison escape, prisoner, life is a bitch, troubled past, confronting the past, surveillance, isolation, claustrophobia, solitary, social commentary, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Time:
year 1985
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, bleak, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paranoia, betrayal, isolation, conspiracy, obsession, character study, espionage, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A homeless veteran with PTSD gets offered money by his ex-sergeant to be hunted for sport. If he survives a month, he keeps the cash; if he dies, it goes to his estranged family. The hunt starts in six months abroad.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
trauma, manhunt, veteran, ptsd, survival game, moral ambiguity, exploitation, paranoia, violence, desperation, cat and mouse, homelessness ...
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52%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mimicry artist's perfect life shatters upon discovering his wife's secret affair and murderous intentions. His desperate plea for police protection leads to unexpected events.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, dark ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, domestic drama, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, paranoia, claustrophobia, household, revenge, survival, isolation ...
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young girl abducted by a serial sex criminal and is released unharmed, but decides not to inform the police. She must face the moral consequences when the assaults continue against other women.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, crime drama, dark, suspenseful
Plot:
abduction, trauma, silence, fear, moral dilemma, guilt, sex maniac, female protagonist, serial killer, isolation, suspicion, survivor ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, identity, urban
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Agent Korkut Ali Türkoglu, trained by the National Intelligence Organization, uncovers crucial information about plans concerning Turkey.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
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Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future. Today he’s in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and at risk of assassination. Last week, a nobody. This week, ...
Style:
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Plot:
fugitive, man on the run, chase, escape, survival, conspiracy, paranoia, surveillance, assassination, betrayal, undercover, isolation ...
Time:
future
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A fearless activist claims she was raped in her dreams with physical marks. A masked figure traps her, a YouTuber, and a cop in a suspenseful game testing their wits and bonds, blending thriller with comedy.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tension, crime thriller, action drama, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, dread, black and white, sinister ...
Plot:
abandoned warehouse, omnibus, paranoia, moral ambiguity, isolation, witness protection, claustrophobia, violence, cat and mouse, dark humor, slow burn, ethical dilemma ...
Similarity:
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Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Ashley suspects her father's partner was behind a brutal home invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Frank, a professional counterfeiter from a wealthy mob family,receives the heart of the man he was supposed to kill two weeks earlier. He soon finds himself in a set of circumstances that will test his new heart & if he really has changed.
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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wyoming
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
moral dilemma, justice, investigation, writers, police, arrest, evidence, police station, police corruption, legal system, deception, fighting the system ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
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