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Dead Man Running (2009)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, serious, hood, realistic, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, ultimatum, buddies, robbery, british gangster, loan, ghetto, badass, violence, friends, chases and races, money raising, gang, gangsta, partner, disorder, police, motorcycle, blonde, stripper, computer, theft, tattoo, smoking ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester, manchester england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, deadly, dishonesty and vengeance mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Dead Man Running: Waist Deep (2006), Montana (2014), Villain (2020), Shifty (2008), St George's Day (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
hood, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american gangster, urban, revenge, african american, car chase, ghetto, black ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, assassin, coming of age, haunted by the past, teaching the ways of the world, gangster, master criminal, urban, black, mafia, revenge plot ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, danger, violence, society, police, debt, murder, family relations, escapades, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, ...
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serious, captivating, tense, suspense, hood ...
Plot:
dealer, police, betrayal, urban, haunted by the past, rivalry, save the day, danger, gangsta, ghetto, gang, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain
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55%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, disorder, diamonds, football hooligan, smuggling, drug, race against time, crime family, football, gangsta, hooligan, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, amsterdam, europe, berlin germany, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
Style:
suspense, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, rivalry, ego clash, criminal's revenge, violent content, youth, hooligan, british gangster, urban, danger, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, organized crime, lesbian, british gangster, mafia, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
53%
22K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, chases and races, criminal heroes, dishonesty, crime gone awry, gangster, heist, partner, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, gangster, dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, criminal, organized crime, nudity, profanity, strong violent content, ambition, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, humorous, dark comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, criminal heroes, investigation, vigilantism, gangster, rivalry, buddies, aging, violence spree, revenge, mobster, british gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind Jason, a newly released thug with a vicious temper. Jason thinks it's his job to teach Billy about crime, drugs and women. Little does he know ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, female pubic hair, police, ambition, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, rise and fall, rivalry, vengeance, british gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland yard, london, england, britain, liverpool
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, criminal, disorder, on the run, gangster, criminal's revenge, master criminal, crime gone awry, violence, nordic, mafia, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, serious ...
Plot:
boxing, gang, athlete's life, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, down on your luck, gangster, boxer, promoter, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a set of Indians, fighting to get what is their own, while another set of Indians working for the Scotland Yard Police chase them hard to stop them from spreading terror. The film in entirety has been been shot in London, ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airport, hostage, bank, gang, isolation, chase, rivalry, cons and scams, police officer, siege, hostage situation, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, marijuana, vengeance, law enforcement, gang, drug dealing, rivalry, working undercover, car chase, loss of partner, police procedural, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, south america, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, gang war, revenge, waitress, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, couples, woman in danger, murder, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
brighton, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, ...
Style:
harsh, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gang, rivalry, criminal, violence, nihilism, vandalism, life is a bitch, teenage life, criminal heroes, heist, prison, gangster ...
Time:
future, year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london, new jersey
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Detroit gun runner Rich (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) works to sniff out a traitor in his midst after being targeted by the FBI and having barely surviving a weapons deal gone awry. Rich was all set to unload a serious supply of firepower ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, hood
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
snitch, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal, ghetto, black man white woman relationship, street crime, hip hop culture, hip hop, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Ex Boxer Tom is on the ropes, when a chance encounter at the gym leads to the offer of work as a doorman at a run down nightclub. The volatile head doorman Paul, is a battle hardened veteran from the old school. Recognising Tom for the fighter that ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unlikely criminals, gang, criminal's revenge, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife, robbery ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, tough heroes, manhunt, violence spree, gang, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, murder, heroes, revenge, fugitives, prison escape ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manipulation, gang, dishonesty, rivalry, media, law enforcement, criminal heroes, journalism, criminal's revenge, police officer, dystopia, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, gang, vengeance, gangster, vigilante, revenge, security guard, soldier, betrayal, rivalry, dishonesty, murder of wife ...
Place:
england, britain, london, big ben london, united kingdom
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42%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tom is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point. he thinks D - a young desperate drug addict can give him what he needs. But what D’s offering comes with more than just a price tag…. Tom is completely out of his depth when ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, hood ...
Plot:
gangster, hitman, psychopath, drug dealing, master criminal, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, drug abuse, love affair, collision, addiction, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gangster, violence, organized crime, gang, torture, revenge, psychopath, mafia, betrayal, violent, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
41%
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