Movies like Drive

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Drive (2011)
 7.8
 756K
Drive (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending, stylized, art house, retro, visually stunning, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, adult
Plot: car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor, selflessness, unfulfillment, jacket, loneliness, violent, character study, criminal's revenge, very little dialogue, lonely, brutality, car, race car, crime gone awry ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, california, iran, usa

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Most similar movies to Drive

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, serious and suspense films with plots about violence, murder, brutality, death, revenge, gun and gangster mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Drive: The Driver (1978), Nightcrawler (2014), Taxi Driver (1976), Payback (1999), Thief (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 7.1
 21K
The Driver (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: car chase, car, existentialism, carsploitation, police detective, driver, heist, gambling, witness, one last job, on the run, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
95%
 7.8
 661K
Nightcrawler (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Style: neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: character study, sociopath, journalism, obsession, cynicism, psychopath, manipulation, morality, journalist, violence, deception, ethics ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, venice beach california, america ...
Similarity:
90%
 8.2
 1.0M
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
Similarity:
88%
 7.0
 153K
Payback (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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 7.4
 48K
Thief (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style: neo noir, noir, retro, cult classic, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: safecracker, bank robbery, robbery, mafia, organized crime, character study, heist, criminal, bank robber, great ending, violence, betrayal ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
89%
Only God Forgives (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Jenna to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
Style: neo noir, disturbing, stylized, surreal, art house ...
Plot: violence, vengeance, punishment, drug dealer, surrealism, revenge, violent, drugged, muay thai, torture, prostitute, murder ...
Time: year 2013, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: asia, bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
85%
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style: harsh, psychological, stylized, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: motorcycle, haunted by the past, bank robbery, loner, bank robber, father son relationship, police, money problems, family relations, corruption, robbery, criminal ...
Time: year 2012, future, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
79%
 7.5
 464K
Collateral (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Style: neo noir, clever, tense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: date night, manly, boys' night
Plot: hitman, hostage, taxi, taxi driver, contract killer, sociopath, twists and turns, assassin, nihilism, merciless, professional killer, death ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south america, southern california, persia ...
Similarity:
74%
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 8.3
 792K
Heat (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, bleak, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, police, cop, police detective, master criminal, thief, bank, chase, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
76%
A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
78%
 7.5
 676K
Baby Driver (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Style: suspense, noir, aesthetic, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: car, heist, car chase, bank robbery, robbery, chase, sign language, twists and turns, caper, gangster, music, crime boss ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place: georgia, usa, north america, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
66%
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style: suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: revenge, gangster, asian gangster, hitman, gunfight, fall in love, organized crime, brutality, vengeance, violent, betrayal, character study ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, korea, asia
Similarity:
75%
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Style: psychological, suspense, cerebral, neo noir, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: violence, childhood trauma, hotel, suicide, trauma, murder, child prostitution, suicidal thoughts, traumatized man, teenage girl, perversion, corruption ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, iraq, afghanistan
Similarity:
100%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, car chase, police, terrorist, investigation, murder, male pubic hair, vigilante, hitman, undercover, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, southern california, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
 8.0
 65K
Le Samurai (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style: neo noir, detective, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: loner, hitman, assassination, chase, professional killer, lone wolves, gangster, surveillance, police investigation, murder, assassin, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview moves to oil-rich California. Using his adopted son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. ...
Style: serious, cerebral, epic, visually stunning, gloomy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: oil, character study, greed, money, capitalism, rise to the top, ambition, rivalry, father son relationship, abusive father, impostor, mission ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, turn of the century, middle ages, 19th century ...
Place: california, texas, pacific ocean, los angeles, america ...
Similarity:
100%
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
58%
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style: cult classic, art house, philosophical, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: loneliness, loner, african american, mafia, hitman, samurai, hip hop, honor, friendship, martial arts, assassin, professional killer ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, japan ...
Similarity:
60%
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style: disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
 7.6
 290K
End of Watch (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style: emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
75%
 7.9
 259K
True Romance (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style: sexy, cult classic, dark comedy, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: organized crime, cocaine, lovers on the run, gangster, mafia, gunfight, shootout, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, bodyguard, love, hotel ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: los angeles, usa, california, seattle, michigan ...
Similarity:
67%
 7.0
 169K
The Drop (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style: serious, cerebral, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: robbery, twists and turns, fall in love, criminal's revenge, catholic, danger, criminal heroes, criminal, organized crime, crime boss, hitman, church ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: boston, new york, brooklyn new york city, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
75%
 8.3
 709K
Oldboy (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style: twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place: south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
Similarity:
67%
 6.4
 54K
The Rover (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.
Style: atmospheric, road movie, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wilderness, desert, post apocalypse, on the road, dystopian future, revenge, vengeance, brutality, apocalypse, lone hero, small town, tough heroes ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: australia, california
Similarity:
60%
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: brutal, bloody, touching, emotional, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot: revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
Similarity:
67%
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, clever, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: twists and turns, hitman, assassin, revenge, plot twist, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, secrets, mysterious character, mafia, master criminal ...
Time: 2000s, year 1979, year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
Similarity:
80%
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank ...
Style: neo noir, retro, cynical, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Audience: manly
Plot: bartender, gangster, betrayal, contract killer, masked robber, criminal, heist, robbery, hustler, mafia, bank robbery, traitor ...
Time: year 1973, 20th century, 70s
Place: boston, massachusetts, new england, usa
Similarity:
100%
London Boulevard (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A parolee battles a gangster for the affections of a reclusive movie star.
Style: visually appealing, melancholic, brutal, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fall in love, gangster, revenge, violence, love and romance, organized crime, going straight, mentor, brother sister relationship, runaway, criminal heroes, dishonor among criminals ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Kill the Irishman (2011)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough ...
Style: brutal, suspense, talky, intense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, mob boss, irish mob, gang war, corruption, hitman, gang, criminal, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: 70s, year 2011, 60s, 20th century, year 1960 ...
Place: usa, ireland, ohio, new york, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style: neo noir, ambiguous ending, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, vengeance, criminal, vigilante, prostitute, destiny, tough heroes, shootout, death of wife, anti hero, organized crime, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s
Similarity:
100%