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A Cold Day in August (2003)
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Original name: A Good Night to Die
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just what his Frankenstein's monster will cost him.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, working undercover, nothing goes right, crime gone awry, dark humor, friendship, murder, danger, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, cons and scams, gangster, friends, rivalry, tough heroes, mafia, female nudity, tough guy, stripper, criminal's revenge, empire, deadly, blow job ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to A Cold Day in August
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, semi serious and exciting films with plots about dishonesty, gangster, rivalry, deadly, crime gone awry, criminal heroes and disorder mostly in Action, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like A Cold Day in August: Triggermen (2002), Shoot the Hero (2010), Diamond Zero (2005), Montana (1998), Dead Fish (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival gangster. Keen to make a fast buck, they pretend they are the hitmen but soon find they get more than they bargained for when the real ones turn up.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, hidden identity, fall in love, mistaken identity, heist, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal heroes, hitman ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A 30-something couple unintentionally become involved in a botched jewel heist while shopping for wedding rings.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
couples, gangster, witnessing a crime, on the run, danger, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, disorder, hitman, violent content, profanity, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, crime gone awry, amateur detective, hidden identity, heist, cons and scams, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, intrigue, buddies, dishonesty, partner ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, female killer, professional killer, fugitives, female assassin, attempted rape, killer, female fight, strong female lead, shootout, murder, cancer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. With an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Elena Anaya, Robert Carlyle and Billy Zane, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, tense, dark comedy, realistic
Plot:
hitman, gangster, psychopath, dark humor, vengeance, rivalry, danger, heist, murder, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, drug ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gangster, rivalry, hidden identity, dishonesty, social decay, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, assassination attempt, betrayal, disorder ...
Place:
usa, chicago, arkansas
Similarity:
40%
538
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Black Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister resulting in a deadly game between the criminals and cops.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
forbidden love, hidden identity, dangerous attraction, rivalry, dishonesty, gangster, crime gone awry, hitman, gang, betrayal, psychopath, undercover ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, manhunt, 007, meme, gangster, disorder, rivalry, master criminal, crime gone awry, chases and races, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three down-on-their-luck, twenty-something female roommates are living paycheck to paycheck in a rundown apartment, when one night they stumble across $3 million dollars in a suitcase amidst the bloody aftermath of a drug shootout. Despite wanting ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, drug dealer, warehouse, danger, rivalry, murder, stolen money, lesbian relationship, female nudity, woman killed ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
His name is Killa. Growing up as an orphan, he had been teased so much for being a lisper that he decided not to talk at all until getting a surgery that would make him talk clearly. Living all by himself, he spends his time doing only two things; ...
Style:
semi serious, tense, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
hitman, dark humor, mute, murder, vengeance, surgery, danger, escapades, rivalry, hired killer, anti hero, assassination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
36%
453
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not to send them to jail but instead hires them on as security consultants. The current head of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, hidden identity, betrayal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, buddies, rivalry, disorder, cons and scams, partner, heist gone wrong, fraud ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mark and Tony may be adopted, but they're as tight as brothers can be. They even have the same occupation: They're double-dealing hit men, one for the mob, the other for the CIA. When a scheme to embezzle money from the government ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, semi serious, tense, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, dark humor, murder, law enforcement, siblings relations, danger, gangster, dishonesty, chases and races, adoption, cia, organized crime ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, gangster, criminal's revenge, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, crime gone awry, disorder, on the road, ex convict, lovers on the run ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, semi serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, prison, woman with a gun, criminal heroes, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, cons and scams, partner, massacre ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, gangster, violent content, chases and races, partners against crime, dishonesty, tough heroes, criminal's revenge, hitman, crime gone awry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, new york, montreal
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, chase, crime gone awry, cons and scams, buddies, danger, desert, dishonesty, ex convict, violent content, profanity, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, mexico, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, frame up, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, cons and scams ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangster, introspection, working undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, florida, new york, miami
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, assassination, criminal heroes, dishonesty, danger, siblings relations, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, hitman, disorder, betrayal, yakuza ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
34%
641
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, voyeur, racing, gangster, chase, partner, friends, crime gone awry, rivalry, danger, gang, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Cherry Pontiac Lemans Convertible...Two Days...Two-Hundred & Fifty Grand. When your lemon lot hits the skids you glom the gig no matter what the smell. For Bob and Sid, two slicked-back burnouts, bum luck runs in spades. With a goose-egg ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, dark humor, car, partner, wooing, cons and scams, drug abuse, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, car salesman, criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, california
Similarity:
34%
775
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
thief, hitman, chase, love and romance, criminal's revenge, betrayal, dishonesty, mistaken identity, sexual content, gangster, dark humor, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Bannen Way is a slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ladies man, criminal, disorder, law enforcement, danger, romancing a criminal, dishonesty, hopes, criminal heroes, gangster, escort, pole dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, covert operation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, siblings relations, disorder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
gang, cons and scams, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, chases and races, goofy hero, gangster, diamond theft, bookies ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
Similarity:
32%
289
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style:
rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, vengeance, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, skinny dipping, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, shootout, criminal heroes, disorder, chases and races, danger, gangster, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, good versus evil, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In TInseltown, the world of scheming and dreaming reaches a particularly nasty low when a powerful producer known as the 'Senator' hatches a plan to undermine the future success of his shady arch rival, the 'Master' in more ways ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
satire, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, blood, friendship, violence, graphic violence, violent content, profanity, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
9K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
law enforcement, rivalry, master criminal, danger, chases and races, working undercover, criminal heroes, hidden identity, disorder, twists and turns, gangster, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, malaysia
Similarity:
31%
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