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Good People, Bad Things (2008)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Good People, Bad Things is the story of a successful architect whose life drastically changes one night after he gets into a car accident. He is suddenly thrust into a world of crime and must fight for his freedom as he is blackmailed into becoming a con man. Forced to prey on lonely, rich women Danny begins to pay off his debts, until he falls in love with one of his marks, a beautiful single mother named Claire. Danny tries to leave both the blackmailer and his life of crime behind.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, touching, captivating
Plot:
nothing goes right, family problems, life turned upside down, couples, disorder, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, cons and scams, erotica, female nudity, promiscuous daughter, hit and run, unlikely criminals, choice, chance, interracial sex, fully clothed sex, panties, red panties, sex montage, pregnancy test, film starts with quote, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about dishonesty, danger, disorder, deadly, murder, couples and life turned upside down mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Good People, Bad Things: Gospel of Deceit (2006), Choke (2001), Second to Die (2002), BlackMale (2000), For Hire (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 88 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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355
Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Thriller
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Story:
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93
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Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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384
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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1K
Genre: Thriller
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Story:
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