Movies like The Knife

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The Knife (1991)
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The Knife (1991)
Original name: A Grande Arte
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story: American photojournalist Peter Mandrake becomes embroiled in Brazil's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
Style: retro, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: knife fight, prostitute, murder, female agent, photographer, martial arts, heist, gang, investigation, betrayal, rescue, life is a bitch, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, society, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, computers and web, killer, rape, female nudity ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: brazil, latin america, rio de janeiro, bolivia
Keyword: american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, female nudity and vengeance mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Knife: Outrage (1993), The Trespasser (2001), Blood Crime (2002), Tucked Away (2007), Double Bang (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Outrage (1993)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Marco Vallez (Antonio Banderas) is possessed by the beauty of a circus sharp shooter, and from the second they meet he is willing to give up everything to be with her. But one horrifying night sends them both down a road of revenge leaving behind a ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: lovers on the run, rape, journalism, rape and revenge, revenge, murder, vigilantism, violence spree, mentally unstable, psychopath, circus, rage ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: spain, europe
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The Trespasser (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Estevão , Ivan e Gilberto são companheiros desde os tempos de faculdade e sócios de uma construtora de sucesso há mais de 15 anos. O relacionamento entre eles sempre foi muito bom, até que um desentendimento na condução dos negócios faz com ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: hitman, murder, crime gone awry, cons and scams, social differences, betrayal, dishonesty, society, partner, blackmail, friends, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil
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Blood Crime (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, small town, mistaken identity, nypd, violent content, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
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37%
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Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, aging, abusive father, deadly
Time: 21st century
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35%
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Double Bang (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
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Jill Rips (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.
Style: tense, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic ...
Plot: dominatrix, tough heroes, serial killer, vengeance, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, death of brother, violent, prostitute, undercover cop, stripper ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, usa
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34%
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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33%
Diplomatic Immunity (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A military career man, distraught over the murder of his daughter and the subsequent release of her killer who is protected by 'diplomatic immunity,' resigns from the service to pursue the psychopath. No one will help him - and no one can ...
Style: independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female nudity, cia, underwater, murder, rape, dominatrix, rivalry, good versus evil, vengeance, psychopath, law enforcement, heroes ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: paraguay, latin america
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33%
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Complicity (2000)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some motives. His brutal murders are also committed on behalf of the underdog. The stories begin to merge ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, journalism, murder, protagonist as suspect, uncover truth, investigation, police detective, false accusation, frame up, legal, dishonesty, media ...
Time: 90s
Place: scotland, europe, england
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, heist, mentally challenged, murder ...
Time: 90s
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32%
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Truth Be Told (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Rayne Johnson is a shrewd investment company assistant who turns a mob slaying into a golden opportunity for a new improved lifestyle, managing to outsmart the crooked cops who are very eager to see her disappear.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot: gang, fighting crime, hitman, criminal's revenge, vigilantism, danger, rivalry, car chase, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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The Black Angel (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stephane, the wife of an older, prominent magistrate, coldbloodedly shoots a male visitor in her upscale home, then claims she was defending herself against a rapist. Victim turns out to be Wadek Aslanian, a gangster who's viewed as a ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: lesbian love, prostitute, murder investigation, romantic rivalry, femme fatale, robin hood, lesbianism, gangster, dedicated lawyer, fall in love, love and romance, folk hero ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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30%
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Dead Cert (1974)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York ...
Style: realistic, serious, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: murder, horse race, jockey, investigation, dishonesty, danger, gang, rivalry, bookies, destiny, gambling, animal life ...
Time: 70s
Place: england
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30%
Fog and Night (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence in his organization and whose happy"family father" order has been disrupted by his young lover.And introverted man due to his profession , not a big talker or ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot: fighting the system, investigation, uncover truth, partner, danger, friendship, rivalry, who to trust, society, murder, law enforcement, rebellion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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06/05 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002. The movie is based upon the book "The sixth of May" by Tomas Ross.
Style: tense, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, political conspiracy, dishonesty, assassination, life is a bitch, politics, state affairs, fighting the system, immigrant, conspiracy, animal life ...
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Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: snow, psycho, psychopath, rescue, chases and races, danger, rivalry, confined, uninhibited rivalry, captivity, kidnapping, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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27%
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The Gunman (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
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26%
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Iron Maze (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburg: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his mill. Bellboy Barry admits to have done it - in self defense. ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, psychological, erotic, serious ...
Plot: amusement park, profanity, couples, law enforcement, love and romance, obsession, blind ambition, dishonesty, betrayal, society, life is a bitch, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: pennsylvania
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26%
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In the Shadows (2001)
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, witnessing a crime, undercover, gangster, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, working undercover, introspection, crime gone awry, dishonesty, assassin ...
Place: usa, cuba, miami, new york, florida
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26%
Eye of the Stranger (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, gloomy ...
Plot: murder, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, investigation, vengeance, terrorism, contests and competitions, rivalry, small town life, small town ...
Time: 90s
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A House in the Hills (1993)
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An aspiring actress gets a housesitting job and finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a deadly ex-con.
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, kidnapped, home invasion, revenge, sex scene, cons and scams, woman in danger, mistaken identity, heist, disorder, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
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Forfeit (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An armored car guard's elaborate plan for revenge is threatened by his relationship with an old friend -- a brilliant and unpredictable television preacher.
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: prison, vengeance, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, intrigue, betrayal, rivalry, life is a bitch, dishonesty, scapegoat, couples, heist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, realistic
Plot: serial killer, child murder investigation, child murder, law enforcement, dishonesty, murder, vigilante, police, criminal heroes, dead children, sex maniac, dead child ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Style: stylized, talky, suspense, melancholic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, investigation, vengeance, murder, mafia, confession, adoption, law enforcement, husband murders wife, danger, drinking, chase ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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24%
Court of Lonely Royals (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of disaffected twenty-somethings occupy a dystopic, hyper-urban Australia. They spend their time eating udon noodles, listening to Swedish pop music and committing mass executions for the police.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot: society, vengeance, life is a bitch, prostitute, danger, rivalry, estrangement, destiny, hitman, dystopia, dystopian future, gang bang ...
Time: future
Place: hong kong, asia
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Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Sinatra and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough, hispanic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pimp, prostitute, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, disorder, crime gone awry, rivalry, danger, drug dealing, gambling, murder, brothel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, sao paulo, brazil, latin america
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24%
Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
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24%
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Caught Up (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style: hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, rivalry, femme fatale, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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23%
The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, chaos, state affairs, danger, politics, society, fbi agent, 9/11, islam, torture ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, london, pakistan, israel, washington d.c. ...
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A Killer Within (2004)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Addison Terrill, a former district attorney now in a lucrative private practice, has what seems to be the perfect life. But life as he knows it is turned upside down when he arrives home from work late one night to find his wife brutally murdered ...
Style: suspenseful, mind bending, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot: murder, husband wife relationship, who done it, legal, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal action, false accusation, murder investigation, female bartender, female nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time: 21st century
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23%
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