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Pu-239 (2006)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cyber, cult classic, tense, bleak
Plot:
radiation, plutonium, danger, manhunt, life is a bitch, race against time, dishonesty, uncover truth, contamination, nuclear war, radiation poisoning, hacker, cyberpunk, computer, resistance, computer hacker, nuclear radiation, heroes, politics, fugitives, disaster, chases and races, on the run, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
russia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about danger, life is a bitch, deadly, dishonesty, rivalry, society and uncover truth mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Pu-239: Blood and Rain (2009), The Warrior Class (2007), 1 Day (2009), Frame of Mind (2009), The Thin Blue Lie (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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610
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england, birmingham alabama
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rise and fall, rise to the top, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, frame up, british gangster ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
scotland
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25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, society, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, rebellion, legal, dishonesty ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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187
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
hood, serious, realistic, tense, rough
Plot:
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