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The Hard Truth (1994)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city councilman who's on the local mob's payroll.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film, neo noir, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, heist, betrayal, vengeance, manipulation, police corruption, crime gone awry, love triangle, law enforcement, redemption, partner, police investigation, disorder, dishonesty, partners against crime, cons and scams, murder, blackmail, prodigy, rivalry, criminal's revenge, tough law enforcer, gangster, safecracker, sex ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to The Hard Truth
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and independent film films with plots about dishonesty, murder, law enforcement, deadly, betrayal, rivalry and cons and scams mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Hard Truth: The Immortals (1995), Beyond the City Limits (2001), The Killing Time (1987), Swindle (2002), Gunmen (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, betrayal, femme fatale, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, crime gone awry, casino, vampire, mugging, friends, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After bagging his latest victim, a murderous sociopath (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to steal the dead man's identity and pose as the deputy of a remote coastal town, where the local sheriff (Beau Bridges) and his lover (Camelia Kath) are cooking ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, small town, frame up, disorder, hidden identity, investigation, mistaken identity, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty, love triangle, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, fall in love, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, master criminal, disorder, money, law enforcement, rivalry, cons and scams, police corruption ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, female mercenary, female killer, female assassin, chase, criminal's revenge, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, criminal heroes, lone wolves ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
latin america, usa, south america, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female nudity, murder, sex, skinny dipping, highway, adultery, road trip, nudity, police, robbery, wife, husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, false accusation, police investigation, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty, chases and races, crime gone awry, partner, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
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506
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, debt, police shootout, tough heroes, going straight, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, gang, betrayal, master criminal ...
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a world filled with love and deception, the truth is always bittersweet.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, betrayal, unlikely partners, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, wrongfully committed, frame up, woman, male female relationship, bare chested male ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, investigation, hidden identity, law enforcement, working undercover, fighting crime, master criminal, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, vengeance, rivalry ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
parachuting, bank, partner, reluctant partners, bank robbery, heist, car chase, chase, bank robber, police investigation, criminal's revenge, master criminal ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, action packed, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, police corruption, prison, criminal heroes, cons and scams, special agent, partner, criminal's revenge, betrayal, danger, manhunt, chases and races ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's a quiet little town where nothing happens - until the day the bank is hit for half a million dollars of Indian casino money by a thief wearing a clowns mask.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, stylized, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, small town, masked man, criminal heroes, on the run, chase, police investigation, law enforcement, murder, femme fatale, suspicion, flashback ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Butler is an experienced car thief, McCoy a struggling reporter trying to nail a bad guy-senator. Meeting for the first time when they're both in dire need of air transportation, they team up long enough for Butler to steal a car with a very ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, female warrior, action violence, mexican american border, violent, gangster, car chase, partner, violent content, disorder, witnessing a crime, obsessive quest ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A wily businessman plots with a sultry executive to swindle $40 million from his father. But who is conning who?
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspenseful, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dangerous attraction, femme fatale, infidelity, who done it, sex in office, bare butt, erotica, couples, disorder, danger, criminal heroes, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, murder, brutality, twists and turns, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, cons and scams, witnessing a crime, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey, london
Similarity:
100%
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424
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.
Style:
neo noir, detective, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
sex scene, reluctant partners, murderous pair, terminal illness, murder, police corruption, friend, blonde, lust, corrupt cop, interracial relations, die hard ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bank accountant, whom moonlights as a high-priced call girl, becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard whom blackmails her to help the FBI entrap him with his latest money laundering scheme.
Style:
erotic, sexy, independent film, neo noir, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian couple, interracial lesbian sex, lesbian sex, lesbian erotica, sex scene, making love, perversion, bank, lgbtq, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
making love, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, partner, undercover, cop, sex scene, partners against crime, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
756
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, cons and scams, odd couple, crime gone awry, on the run, danger, desert, heist, store, disorder, criminal's revenge, on the road ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star and force her to film a sex tape live on the internet for a paying audience.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexploitation film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexploitation, woman in danger, hostage, femme fatale, criminal's revenge, confined, movie star, criminal heroes, danger, crime gone awry, computers and web, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, USA
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, psychological, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sex scene, murder, kidnapped, home invasion, revenge, mistaken identity, woman in danger, heist, cons and scams, disorder, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
love triangle, scapegoat, revenge, ex convict, manipulation, murder, going straight, crime gone awry, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, frame up, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexual relations, nude girl, murder, crime gone awry, kidnapping, debauchery, betrayal, who done it, dishonesty, manipulation, disorder, femme fatale ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, male nudity, bank robbery, insomnia, heist, adultery, desert, sex scene, security guard, dysfunctional marriage, love triangle, bank ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, murder, gangster, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, uncle nephew relationship, greed, danger, last wish, fight scenes, buddies ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic cash. However, when the trade goes awry, three men end up murdered- one a cop with a vengeful ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, forgery, nypd, murder, cop, shootout, deal, killer, undercover, sister, criminal, money ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sultry woman joins an illiterate killer and a brainy hacker, both escaped convicts, to search for gold.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, prison, escape, fugitives, gold, betrayal, jealousy, murder, prostitute, woman with a gun, teenage dreams, desert ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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