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John Q (2002)
153K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Style:
sincere, tear jerker, tense, suspenseful, sentimental, feel good, crime drama, emotional, crying, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, hospital, injustice, twists and turns, organ donation, insurance, sick child, father son relationship, fighting the system, doctor, medical, parent child relationship, family in crisis, power relations, greed, interracial couple, life is a bitch, black, doctors and patients, kidnapped, physician, hostage situation, homeless, father, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, intense and suspenseful films with plots about mentor, storytelling, dialogue, murder, justice, corruption and chase mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like John Q: Nick of Time (1995), Inside Man (2006), Desperate Measures (1998), Inhale (2010), Phone Booth (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, detective, suspense, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, emotional, breathtaking, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hospital, chase, escape, father son relationship, leukemia, terminal illness, criminal, psychopath, police officer, villain played by lead actor, child in peril, boy ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
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new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
hospital, twists and turns, betrayal, uncover truth, surgery, murder, conspiracy, fiance fiancee relationship, dishonesty, health situation, surgical operation, heart condition ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
Similarity:
100%
120K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, suspense, captivating, political, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
louisiana, cincinnati ohio, indiana, ohio, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, talky, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sad, emotional, philosophical, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
25%
512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, harsh, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
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Country: USA, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, iran, los angeles
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
harsh, psychological, stylized, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
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