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Johnny Handsome (1989)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
neo noir, intense, suspense, harsh, serious, erotic, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
plastic surgery, prison, murder, betrayal, vengeance, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, disfigured, revenge, money, police, girlfriend, doctor, surgery, erotica, violence, hitman, killer, plastic surgeon, face, surgical operation, deformity, new identity, human ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, texas, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 108 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:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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100%
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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Country: Australia
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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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:
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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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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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20%
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Country: Canada, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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