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The Yellow Sea (2010)
25K
Original name: 황해
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The region where the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia come together, forms a sort of modern day wild west, where more than half of the population relies on illegal activity in order to survive. In Yanbian, on the Chinese side of the border, Gu-nam wiles away his days driving a cab and spends his nights getting drunk and gambling. His wife went to Seoul to work and send back money, but it’s been months since he has heard from her. When local crime lord Myun offers to erase Gu-nam’s debts in exchange for a contract killing in Seoul, Gu-nam reluctantly accepts.
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, neo noir, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, illegal immigrant, taxi driver, korean gangster, asian gangster, murder, survival, gangster, gang war, on the run, bloodbath, wife, life is a bitch, passionate sex, chases and races, danger, gory, sex, police, mobster, chase, hitman, massacre, mafia, revenge ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia, seoul, south korea, east asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about violence, murder, gangster, rivalry, deadly, vengeance and hitman mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Yellow Sea: The Chaser (2008), A Dirty Carnival (2006), Ichi the Killer (2001), Beyond Hypothermia (1996), Catch .44 (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bloody, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, revenge, race against time, police detective, investigation, pursuit, violent, murder, missing person, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, korea, asia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss ...
Style:
captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
gangster, gang, financial problem, right hand man, rivalry, murder, debt, criminal heroes, gang war, rise and fall, ambition, director ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
seoul, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. After beginning a relationship with a noodle vendor, she decides to travel to South Korea to complete one last job. Unfortunately, the dead ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
contract killer, female assassin, chase, assassination, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, gang, survival, betrayal, gory, frame up, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, cambodia, korea, asia, seoul
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100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, woman in danger, hitman, murder, police officer, gunfight, impersonating a police officer, last stand, mafia, violent, crime family, hustler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time:
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Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, asian gangster, hitman, gunfight, fall in love, organized crime, brutality, vengeance, violent, betrayal, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is ...
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
hitman, chase, martial arts, vengeance, law enforcement, on the run, danger, good versus evil, life is a bitch, heroic bloodshed, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, hidden identity, escapades, gang, haunted by the past, murder, rivalry, manhunt, martial arts, identical twins, police officer, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
22%
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story begins with Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto, head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to ...
Style:
serious, tense, cynical, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gang member, gang, organized crime, gangster, hanging, criminal heroes, gang war, danger, rivalry, gory, merciless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
50%
15K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their ...
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
gang, treasure hunt, gangster, revenge, drug dealing, chase, hip hop, violence, ghetto, partner, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
illinois, usa, arkansas, california, new orleans ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
asia, korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, salt lake city utah, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, grindhouse, breathtaking, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, violence, fight, organized crime, fistfight, brutality, mafia, warrior, gangster, gunfight, police, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indonesia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun ...
Style:
bloody, clever, cult classic, brutal, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violent, child abuse, gunfight, gangster, police corruption, undercover agent, mafia, mob boss, plot twist, racism, gory, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
20%
11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught young woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
Style:
hood, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, taxi, auto mechanic, taxi driver, teenager, woman with a gun, gang, big city, ghetto, driver, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
bloody, neo noir, bleak, witty, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, violence, police corruption, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, vigilante, crime boss, corrupt cop, criminal, vigilantism, hitman ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, fight, swat, violent, gang, fistfight, trapped, violence, survival, death, kung fu, warrior ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
east asia, middle east, asia, indonesia, hong kong ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style:
cult classic, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly
Plot:
hitman, heroic bloodshed, assassin, professional killer, killer, redemption, yakuza, gunfight, organized crime, contract killer, friendship, triad ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A hitman named Tul is shot in the head during an assignment. When he wakes up from a two month coma Tul discovers that he literally sees everything upside down.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, passionate sex, vengeance, danger, disorder, dishonesty, secret movement, frame up, sex, assassination, professional killer, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, triad, gangster, police, organized crime, spy, vengeance, murder, police investigation, survival, asian gangster, recruit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
one man army, manhunt, commando, wilderness, hitman, lone hero, homicidal maniac, swat team, psychopath, conspiracy, chase, murder ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, kosovo, usa, british columbia ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
First-class assassin Lee Choe (Pak) has spent years working for the mob. When his handler turns on him by killing his girlfriend and framing him for the murder, Lee stops at nothing to seek revenge. He fights back with a vengeance and violently ...
Style:
serious, dark, suspense, bleak, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, medieval, danger, gangster, fighting crime, murder, violence, dark past, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
18%
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