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Lies & Illusions (2009)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a menacing smuggler coolly insists that best-selling author Wes Wilson take a chauffeured backseat ride with him, Wilson's charmed life explodes into a world of violence and espionage, and he learns shocking truths about two women in his life.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
thief, murder, diamonds, on the run, chase, rivalry, danger, kidnapping, undercover, dishonesty, dealing with death, tough heroes, espionage, writers, ballroom dancing, diamond, evil man, guilty pleasure, foot chase, speech, severed finger, walking in the rain, newspaper article, tuxedo, book signing ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, cuba
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about danger, rivalry, deadly, murder, dishonesty, chases and races and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Lies & Illusions: Die Fighting (2014), Covert Operation (2014), Sacrifice (2011), Assassins' Code (2011), Body Armour (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, cuba
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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29%
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Duration: 90 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:
28%
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Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 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:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 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:
26%
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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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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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:
24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 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:
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Similarity:
24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 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, Russia
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Story:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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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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Time:
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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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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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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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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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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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