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Infernal Affairs (2002)
137K
Original name: 無間道
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense, serious, dramatic, realistic, stylized, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, police, working undercover, mole, undercover, triad, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, violent, corruption, character study, tragic event, asian gangster, heroic bloodshed, criminal, mobster, vengeance, moral ambiguity, gang, chinese mafia, asian, renaissance ...
Time:
future, year 2004, y2k, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 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:
100%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 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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100%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
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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100%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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153K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
12K
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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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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Time:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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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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Similarity:
24%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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