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The Nest (2002)
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Original name: Nid de guêpes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial before a European court. During the transfer, killers hired by Nexhep set up an ambush to free their boss but Laborie and her men manage to escape...
Style:
tense, harsh, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, serious, fast, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, siege, gangster, police investigation, hostage, chase, one man army, master criminal, vengeance, race against time, criminal heroes, undercover, rivalry, partner, crime gone awry, crime boss, female fighter, fugitives, tough heroes, violence, death, suicide, surveillance, swat team, laptop ...
Time:
70s, contemporary
Place:
france, hong kong
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting and rough films with plots about car chase, chase, gun, violence, gunfight, pistol and shootout mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Nest: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Taken (2008), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), From Paris with Love (2010), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, caper, heist, outsmarting, hijacking, terrorist, terrorism, passenger, chase, police investigation, fbi ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his ...
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Audience:
manly, boys' night, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, one man army, vigilantism, chase, secret service, human trafficking, cia, vigilante, violence, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, north america, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly ...
Style:
intense, entertaining, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style:
entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
cia, spy, undercover, terrorism, twists and turns, heroic mission, chase, embassy, one man army, partner, danger, cia agent ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, pakistan
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, police station, police corruption, shootout, unlikely partners, criminal's revenge, survival, sniper, attempted murder, danger, machine gun, swat team ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Over the next 72 days, Detective Woo will push his skills to the limits and his team of cops to the edge as they conduct a manhunt for an elusive criminal. Woo takes the law into his own hands as the hunt becomes personal, and as his target may get ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
seoul, south korea, paris france, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style:
exciting, fast paced, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
car chase, martial arts, auto mechanic, kidnapping, police, racing, auto racing, master criminal, police investigation, vengeance, partners against crime, car ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
year 2014, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, criminal's revenge, vengeance, police investigation, murder, hospital, revenge plot, shooting, violence, organized crime, gangster ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Jordan, Morocco, France
Duration: 116 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:
middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 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:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, surprise ending, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, home invasion, twists and turns, hostage negotiator, organized crime, police investigation, fbi, family in danger, kidnapped, rescue, family problems ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, iran, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to ...
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, exciting, action packed, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, twists and turns, rogue agent, gunfight, betrayal, treason, witness protection program, witness, corporate crime, police investigation, one man army, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, maryland, usa, baltimore, san francisco ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, cult classic, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, police investigation, violent, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, cult classic, intense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
swat, squad, swat team, police, basic training, law enforcement, sniper, police brutality, tough law enforcer, criminal, corrupt cop, hostage ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, retro, crime drama, action adventure, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, crime boss, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, rescue, shootout, blood, two man army, drug lord, violence, hostage ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, new york, asia, usa, china ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
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visually stunning, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, clever, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, revenge, sniper, assassination, rivalry, spy, contract killer, hotel, mexican standoff, bank, cat ...
Time:
90s
Place:
puerto rico, usa, seattle, south america, detroit ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, contemplative ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
media, police, hostage, chase, on the run, tough law enforcer, police investigation, rivalry, gang, journalism, master criminal, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, revenge, fbi, twists and turns, law enforcement, vengeance, assassin, murder, on the run, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
6K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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