Movies like The Heavy 2009
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The Heavy (2009)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must come to terms with the truth in a world where you can trust no one and loyalty is rare.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, perverse, non-linear
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, sibling rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, violence, mafia, gang, family relations, rivalry, siblings relations, violent content, torture, profanity, blood, dead body, killer, revenge, assassin, graphic violence, corpse, crime, assassins, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe
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Most similar movies to The Heavy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, deadly, murder, gangster and violent content mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Heavy: The Crew (2008), Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008), El Capo (2009), The Number One Girl (2006), The Devil's Dominoes (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, organized crime, lesbian, british gangster, mafia, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
down on your luck, delivery, smuggling, danger, financial problem, escapades, security guard, rivalry, mafia, ex convict, sailor, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, iceland, rotterdam netherlands, holland
Similarity:
100%
543
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
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Story:
El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
Style:
brutal, realistic, stylized, serious, rough ...
Plot:
ambition, power struggle, drug traffic, drug dealing, organized crime, master criminal, drug lord, criminal heroes, political corruption, smuggling, notoriety, rise to the top ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Joey (Scheina) is a big Hollywood action star and a martial arts champ. When he gets invited to be a celebrity judge at friend and mobster Molnar's (Jones) request he falls for Molnar's Number One Girl. She is strictly off limits and so ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, forbidden love, contests and competitions, nightclub, rivalry, gangster, ambition, vengeance, underground fighting, fall in love, save the day, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about how an elite SAS unit's position is revealed by the British Prime Minister to ensure an arms deal goes ahead and to secure his re-election.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, arms dealing, corrupted ruler, undercover, head of state, rivalry, betrayal, danger, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, europe, middle east, england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, danger, vengeance, life turned upside down, family relations, loss of partner, murder, disorder, family in danger, brother brother relationship, skinny dipping, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Professional baduk (go) player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, murder, rivalry, dishonesty, gambling, prison, casino, violence, asian, monster, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, criminal, revenge, vengeance, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, going straight, frame up, husband wife relationship, ex convict, robbery, drug use ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
24%
507
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, special agent, secret agent, violent content, law enforcement, master criminal, drug dealing, couple relations, partners against crime, dealing with death, chases and races, government agency ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
24%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, siblings relations, disorder, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The morning after the night before, a rapid spiral of disastrous telephone calls chart the certain ruin of young Phil's day as he attempts to fib his way out of one scrape after another. Told entirely in animated captions.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending ...
Plot:
murder, couples, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, who done it, investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, profanity, violent content, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, serious ...
Plot:
boxing, gang, athlete's life, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, down on your luck, gangster, boxer, promoter, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three spoiled college girls are held responsible for a handicapped boys death.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
rural setting, nudity, train, murder, violent content, school, family life, false accusation, mistaken identity, mental illness, college, disorder ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When VÃctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
curse, nightmare, black magic, torture, vengeance, twins, supernatural ability, rivalry, violence, gangster, burial, killing an animal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, south america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, covert operation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
contract killing, contract killer, murder, danger, vengeance, mysterious character, brutality, violence, fight, nudity, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, lawyer, legal, master criminal, moral dilemma, hotshot lawyer, prodigy, gangster, twists and turns, innocence lost, moral ambiguity, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, gangster, danger, betrayal, rivalry, murder, haunted by the past, starting over, chase, gory, heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
22%
327
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
destiny, vengeance, betrayal, heist, rivalry, casino, dishonesty, haunted by the past, gang, gangster, caper, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, best friend, betrayal, vengeance, rivalry, intrigue, murder, dishonesty, ambition, obsession, interracial, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins (Erik Palladino, E.R.) agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss (Michael Madsen, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, gang, secret identity, dishonesty, danger, friends, speed, automobile, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, ten strangers board a bus traveling across Texas. Far out in the wilds they collide with a meth-addicted biker
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
psychopath, gang, murder, survival, danger, rivalry, vengeance, escapades, chase, die hard, biker, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
21%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, criminal's revenge, gang, criminal heroes, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry, chinese mafia, triad, mafia, yakuza, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, china, hong kong, taiwan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vendetta, vigilante, vengeance, police, murder, vigilantism, revenge, gang, rivalry, violence spree, violent, wartime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
20%
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