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Payback (1999)
153K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute, vigilante, criminal's revenge, chinese mafia, gangster, tough guy, death of wife, voice over narration, criminal, corrupt cop, one man army, heist, violent, extortion ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
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Most similar movies to Payback
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, realistic, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about shot to death, gun, murder, gunfight, vengeance, revenge and violence mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Payback: Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Payback: Straight Up (2006), Faster (2010), Heat (1995), Last Man Standing (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, clever, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, hitman, assassin, revenge, plot twist, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, secrets, mysterious character, mafia, master criminal ...
Time:
2000s, year 1979, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style:
neo noir, ambiguous ending, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, criminal, vigilante, prostitute, destiny, tough heroes, shootout, death of wife, anti hero, organized crime, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
80%
117K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver ...
Style:
stylized, brutal, fast, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, lone hero, ex convict, hotshot, tough heroes, corruption, justice, brutality, vengeance, driver, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
792K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, bleak, clever ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, police, cop, police detective, master criminal, thief, bank, chase, obsession ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, gang war, gangster, small town, shootout, one man army, cowboy, assassin, one against many, tough guy, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, robbery, bank robbery, gunfight, blackmail, violence, surveillance, stolen gold, partner, cons and scams, deception ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, gangster, brutality, murder, videotaped sex, vengeance, lone wolves, assassin, killer, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, chase, surveillance, conspiracy theory, mind control, paranoia, amnesia, obsession, taxi driver, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, vigilante, revenge, drug cartel, justice, vigilantism, drug, lone hero, brutality, hitman, partner, gang ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
75%
143K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, child in peril, kidnapping, ransom, reward, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york, harlem
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Style:
hood, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, manhunt, ghetto, addiction, redemption, murder, interracial relations, rise and fall, criminal heroes, journalism, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
69K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, stylized, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, drug cartel, police investigation, violent, death of friend, characters murdered one by one, profanity, crime scene, revenge, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, danger ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
mexico, atlanta georgia, south america, georgia, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
756K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, adult
Plot:
car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
Similarity:
100%
386K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, entertaining, funny, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, tough guy, secret identity, retribution, revenge, martial arts, one against many, home invasion, twists and turns, vigilante, chase, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
america, usa, pentagon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, neo noir, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, secrets, gangster, blackmail, mob boss, vengeance, mafia, guilt, deception, vigilantism, death of wife, mystery woman ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
135K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, saga, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, mafia, assassin, betrayal, revenge, kidnapping, hitman, romancing a criminal, car chase, fight scenes, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami, chicago, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
brutal, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, outsmarting, prisoner, thief, prison gang, prison escape, resourceful, lone hero, prison life, mafia, vengeance, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style:
bloody, suspense, neo noir, brutal, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, hitman, assassin, one man army, one against many, violence, lone hero, blood, vengeance, tough guy, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style:
grindhouse, neo noir, stylized, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, home invasion, vengeance, vigilantism, murder, vietnam war, exploitation, insomnia, macabre, complex characters, character study ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1973, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, vietnam, asia, san antonio texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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129K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, robbery, drug lord, caper, gunfight, conspiracy, criminal heroes, brutality, dishonesty, danger, mafia, ship captain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south america, usa, new orleans, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
818K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...
Style:
road movie, controversial, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
lovers on the run, on the run, heist, bank robbery, fugitives, gang, true crime, bank robber, shootout, great depression, love and romance, crime spree ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
texas, oklahoma, missouri, midwest, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Style:
harsh, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning, period piece ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mafia, vengeance, hitman, revenge, criminal's revenge, gangster, violence, road trip, murder, coming of age, on the road, on the run ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1931, year 2002
Place:
illinois, chicago, persia, michigan, usa
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style:
entertaining, harsh, hood, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, robbery, violence, vigilante, adoption, snow, gangster, uncover truth, sibling relationship, criminal heroes, mob boss ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, vietnam war, african american, heist, robbery, redemption, gangster, violent, blaxploitation, profanity, black, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, asia, vietnam ...
Similarity:
100%
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