Movies like 30 Miles

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30 Miles (2004)
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30 Miles (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An act of kindness leads to the destruction of two lives in just thirty miles, when a hitchiker and his ride let down their guards and reveal intimate, dark secrets about their pasts
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: interracial relations, desert, racism, murder, on the road, mind game, racial relations, driving, wedding, hollywood, down on your luck, deadly, motor, car driving, crimes
Time: contemporary
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada

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Most similar movies to 30 Miles

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, law enforcement and interracial relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like 30 Miles: Scenic Route (2013), The Runaway (2000), American Gun (2002), Roulette (2012), Color of Justice (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Scenic Route (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot: desert, isolation, friends, on the road, survival, breaking point, murder, stupidity, fight, nature, road trip, redneck ...
Time: 21st century
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100%
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The Runaway (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, interracial relations, murder, social relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, lifestyle, society, friendship, life is a bitch, murder investigation, small town ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: georgia, usa
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57%
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American Gun (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A brilliant story with an unexpected twist. A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughter's killer. The truth he uncovers is an unsettling reminder of the dangers of keeping handguns. Stars the legendary ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, amateur detective, haunted by the past, escapades, on the road, loss of daughter, world war two veteran, violent content, chases and races, obsessive quest, dealing with death, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
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53%
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Roulette (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: russian roulette, suicide, mind game, life is a bitch, destiny, down on your luck, game of death, danger, woman in danger, group, deadly, unreliable narrator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Color of Justice (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Four young black men kill a white woman, the D.A. is very cautious in how to proceed...
Style: tense, thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, dishonesty, law enforcement, lawyer, nypd, racism, interracial relations, courtroom, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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47%
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After the Game (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After the Game is a crime fiction murder mystery with a theme of "after the game of poker" and "after the game of life." It deals with revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife. Aging gambler Benny ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: murder, gambling, afterlife, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, mind game, female nudity, sex, lesbian, car, money ...
Time: 90s
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Negro (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A black teenager vandalizes a racist lawn ornament.
Style: serious, tense, sincere, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: racism, interracial relations, uncover truth, police investigation, murder, vandalism, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, violence, blaxploitation, discrimination ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Through the Valley (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot: murder, racism, redemption, fighting the system, protagonist as suspect, going straight, injustice, frame up, legal, society, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Two Mr. Kissels (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Drama based on a true story. Rich, high-flying brothers Robert and Andrew Kissel seemingly have everything: beautiful wives who love them, great jobs and huge houses. But beneath the surface lie resentments and secrets that will eventually be their ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: dishonesty, couple relations, family relations, couples, infidelity, murder, serial killer, blonde, voyeur, voyeurism, golddigger, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Mysteria (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: police investigation, murder, writer's life, life is a bitch, protagonist as suspect, hollywood, disorder, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, losing-it hero, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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43%
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Cargo (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the ...
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: human trafficking, sex slavery, kidnapping, society, life is a bitch, on the road, rape, brutality, abduction, russian immigrant, trick, model ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Othello (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense ...
Plot: interracial relations, shakespeare, tragic love, power relations, vengeance, downfall, murder, betrayal, life is a bitch, couple relations, infidelity, dirty cop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, london
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41%
The Wrong Woman (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In this fresh take on Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Wrong Man,” Ellen Plainview, a sweet, caring, working wife and mother, answers the door one afternoon to learn that she is under arrest for attempted murder.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: legal action, murder, law enforcement, love affair, couple relations, couples, court case, society, female protagonist, prostitute, woman, stopped by police ...
Time: 21st century
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41%
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The 19th Wife (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capable of such violence and desperate to prove her innocence reaches out to her excommunicated son ...
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, righting the wronged, society, estrangement, church, religions or cults, polygamy, uncover truth, arranged marriage, religion, oracle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Tucked Away (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On the surface, Ray Ryan has it all. He's a successful advertising executive with a new promotion. He has a nice home and a beautiful fiancée. Underneath it all is a dark secret he's finding harder to hide. Ray's nightmares are ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Plot: investigation, life is a bitch, murder, secret, aging, abusive father, deadly
Time: 21st century
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37%
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Hiding (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: New York City teenager Jo (Ana Villafañe) witnesses the gruesome murder of both her parents and is sent to rural Montana as part of the Witness Protection Program. On top of having no cell phone, email or any contact with her past life, plus hiding ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot: riddles and clues, hidden identity, teenage life, youth, starting over, witnessing a crime, murder, good versus evil, countryside, haunted by the past, tough heroes, hitman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, montana
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36%
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: murder, jesse stone, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, die hard, secret service, cop, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, boston, new england
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36%
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The Substitute (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A high school substitute English teacher resorts to murder to protect her murderous dark past while seducing a student whom begins to suspect her true identity.
Style: neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: teacher, bad girl, education, lonely, murder, high school, youth, hidden identity, dishonesty, power relations, disorder, teachers and students ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Good Chemistry (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, kidnapping, drug dealing, on the run, dishonesty, danger, drug abuse, chemistry, farm, confined, cons and scams, forced into action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Older Than America (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The truth of the past come to light in a series of haunting visions in this drama. The strange visions grow more vivid with each passing day, a young woman of Native American heritage begins piecing together a Catholic priests diabolical plot to ...
Style: serious, bleak, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: genocide, native american, against humanity, dishonesty, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, clergy, family relations, priest, native, strong female lead, american indian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, minnesota
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32%
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Deadline (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Deadline is the story of the murder of an African American youth in rural Alabama that has gone uninvestigated, unsolved, and unpunished for almost twenty years. That changes when Nashville Times reporter Matt Harper (Steve Talley) meets an ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, murder, interracial relations, idealism, dishonesty, parents and children, society, redemption, life is a bitch, family relations, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, tennessee
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30%
Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Plot: missing person, murder, police officer, missing wife, murder suspect, couple relations, husband wife relationship, funeral, woman killed, couples, cop, patrolman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Verdict in Blood (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a female judge is found murdered in her home, television reporter and amateur detective Joanne Kilbourn finds herself neck-deep in a homicide investigation. Her only two clues are twin wills left by the victim -- one donating everything to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, police detective, journalism, law enforcement, murder, danger, who done it, nypd, strong female presence, police investigation, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Blackout (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, stash, urban, woman
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Another Silence (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Argentina, Canada, Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Marie is a Toronto police officer. One evening, her husband Joshua and their son Nicky are brutally murdered in their car. Marie quickly links Pablo Molina, an Argentinian drug trafficker who she'd arrested a few months earlier, with the crime. ...
Style: psychological, serious, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, death of son, self discovery, manhunt, vengeance, heroes, tragic hero, police officer, unfulfillment, rivalry, chases and races, murder of son ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, bolivia, argentina, toronto ontario canada
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30%
One Angry Juror (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, investigation, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, trial, prosecutor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
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30%
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Timepiece (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner comes forward and claims to have commmitted the crime in self defense. All the while, ...
Style: thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot: racism, christmas, faith, murder, self defense, family relations, false accusation, family life, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Suburban Madness (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological
Plot: private detective, murder, family problems, couples, dishonesty, infidelity, serial killer, dentist, love triangle, under the surface, adultery, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.8
 607
Silent Witness (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, homecoming, courtroom, friendship, legal, lawyer, danger, rivalry, family relations, law, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Lying in Wait (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera move in. Babee becomes attracted to them by the beautiful Vera and the risk taking Keith. However at a party Vera crashes her car, putting Keith ...
Style: suspenseful, sexy, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: murder, twists and turns, vengeance, nudity, violent content, estate, cons and scams, hollywood, rivalry, sexual content, female nudity, drowning ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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