Movies like A Prayer for the Dying
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A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, rough, neo noir, political, political thriller, crime drama, surprise ending ...
Plot:
terrorism, female assassin, redemption, on the run, gangster, haunted by the past, clergy, going straight, assassin, crime boss, ex soldier, one last job, espionage, struggle, religion, irish mob, conflict, war on terror, anglo irish relations, trouble, politics, society, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, london, northern ireland, europe
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Most similar movies to A Prayer for the Dying
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and neo noir films with plots about death, murder, revenge, violence, corruption, gun and brutality mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like A Prayer for the Dying: White Sands (1992), The Jackal (1997), Best Seller (1987), The Memory of a Killer (2003), Journal of a Contract Killer (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, harsh, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
who done it, murder, undercover, desert, fbi, mistaken identity, working undercover, hidden identity, money, death, existentialism, corruption ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
new mexico, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, assassination attempt, revenge, killer, chase, professional killer, assassination, contract killer, hired killer, terrorism, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, washington d.c., russia, moscow russia, montreal ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, writers, serial killer, contract killer, assassin, police detective, vengeance, psychopath, danger, writer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, california, oregon, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, psychological thriller, cult classic ...
Plot:
hitman, police investigation, murder, memory loss, assassin, one last job, law enforcement, unlikely partners, twists and turns, chess, serial killer, professional killer ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe, brussels, netherlands ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stephanie Komack was a high-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. Now working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob track Stephanie down and persuade her to do one last job. The hit goes wrong ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
italian mafia, hitman, killer, prostitute, kidnapping, rivalry, vengeance, single parent, sexual content, professional killer, violence, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, political, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, murder, terrorist, assassin, friendship, police investigation, tragic event, vengeance, betrayal, revenge, devil ...
Time:
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Place:
northern ireland, ireland, new york, bronx new york city, europe ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, talky ...
Plot:
hitman, mafia, witness protection, assassin, betrayal, life turned upside down, partners in crime, danger, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, transformation, adaptation ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
michigan, toronto ontario canada, missouri, mississippi, canada ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, exciting, serious, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, redemption, ex military, haunted by the past, gangster, homeless, revenge, mafia, fight scenes, guilt, vigilante, anti hero ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
england, london, afghanistan, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style:
cult classic, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly
Plot:
hitman, heroic bloodshed, assassin, professional killer, killer, redemption, yakuza, gunfight, organized crime, contract killer, friendship, triad ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
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%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, hitman, tough heroes, assassin, female assassin, cia agent, murder, undercover, uninhibited rivalry, on the run, chase, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, los angeles, langley virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
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Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, cynical, harsh, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangster, ira, organized crime, mafia, crime boss, terrorist, car bomb, danger, revenge, rivalry, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place:
england, ireland, london, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, china, southeast asia, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Style:
neo noir, intense, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, violence, sex, drug dealing, twists and turns, gangster, chase, murder, drug, british gangster, drug lord, caper ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, amsterdam, netherlands ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, police officer, one man army, revenge, police, mafia, gangster, chase, police investigation, police corruption, car chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
chicago, usa, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, conspiracy, organized crime, police corruption, police detective, chase, criminal, justice, betrayal, moral ambiguity, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Special agent Taube is on the case of a deadly heroin smuggling operation. This one is notable for an amazing power boat chase through the canals and waterways of Amsterdam
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
interpol, spy, heroin, police, murder, prostitute, secret agent, narcotics, dead body, shootout, crime scene, heroin addict ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
holland, netherlands, europe, los angeles, amsterdam
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Jordan, Morocco, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action thriller, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, secret service, spy, conspiracy, mentor, undercover, rescue, espionage, hostage, mercenary, violence, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, revenge, rape victim, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, underground, rape and revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, survival, gangster, twists and turns, race against time, hostage, on the run, danger, life turned upside down, unlikely partners, confined, wanted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, tokyo, california
Similarity:
100%
60K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, police detective, bank robbery, police investigation, hostage, brutality, gangster, dirty cop, vengeance, conspiracy, corruption, buddy cop ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when ...
Style:
neo noir, road movie, surprise ending, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
child in peril, hitman, assassin, kidnapping, child kidnapping, professional killer, killer, hostage, witness protection program, witness, on the road, little boy ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
Place:
austin texas, texas, oklahoma, houston texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Michael Caine is Jack Carter, a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brothers death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, grindhouse, cult classic, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, hitman, organized crime, investigation, british gangster, mafia, violent, murder, assassin, gangsta, vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
england, northern england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jack Shaw (DONALD SUTHERLAND) has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorism, terrorist, hitman, chase, revenge, frame up, danger, assassination attempt, race against time, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1997, 70s, 20th century
Place:
israel, virginia, connecticut, middle east, libya ...
Similarity:
100%
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