Movies like The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
Style:
fairy tale, light, clever, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, harsh, talky, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, chase, destiny, hijacking, money, sport, catastrophe, race, gangsters, serial killer, bank robbery, prison escape, twists and turns, demon, snake, aviation, supernatural, hunting, jewish, hitman, desert, obsession, betrayal, murder, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
70s, 1930s
Place:
new jersey, seattle, oregon, washington state, portland oregon, california, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and unusual plot structure films with plots about dialogue, brutality, catastrophe, mentor, storytelling, chase and vengeance mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper: Breakout (1975), City of Industry (1997), In Too Deep (1999), Charley Varrick (1973), Shoot to Kill (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Style:
light, suspenseful, tense, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, false accusation, helicopter, chase, fugitives, manhunt, runaway, rescue, prison life, captivity, murder, disguise ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mexico, ireland, latin america, boston
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95%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
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83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, adaptation, friendship, undercover, twists and turns, mentor, transformation, brutality, betrayal, police detective, chase ...
Time:
90s, 70s
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62%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends. Instead of obtaining a small amount of money they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, suspenseful, clever, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, gangsters, mafia, chase, small town, organized crime, car chase, crime gone awry, desert, murder, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, on the run, survival, kidnapping, hostage, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, san francisco, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, serial killer, writers, vengeance, suspense, police detective, psychopath, gangsters, writer's life, mind game, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, california, new york, oregon
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56%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
politics, terrorist plot, kidnapping, special agents, brutality, violence, spy, political unrest, police corruption, secret agents, heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, washington d.c., usa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, sexy, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
betrayal, chase, bank robbery, hostage, heist, dishonesty, destiny, runaway, kidnapping, culture clash, robbery, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, new jersey, atlanta georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
intense, harsh, serious, neo noir, gloomy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, murder, plastic surgery, vengeance, betrayal, gangsters, robbery, suspense, rehabilitation, revenge, operation, heist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new orleans, usa, new jersey, texas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, clever, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, cons and scams, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, black man white woman relationship, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, femme fatale, undercover, police corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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:
witness protection, mafia, hitman, betrayal, life turned upside down, partners in crime, adaptation, transformation, police investigation, assassin, fbi, hunting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, toronto ontario canada, missouri, canada, st. louis missouri
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41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style:
intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, gangsters, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Style:
tense, sexy, art house, neo noir, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, gang, chase, women, twists and turns, murder, organized crime, hotel, gunfight, neighbor, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, pittsburgh ...
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40%
Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
Style:
sexy, humorous, enigmatic, melancholic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
chase, car chase, hostage, pregnancy, stalking, train, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, psychopath, dog, tough guy, childbirth, threatening telephone call ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, kidnapping, chase, african american, revenge, hip hop, car chase, suspense, twists and turns, gang, ex convict, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals ...
Style:
harsh, rough, suspenseful, exciting, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
manhunt, survival, human prey, suspense, most dangerous game, homeless, psychopath, chase, hunting, brutality, death, mountain ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, realistic, clever, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, murder, suspense, twists and turns, rivalry, crime gone awry, heist, greed, interracial relations, dysfunctional family, powerful ending ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, london, england, brighton
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, society, law enforcement, rivalry, legal, idealism, false accusation, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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, harsh, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, murder, who done it, suspense, fbi, mistaken identity, undercover, working undercover, hidden identity, money, existentialism, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new mexico, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, feel good, visually appealing, talky, bad ending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, stock market, murder, bicycle race, father son relationship, guilt, drug dealer, attempted murder, riches to rags, money, chase, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, california, new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, visually appealing, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
spy, military, chase, espionage, weapons, escape, school, brutality, boat, adolescence, adaptation, stereotypes ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
florida, usa, cuba, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style:
intense, talky, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heist, train robbery, robbery, gold, suspense, betrayal, british, gangsters, train travel, master criminal, unlikely criminals, partners ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, 70s, victorian era
Place:
england, london, europe
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Style:
stylized, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, light ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, gang, teenage boy, lake, waterfall, great depression, coming of age, murder, death, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This movie features a character who is supposed to be the descendant of the character played Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall is also a bounty. But also an ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, rough, serious, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
terrorism, justice, chase, vengeance, police investigation, undercover, master criminal, tough heroes, race against time, track down, dishonesty, on the run ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
While doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery.
Style:
tense, neo noir, talky, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
robbery, suspense, police detective, hostage, femme fatale, police, manipulation, rivalry, confined, music festival, compassion, character study ...
Time:
1920s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
Style:
realistic, brutal, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, police, police investigation, vengeance, gangsters, hip hop, murder, lone hero, teenage life, youth, on the run ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, california, usa
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, brother brother relationship, bank robbery, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, gangsters, chase ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
st. louis missouri
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31%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Jacques Mesrine, France's public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats -- from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks -- Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
Style:
intense, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, escape, chase, french, organized crime, mafia, prison, heist, character study, suspense, against the rules, notoriety ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a ...
Style:
suspenseful, talky, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, investigation, murder, terrorism, amusement park, police investigation, suspense, natural disaster, conspiracy theory, catastrophe, psychopath, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, pittsburgh, chicago illinois
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31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Style:
bleak, psychological, tense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
russian roulette, greed, gambling, game of death, organized crime, murder, survival, fish out of water, suspense, twists and turns, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, delaware, grand central station manhattan new york city, midwest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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