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Quicksilver (1986)
6K
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 traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, weeping, exciting, sexy, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, cycling, murder, wall street, drug dealer, father son relationship, riches to rags, guilt, attempted murder, bicycle race, car crash, stock market, race, business, money, chase, finance, bike, trading, gang, african american, subculture, friendship between men, showdown, mexican immigrant ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, california, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about urban, murder, gang, gangster, life is a bitch, violence and society mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Quicksilver: Squeeze (1997), Baby (2007), Boiler Room (2000), Caught Up (1998), Mean Streets (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 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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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
78%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 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:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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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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Country: USA
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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:
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Movie in collections
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Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, hood, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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218
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A streetwise young man leaves his sordid past behind, moving from New York to the Los Angeles suburbs to start a simple, honest life. When he meets a small-time drug dealer with insatiable ambition, his past returns to haunt him.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, los angeles, california, southern california
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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