Movies like Revolver
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Revolver (2005)
108K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hotshot gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.
Style:
clever, serious, esoteric, philosophical, spiritual, cerebral, psychological, confusing, mysterious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, gangster, mob boss, philosophy, chess, criminal heroes, transgression, ex convict, cons and scams, criminal's revenge, group of criminals, mafia, organized crime, cash, revenge, psychology, existentialism, mental disorder, casino, narration, warning, prison life, released from prison, twists and turns, hotshot ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, seattle
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Most similar movies to Revolver
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about violence, murder, gangster, gun, vengeance, hitman and blood mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Revolver: RocknRolla (2008), Snatch (2000), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), The Usual Suspects (1995), Fight Club (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style:
humorous, clever, dark comedy, witty, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, dark humor, gangster, crime gone awry, disorder, organized crime, nothing goes right, scheme, friends, violent, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
london, britain, united kingdom, england, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, witty, talky, entertaining ...
Audience:
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Plot:
gangster, twists and turns, corruption, organized crime, dark humor, gang leader, robbery, homosexual, cons and scams, faked death, crime gone awry, mafia ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
Similarity:
83%
970K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style:
witty, funny, clever, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, caper, organized crime, gambling, gangster, sarcasm, underground fighting, twists and turns, group of criminals, cons and scams, master criminal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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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:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style:
neo noir, touching, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, murder, loneliness, organized crime, redemption, sniper, loner, life philosophy, dark hero ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
140K
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%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, surprise ending, sexy, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england
Similarity:
60%
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%
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:
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Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, usa, nevada
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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, police, corruption, conspiracy, police corruption, negotiation, twists and turns, false accusation, frame up, swat, rivalry, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa
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, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
207K
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:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
intense, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gangster, violence, organized crime, gang, torture, revenge, psychopath, mafia, betrayal, violent, brutality ...
Time:
year 2000, future, 60s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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64K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, brutal, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, betrayal, martial arts, redemption, tough heroes, dishonesty, gambling, profanity, lawyer, mafia, criminal ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new orleans
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:
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Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unlikely criminals, gang, criminal's revenge, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife, robbery ...
Time:
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100%
1.4M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
246K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, voyeurism, violence, drug, gunfight, drug lord, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, south america, harlem ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
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100%
225K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank ...
Style:
sexy, fast paced, action packed, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, martial arts, car chase, car, fight scenes, kidnapping, driver, driving, assassin, mentor, explosions, weapons ...
Time:
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Place:
miami, florida, usa, france
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, bloody, dark comedy, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas, israel
Similarity:
33%
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, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangster, ira, organized crime, mafia, crime boss, terrorist, car bomb, danger, revenge, rivalry, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
england, ireland, london, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
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709K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place:
south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, black comedy, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
spain, england, mediterranean sea, europe, london ...
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