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The Runner (1999)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
gambling, casino, poker, card playing, gambler, gambling addiction, pregnancy, survival, addiction, love and romance, bookies, dishonesty, gangster, dog, lust, nylons, gang, foot fetish, empire, pantyhose, female stockinged legs, flatulence, stockings, crime, crimes
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa
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Most similar movies to The Runner
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, gambling, gangster, casino, gambler, card playing and poker mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Runner: Frame by Frame (1996), Shadow Hours (2000), The Last Word (1995), The Gambler (2014), Luckytown (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A pair of romantically entangled cops become suspects in the brutal murder of one of their mates.
Style:
tense, mind bending, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
yakuza, murder of a nude woman, vietnam war, nypd, triad, policewoman, partner, police corruption, pregnancy, gambling, murder, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at a gas station to support his new family, but the job drives him crazy. Then a wealthy ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
illegal drugs, addiction, murder, danger, drug dealing, dishonesty, mental disorder, mythical creature, psychology, nightshift, pregnancy, nightlife ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film
Plot:
mafia, crime family, book, writers, bookstore, prostitute, stripper, fall in love, love affair, couples, betrayal, journalism ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the ...
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling addiction, gambling debt, gambler, writers, gangster, human nature, moral dilemma, character study, police investigation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
nightclub, gambling, murder, female nudity, mafia, strip club, gambling debt, great ending, hitman, gangster, mobster, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kirsten Dunst plays a young woman (Lidda), who is searching for her father (James Caan). She finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, independent film
Plot:
gambling, vengeance, criminal heroes, gangster, betrayal, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, parents and children, fall in love, estrangement, on the road, strip club ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling addiction, casino, gambling, gambler, poker, addiction, embezzlement, greed, relationships, banker, police investigation, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, toronto ontario canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancée and a home on the beach. He has it all and a lot to lose. Now the gambling addiction that has plagued him for years has ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, obsession, addiction, bookies, dishonesty, rise and fall, rivalry, danger, card playing, game, mental health, casino ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, serious ...
Plot:
twists and turns, gambling, con game, cons and scams, betrayal, poker, con artists, mentor, greed, crime gone awry, obsession, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, obsession, bookies, destructive relationship, moral dilemma, couple relations, cons and scams, gangster, betrayal, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling addiction, college, addiction, gambler, poker, gambling debt, character study, bookies, hopes, gangster, casino, bet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, las vegas, harvard university ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need ...
Style:
surprise ending, tense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, betrayal, vengeance, brutality, cons and scams, gangster, dishonesty, organized crime, casino, caper, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, las vegas
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bodyguard, gambling, prostitute, christmas, male bonding, rape, gambler, casino, fistfight, hotel room, tough guy, psychopath ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, venice, italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
child, gangster, pregnancy, computers and web, love and romance, parents and children, domestic disturbance, teenage life, dishonesty, serial killer, danger, killing spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, nova scotia, pittsburgh
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, serious ...
Plot:
boxing, gang, athlete's life, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, down on your luck, gangster, boxer, promoter, male pubic hair, male nudity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, gangster, tough heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, confined, dishonesty, woman in danger, gambling, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four friends discover and accidentally kill a burglar -- who may not be alone -- in the kitchen during their weekly poker night.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, disposing of a dead body, chase, buddies, vengeance, betrayal, rivalry, manslaughter, card playing, danger, casino ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, going straight, life is a bitch, drug dealing, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, addiction, law enforcement, gangster, drug abuse, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Plot:
gangster, gang, irish mob, mafia, fight, mafioso, city life, criminal, crime boss, caper, urban setting, gangsta ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. ...
Style:
poliziottesco, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
gambling, police, casino, female nudity, card playing, italian police, gambling addiction, poker, gangster, chase, love and romance, on the run ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After finding a wallet in the street tepper calls the owner in order to return it. After making the call he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add to things his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker ...
Style:
surprise ending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
poker, gambling, african american, lottery ticket, ethics, group of friends, moral dilemma, lottery, mind game, dishonesty, cons and scams, casino ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, medical school, rivalry, contests and competitions, follow your dream, ego clash, underdog, buddies, ambition, college, casino ...
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A street-smart pool player falls in with a pack of hustlers. As he rises in the underground circuit, he lands in the middle of a match between his boss and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, neo noir
Plot:
billiards, gambling, oral sex, police corruption, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, game, gambler, street kid, kids in trouble ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Marsha, a con artist with a conscience, has agreed to take on an unusual scheme in order to pay off a debt to a lawyer who helped out her brother. An elderly millionaire is about to die, and the entire fortune has been willed to a stripper named ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
nudity, violent content, cons and scams, frame up, gambling, disorder, dishonesty, bare chested male, male nudity, lawyer, inheritance, strip club ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
miami
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Moyher's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathematical genius, but the one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
gambling, bookies, friendship, lifestyle, ambition, couples, culture clash, college life, follow your dream, youth, fall in love, buddies ...
Place:
usa, nevada, arizona, las vegas, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A professional poker player falls deep into underworld when he takes an unexpected wager from a mysterious high roller.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, neo noir ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, down on your luck, rivalry, couple relations, crime boss, strip club, bare breasts, woman with a gun, gambler, sexual relations, power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, dirty cop, redemption, police corruption, betrayal, crime gone awry, crooked cop, cop, casino, police officer, death of protagonist ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, new jersey, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police corruption, tough law enforcer, drug dealing, law enforcement, dishonesty, drug abuse, false accusation, addiction, partner, drug, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
19%
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