Movies like Le Samurai
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Le Samurai (1967)
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Original name: Le Samouraï
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, bleak, meditative, witty, art house, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, loner, solitude, loneliness, police investigation, assassination, betrayal, chase, suspense, character study, organized crime, visceral, lone wolves, gunfight, criminal heroes, nightclub singer, mob boss, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, existentialism, murder, mafia, jazz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Most similar movies to Le Samurai
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, atmospheric and stylized films with plots about murder, runaway, gangsters, suspense, storytelling, death and betrayal mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Le Samurai: The Red Circle (1970), The Day of the Jackal (1973), The American Friend (1977), Point Blank (1967), Second Breath (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style:
atmospheric, thought provoking, art house, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
loneliness, gangsters, mafia, hip hop, african american, samurai, loner, hitman, racial slur, professional killer, friendship, vengeance ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, africa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a ...
Style:
tense, stylized, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
heist, gangsters, organized crime, nightclub, robbery, mafia, suspense, thief, gunfight, prison, existentialism, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, marseille, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
terrorism, conspiracy, espionage, politics, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, spy, terrorist, hitman, assassin, terrorist plot ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, vienna, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, gangsters, assassination, friendship, hitman, betrayal, art, forgery, loneliness, police investigation, good versus evil, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
paris france, germany, new york, hamburg germany, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, brutal, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
organized crime, revenge, vengeance, gangsters, betrayal, left for dead, flashback, hitman, left to die, mafia, money, violence ...
Time:
20th century, future, 60s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gangsters, heist, robbery, criminal, organized crime, escape, manipulation, mafia, post war, dream, prison, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, marseille, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, police detective, robbery, prison, heist, gangsters, mind game, police corruption, psychopath, track down, investigation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1947, 50s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style:
harsh, tense, bleak, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, mafia, gangsters, prison life, confined, cruelty, organized crime, prison escape, gang, coming of age, drugs, convict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, marseille, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
heist, gangsters, betrayal, frame up, cons and scams, vengeance, friendship, tough heroes, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, spy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?
Style:
neo noir, stylized, sexy, perverse, bloody ...
Plot:
revenge, justice, serial killer, murder, wedding, femme fatale, death, betrayal, police investigation, adultery, assassination, runaway ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, ex convict, diamond, warden, crime and punishment, coldhearted, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, vengeance, on the run ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or ...
Style:
talky, atmospheric, witty, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
love triangle, heist, gunfight, crime gone awry, isolation, life philosophy, brutality, catastrophe, gangsters, dark humor, irreverent, loneliness ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, heist, mechanic, lone wolves, tough heroes, suspense, revenge, loner, organized crime, car, violent, love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style:
atmospheric, cerebral, realistic, tense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, heist, robbery, car salesman, safecracker, organized crime, mafia, thief, character study, bank robbery, criminal, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, new jersey, usa, illinois, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Style:
road movie, surreal, atmospheric, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
on the run, lovers on the run, smuggling, betrayal, on the road, infidelity, surrealism, gangsters, road trip, couple relations, couples, vietnam war ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france, paris france, mediterranean sea, europe, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot:
overdose, murder, suspense, life is a bitch, visceral, depression, reward, contests and competitions, social decay, fish out of water, survival, sacrifice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, bleak, neo noir, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
character study, loner, violence, vigilante, obsession, alienation, loneliness, vigilantism, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, vietnam, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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, art house, atmospheric, cerebral, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, gambling, murder, nightclub, mafia, gambling debt, female nudity, hitman, strip club, crime gone awry, paranoid, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Bill Savage is struggling to maintain his marriage to his increasingly unbalanced wife, Myra, who believes she is a medium. She plans a scheme that will make her famous, involving kidnapping then "psychically" locating a little girl.
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, suspense, mental illness, occult, ransom, crime gone awry, family in danger, gangsters, corruption, adaptation, stillbirth, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, clever, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gambling, casino, croupier, heist, twists and turns, writers, addiction, greed, relationships, bet, career change, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, south africa, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, clever, gloomy, unusual plot structure, mind blowing ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, redemption, prostitute, casino, hotel, motel, secret, father figure, dark past, kindness, mentor protege relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, california, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, enigmatic, sincere, psychological ...
Plot:
loneliness, heist, existentialism, betrayal, down on your luck, femme fatale, night watchman, cons and scams, misfit, gem, regret, loser ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, europe, finland, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, corruption, irish mob, blackmail, love triangle, violence, gang, betrayal, twists and turns, mayor ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
private detective, crime gone awry, murder, suspense, adultery, extramarital affair, murder mystery, hitman, twists and turns, investigation, betrayal, visceral ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A chief of detectives, homicide section, commits a murder and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
Style:
surreal, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
murder, politics, police investigation, police, satire, courtroom drama, extramarital affair, legal, law enforcement, life is a bitch, protagonist as suspect, legal investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
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17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, prison, death, death sentence, fighting the system, politics, legal, death row, courtroom drama, violence, guilt ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, year 1988
Place:
california, eastern europe, poland, warsaw poland
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17%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
melancholic, epic, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, friendship, mafia, prohibition, gunfight, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, criminal heroes, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, italy, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, master criminal, suspense, group of criminals, chase, obsession, police detective, thief, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, emotional, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
mafia, friendship, violence, farm, character study, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, revenge, notoriety, organized crime, tragic event, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, france, flanders
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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