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Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
 6.5
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Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom. Ever seen the show "Survivor" and wished they would just start killing each other?? Series 7 literally gives its contestants the guns. The film is not merely a satire on reality TV. It is an example of just how far people will shamelessly go for fame. 6 contenders are pitted against each other in a no holds barred, kill or be killed contest. The reigning champ is Dawn, a hard-nosed, mother-to-be. We go back and forth between Dawn and the other 5 contenders to see if someone can dethrone Dawn and become the new Champion. What is the prize? How are the contestants picked? These questions are not as important as asking yourself how shameless has our society become?
Style: disturbing, harsh, suspenseful, cult classic, mockumentary, clever, stylized, satirical, spoof, suspense ...
Plot: survival, found footage, manipulation, contests and competitions, death, rivalry, danger, ambition, group of strangers, fictional reality show, manhunt, twists and turns, television, satire, on the run, gory, voyeurism, trap, game of death, betrayal, murder, hospital, cyberpunk, trippy, killing ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Keyword: movie theatre

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, suspenseful and semi serious films with plots about murder, deadly, danger, blood, violence, blood splatter and corpse mostly in Comedy, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Series 7: The Contenders: The Big Hit (1998), The Condemned (2007), Shoot 'Em Up (2007), Shut Up and Shoot! (2006), 13 Sins (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Big Hit (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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The Condemned (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from ...
Style: exciting, action packed, intense, harsh, stylized ...
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Style: bloody, sexy, action packed, grindhouse, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, dark humor, corruption, anti hero, one man army, assassin, blood, shootout, hitman, senator, rescue, machismo ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, satire, actor's life, dark humor, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, politics, cons and scams, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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13 Sins (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style: psychological, suspense, twist ending, scary, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: scary, slasher, dark comedy, mockumentary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
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Time: y2k, year 2006
Place: oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Head Above Water (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Judge George (Harvey Keitel) brings his young wife, Nathalie (Cameron Diaz), to a remote island for a vacation. But while George accompanies their only neighbor -- Nathalie's childhood friend Lance (Craig Sheffer) -- on a fishing trip, Nathalie ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Duration: 92 min.
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Style: exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 90 min.
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: utah, usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 4.4
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⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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83%
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
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Style: disturbing, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending ...
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82%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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82%
 5.0
 11K
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Style: rough, bleak, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
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Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
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82%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: humorous, black comedy, laugh out loud, cult classic, spy comedy ...
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Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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82%
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