Movies like Styx 2001
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Styx (2001)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, ambiguous ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, debt, police shootout, going straight, unlikely criminals, tough heroes, gang, betrayal, master criminal, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, brother brother relationship, safecracker, caught having sex, naked man, robbery, diamond theft, insurance fraud, loan shark, gangster, gambling, addiction, law enforcement ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa
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Most similar movies to Styx
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, heist, crime gone awry, gang and betrayal mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Styx: The Immortals (1995), Swindle (2002), The Hard Truth (1994), Federal Protection (2002), Parker (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, fall in love, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, master criminal, disorder, money, law enforcement, rivalry, cons and scams, police corruption ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A suspended cop and his girlfriend blackmail an electronics expert into helping them break into the safe of the girlfriend's boss, a corrupt city councilman who's on the local mob's payroll.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, heist, manipulation, police corruption, crime gone awry, vengeance, betrayal, disorder, cons and scams, love triangle, law enforcement, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gangster, rivalry, hidden identity, dishonesty, social decay, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, assassination attempt, betrayal, disorder ...
Place:
usa, chicago, arkansas
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
135K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, saga, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, mafia, assassin, betrayal, revenge, kidnapping, hitman, romancing a criminal, car chase, fight scenes, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, miami, chicago, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, gangster, criminal's revenge, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, crime gone awry, disorder, on the road, ex convict, lovers on the run ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, revenge, fbi, twists and turns, law enforcement, vengeance, assassin, murder, on the run, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, false accusation, police investigation, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, dishonesty, chases and races, crime gone awry, partner, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
6K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
parachuting, bank, partner, reluctant partners, bank robbery, heist, car chase, chase, bank robber, police investigation, criminal's revenge, master criminal ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
anal rape, kidnapping, hitman, tough heroes, crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, master criminal, danger, law enforcement, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, dishonesty, brother brother relationship, organized crime, lesbian, british gangster, mafia, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.
Style:
independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, male nudity, bank robbery, insomnia, heist, adultery, desert, sex scene, security guard, dysfunctional marriage, love triangle, bank ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, dark comedy, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, casino, twists and turns, christmas, gambling, manipulation, prison, sex scene, car thief, bank robber, femme fatale, robbery ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, michigan, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, gangster, violent content, chases and races, partners against crime, dishonesty, tough heroes, criminal's revenge, hitman, crime gone awry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, new york, montreal
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Michael Mann's (HEAT, MIAMI VICE) gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think.Vincent Hanna (Scott Plank) is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless ...
Style:
exciting, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal, shootout, robbery, police, bank robber, police shootout, cybersecurity, violent content, police detective, urban, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, neo western
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, gangster, police investigation, fighting crime, partners against crime, special agent, retiring, small town, tough law enforcer, starting over, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, shootout, criminal heroes, disorder, chases and races, danger, gangster, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, good versus evil, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, dark comedy, witty, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, robbery, heist, casino, cons and scams, child in peril, chase, gang, crime gone awry, dishonesty, profanity, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, lap dance, coitus, vengeance, starting over, gang, twists and turns, betrayal, rivalry, parents and children, cons and scams, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former mercenary joins a military academy as a teacher. He soon discovers a neo-Nazi group, code-named Werewolves, formed among the cadets. He also quickly finds that they have military leadership among the officers at the Academy.
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, undercover, military academy, heroes, secret agent, law enforcement, danger, private detective, dishonesty, investigation, hidden identity, terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
professional killer, hitman, parole officer, gas station, profanity, escape, family relations, disorder, prison, cons and scams, siblings relations, car chase ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, Japan, Switzerland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily-guarded casino safe in Macau. As the cops close in, old betrayals — and misunderstandings — resurface.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, exciting, semi serious, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
safecracker, heist, caper, master thief, perfect crime, criminal gang, art theft, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gem, gold, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea, east asia, macau ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, betrayal, femme fatale, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, crime gone awry, casino, vampire, mugging, friends, police corruption, dishonesty ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
12K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tech noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robber, master criminal, blackmail, hacking, race against time, betrayal, partner, cons and scams, murder, unlikely criminals, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, hood ...
Plot:
murder, gang, racism, vengeance, vigilantism, fall in love, criminal heroes, dishonesty, moral dilemma, starting over, introspection, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, realistic, action packed, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, police corruption, prison, criminal heroes, cons and scams, special agent, partner, criminal's revenge, betrayal, danger, manhunt, chases and races ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, gang, undercover, fighting crime, heist, partner, dishonesty, master criminal, partners against crime, police investigation, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, daring rescue, female warrior, hired killer, gangster, chases and races, death, fight ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
Similarity:
100%
352
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
on the run, mob boss, warehouse, gang, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, crime gone awry, betrayal, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Their plan was simple...Get the Cash. As Rupert, an ex-con, tries to go straight, his younger brother James pursues a life of delinquency. Days after being released from jail, James is gunned down and lies waiting in a hospital for a liver ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
heist, gang, new year's eve, dishonesty, best friend, partner, friends, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, confined, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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