Movies like Subway

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Subway (1985)
 6.5
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Subway (1985)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals. Despite being pursued by the henchmen, Fred finds the time to flirt with Héléna, blow a safe, rob a train, evade the hapless Metro police, and start a rock band
Style: atmospheric, surreal, cult classic, stylized, neo noir, action thriller, mesmerizing, surprise ending, humorous, futuristic ...
Plot: subway, gangster, train, chase, fighting the system, blackmail, love, murder, car chase, killer, distopia, railway, goth, justice league, alienation, hipster, fictional band, dystopia, music band, safecracker, criminal, culture clash, socialite, metropolis, punk band ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: paris france, france, europe
Keyword: gangsters, russian, french, retrospective

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Most similar movies to Subway

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and neo noir films with plots about murder, dishonesty, danger, deadly, police, chases and races and police officer mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Subway: The Truth About Charlie (2002), Nikita (1990), Diva (1981), The Tenant (1976), Max & Jeremie (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 remake of the 1963 film Charade (which starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn). It is also an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player and that film's star Charles Aznavour appeared as himself ...
Style: stylized, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: murder, hidden identity, family problems, dishonesty, danger, death in the family, chase, husband wife relationship, interracial couple, twists and turns, death, spy ...
Time: year 2002
Place: paris france, europe, france
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100%
 7.3
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Nikita (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style: neo noir, suspense, stylized, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, female killer, spy, mentor, assassin, undercover, secret government organization, impossible love, bodyguard, training, woman with a gun ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
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Diva (1981)
Genre: Crime, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman ...
Style: visually stunning, visual, lyrical, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot: opera singer, classical music, police corruption, music, car chase, chase, opera, murder, gangster, postman, prostitute, stalker ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.6
 47K
The Tenant (1976)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill ...
Style: psychological, offbeat, black comedy, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, paranoia, insanity, mental illness, dark humor, nightmare, apartment building, suicide, conspiracy, obsession, landlord tenant relationship, mental disorder ...
Time: near future, year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Max & Jeremie (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, stylized
Plot: killer, gangster, violent content, danger, criminal heroes, retiring, hitman, swimming pool, police brutality, immaturity, police, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.4
 859
Six-Pack (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A serial killer is on the loose in Paris and he seems to be an american citizen working in the US embassy and being in the middle of a french-american economical affair.
Style: serious, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, police investigation, psychopath, who done it, murder, law enforcement, race against time, politics, bait, bowling, amateur detective ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Mark of the Angels - Miserere (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Paris, December. A conductor of a choir is found mysteriously murdered, with burst eardrums. Lionel Kasdan, a police inspertor the verge of retirement, and Frank Salek, an official of Interpol, embark together on a hunt for the killer, and also to a ...
Style: serious, atmospheric, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: law enforcement, riddles and clues, murder, investigation, partner, danger, religions or cults, society, kidnapping, mafia, interpol, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Three Men to Destroy (1980)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A man helps the victim of an auto accident, not realizing that the man has actually been shot. The men who shot him are now after the man who helped him, in order to eliminate him as a potential witness. Soon they are killing everyone he even comes ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nudity, manhunt, chase, hitman, car chase, accident, strong violent content, gangster, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, betrayal, lone wolves ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 1K
Gotham (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A New York private eye searches for a socialite who supposedly drowned 10 years before.
Style: neo noir, detective, cult classic, noir, realistic ...
Plot: private investigator, killer, nudity, private detective, ghost, ex wife, obsession, danger, femme fatale, love and romance, supernatural, mysterious character ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Paris Under Watch (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, computer hacker, danger, rivalry, politics, police, surveillance, mind game, state affairs, voyeurism, hacker, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Caged Heart (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Conflict between a hardened prison inmate and a ruthless prison guard.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: prison, confined, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, nothing goes right, law enforcement, power relations, injustice, prison life, false accusation, false arrest, profanity ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, cold war, politics, spy, conspiracy, kgb, chase, betrayal, nuclear bomb, race against time, secret agent, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.3
 5K
Simon Killer (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his girlfriend of five years. His life should be open-ended and full of promise, but he can’t shake his feelings of loss. Being a stranger in a strange land only aggravates his ...
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: prostitute, american abroad, college graduate, fish out of water, disorder, mysterious character, misfit, fall in love, lifestyle, blackmail, love, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Brotherhood of Tears (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Gabriel Chevalier, 45 years old, is an ex-policeman. Unemployed, lonely and depressed,he lives like a ghost and hardly takes care of his only teenage child Juliette. One day, by pure chance, he finds a suspicious but extremely well paid job: his ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious
Plot: danger, gangster, secret, money problems, delivery, mission gone awry, workplace situations, financial problem, delivery man, escapades, rivalry, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Kill the Referee (1984)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Michel,a referee has to suffer the consequences of having whistled a penalty against a team which is supported by football hooligans.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: soccer, chase, false accusation, chaos and mayhem, militant, gang, on the run, vengeance, chases and races, obsession, death, falling from height ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Fear X (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, Canada, UK, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry, prompted by mysterious visions, journeys to discover the true circumstances surrounding her murder.
Style: psychological, neo noir, atmospheric, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: murder, loss of wife, hotel, haunted by the past, obsession, amateur detective, investigation, self discovery, mysterious man, crime investigation, surrealism, shopping mall ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: wisconsin, montana, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Secrets of State (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense ...
Plot: counter terrorism, terrorist, espionage, politics, terrorism, spy, secret agent, political conspiracy, state affairs, race against time, good versus evil, prison rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Killing Blue (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, crime wave, police, prostitute, uncover truth, police investigation, chases and races, master criminal, mind game, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Picture Claire (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden, a sinister woman who ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: mistaken identity, chase, murder, dishonesty, police, investigation, arson, photographer, police investigation, murder suspect, gangster, womanizer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada, canada, bahamas, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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White Lie (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot: uncover truth, injustice, betrayal, writer's life, dishonesty, life is a bitch, murder, artists and showbiz, writers, theft, stealing, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.6
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The Key (2007)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Depuis peu Eric Vincent, trentenaire sans histoire, a un fort sentiment de malaise. Est-ce la peur d'avoir un enfant ou celle de voir brutalement resurgir le fantôme d'un père qu'il n'a jamais connu ? Un matin, un inconnu ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot: parents and children, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, estrangement, uncover truth, dishonesty, twists and turns, investigation, murder, dead father, prostitute, nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.4
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Dark Hearts (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When struggling artist Colson finds his muse in sultry singer Fran, their daring romance spirals out of control into a dangerous game of deception and betrayal.
Style: serious, surreal, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: couples, love affair, danger, siblings relations, gory, dishonesty, love and romance, betrayal, dangerous attraction, relationships, relationship problems, deception ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Death in a French Garden (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia's new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on ...
Style: neo noir, slasher, anthology, erotic, sexy ...
Plot: male pubic hair, seductive behavior, female nudity, sex, erotica, jealousy, police officer, forbidden love, sensuality, porn, sleaze, exodus ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Tempo (2003)
Genre: Romance, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, Luxembourg, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jenny, a young American woman, moves to Paris and gets involved with Jack, who is seemingly the man of her dreams. However, he has a lot to hide and Jenny quickly gets entangled his dangerous lifestyle.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, love triangle, femme fatale, crime gone awry, heist, cons and scams, infidelity, couples, fall in love, betrayal, chase, love and romance ...
Place: munich germany, paris france, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.6
 339
The Counsel (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lawyer, legal, master criminal, moral dilemma, betrayal, prodigy, hotshot lawyer, twists and turns, innocence lost, gangster, violent content, dishonesty
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Three Blind Mice (2003)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Plot: murder, mind game, investigation, fighting the system, false accusation, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, fall in love, protagonist as suspect, danger, psychopath, dishonesty ...
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.9
 1K
Red Line (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, survival, tunnel, subway, escapades, danger, bomb, trapped, die hard, train crash, underground ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Paris Countdown (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Unable to repay their debts, Milan and Victor, best friends and co-owners of a Paris nightclub, are lured into a drug deal that goes bad. Tortured by police, they negotiate their freedom against an overwhelming testimony that condemns their ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: psychopath, survival, race against time, friendship, betrayal, danger, on the run, murder, police, chase, friends, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.1
 19K
The Driver (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: car chase, heist, existentialism, carsploitation, car, gambling, witness, police detective, on the run, one last job, driver, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.4
 3K
The Outsider (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, gangster, police officer, revenge, fighting crime, drug abuse, injustice, hotshot hero, lone wolves, chases and races, cop, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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