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Top of the World (1997)
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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 diversion, and the two of them become suspects. Over the course of the evening and next morning, the two attempt to escape to surrounded casino, and to prove their innocence, as well as to save their marriage.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, false accusation, police investigation, criminal heroes, chases and races, law enforcement, partner, crime gone awry, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, die hard, fugitives, gambling addiction, hostage, betrayal, chase, police corruption, embezzlement, disorder, crumbling marriage, cons and scams, righting the wronged, police, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and independent film films with plots about rivalry, deadly, chases and races, law enforcement, dishonesty, danger and murder mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Top of the World: The Immortals (1995), Cold Steel (1987), The Hard Truth (1994), Betrayal (2003), Made Men (1999). 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:
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Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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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, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, spoof ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, femme fatale, tough heroes, hitman, on the run, police investigation, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, chase, danger, criminal heroes, single parent ...
Place:
usa, texas, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, manhunt, 007, meme, gangster, disorder, rivalry, master criminal, crime gone awry, chases and races, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cartel, rogue agent, computer, gunfight, car chase, dishonesty, chases and races, betrayal, undercover, police investigation, rivalry, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The plot includes the plight of two women who both find themselves betrayed by the men they love. It's a violent female 'buddy' movie, with two mismatched heroines, a policewoman (Cheung) & a drug addicted prostitute(Guo) ...
Style:
fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, canada
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%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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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, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
399
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, martial arts, working undercover, ghost, computers and web, disability, hitman, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, police investigation, law enforcement, danger ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
on the run, hitman, taxi driver, gangster, chase, tough heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, danger, pursuit, murder, crime boss ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, salt lake city utah, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
506
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:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime gone awry, debt, police shootout, tough heroes, going straight, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, gang, betrayal, master criminal ...
Place:
cape town south africa, south africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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6K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
las vegas, idaho, seattle, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
making love, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, partner, undercover, cop, sex scene, partners against crime, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
342
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
756
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, cons and scams, odd couple, crime gone awry, on the run, danger, desert, heist, store, disorder, criminal's revenge, on the road ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie ...
Style:
fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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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:
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Similarity:
100%
826
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But when she’s framed for murder by a government department, she must take them on at their own game to ensure her son's survival.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, kidnapping, woman in danger, murder, on the run, disorder, mistaken identity, danger, secret agent, righting the wronged, good versus evil, law enforcement ...
Place:
montana
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, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
Similarity:
100%
420
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
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