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Yesterday (2002)
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Yesterday (2002)
Original name: 예스터데이
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In 1990, number of children suddenly disappear. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense selects an elite group of scientists for a top-secret mission. Then, 30 years later ... The year is 2020 on a reunified Korean Peninsula. A string of murders is committed against retired scientists. The Special Investigations (SI) unit staffed by a crack team from the former North and South Koreas and outfitted with the latest technology is brought in to investigate. The killer, however, far from being deterred, taunts them with a signature pendant at every murder scene. In an act of devilish boldness he even kidnaps the son of the investigation team's leader, Seok
Style: rough, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, exciting, bleak, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, murder, missing person, mind game, police investigation, psychopath, danger, law enforcement, on the run, heroic mission, riddles and clues, cloning, genetic engineering, swat team, dystopia, heroes, laboratory, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, who done it, confined, wooing, reluctant partners ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 2020s, 21st century, 1990s
Place: asia, korea, east asia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, rough and exciting films with plots about rivalry, deadly, law enforcement, chases and races, danger, murder and heroes mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Yesterday: Chrysalis (2007), Twisted Justice (1990), T-Force (1994), L.A. Vice (1989), Eye for an Eye (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Chrysalis (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Paris 2020, a high tech surgeon and her daughter are involved in a horrific car accident, the surgeon saves her daughter's life at the cost of manipulating her dreams and memories.
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Time: future, 2020s
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Twisted Justice (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Place: los angeles, usa
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59%
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T-Force (1994)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the 21st Century, cybernetic research has developed advanced robots with human traits, whioch are widely used in the service industry. They have also been turned into cyber cops with a licence to kill....
Style: futuristic, suspense, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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L.A. Vice (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: No overview found.
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Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Eye for an Eye (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime drama ...
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Time: 21st century
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Hologram Man (1995)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, futuristic ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Style: exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Open City (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, murder, who done it, fighting crime, serial killer, turk, police officer, violent content, police, tough law enforcer, deadly
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Mr. Socrates (2005)
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Duration: 109 min.
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Shadowchaser (1992)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Black Ransom (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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52%
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Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 723
1st to Die (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 2.8
 644
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Duration: 90 min.
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51%
Les Formidables (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Style: stylized, neo noir, fast, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 91 min.
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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50%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the near future Nassim, terrorist leader, storms computer company headquarters. His aim is deadly computer virus that could bring him world domination. Nick, company janitor and ex-cop, will get in his way.
Style: futuristic, tech noir, independent film, exciting, serious ...
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Time: future
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50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, futuristic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1994 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Divine Move (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Donato and Daughter (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.4
 1K
Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
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Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 3.6
 433
Space Marines (1996)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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