Movies like The Courier 2012
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The Courier (2012)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending
Plot:
hitman, race against time, revenge, extortion, rivalry, track down, murder, suspense, arms dealer, chase, twists and turns, martial arts, killer, gunfight, arrest, woman with a gun, betrayal, police officer, investigation, computer cracker, one man army, amnesia, dishonesty, basketball, airplane ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, las vegas, new orleans, louisiana, st. louis missouri
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, neo noir, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about fistfight, violence, death, brawl, hostage, held at gunpoint and fight mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Courier: Spenser Confidential (2020), Polar (2019), Maximum Force (1992), A Better Way to Die (2000), Countdown (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Style:
buddy movie, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police corruption, tough guy, conspiracy, police officer, police, ex convict, ex-cop, organized crime, warrior, revenge, corruption, one against many ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
boston
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, suspenseful, witty ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
revenge, assassin, one man army, one against many, organized crime, vengeance, rivalry, female nudity, rough sex, superhero, assassination attempt, mercenary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, montana, chile, austin texas, miami ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, monster, police officer, renegade, police detective, prostitute, undercover, gangsters, chase, computer cracker, police corruption, working undercover ...
Time:
90s
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62%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, undercover, on the run, mistaken identity, hitman, manhunt, witnessing a crime, race against time, law enforcement, special agents, rivalry, memory loss ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, bomb, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, criminal, mercilessness, brutality, little boy ...
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, suspense, gang, rivalry, dishonesty, heroes, vengeance, law enforcement, tough heroes, missing person, final showdown ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, hong kong, usa, asia
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57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, police officer, suspense, brutality, vengeance, undercover, drug dealing, cia, police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago illinois, vietnam, usa, california, japan ...
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57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, tense, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, suspense, car chase, attempted murder, police, organized crime, death, violence, arms dealer, betrayal ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, kidnapping, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, secret agents, parents and children, dishonesty, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, hamburg germany, paris france, texas, france ...
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56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxing, hitman, vengeance, assassination, sniper, assassin, gang rape, partners, martial arts, revenge, tragic hero, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style:
ambiguous ending, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
sadism, tax collector, hitman, family relations, violence, drug dealer, taxes, drugs, male objectification, tough guy, racial slur, crucifix ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, fistfight, tattoo, timebomb, helicopter, plastic surgery, fbi, suspense, undercover, gangsters, betrayal, assassination attempt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
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55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangsters, female assassin, suspense, revenge, female killer, murder, female protagonist, death, female warrior, one woman army, strong female lead, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
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55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
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intense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, hospital, revenge, suspense, murder, corruption, chase, corrupt official, coma, fight, intrigue, against the odds ...
Time:
80s, year 1990, year 1983, 90s
Place:
los angeles, chicago illinois, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Style:
romantic, scenic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, bodyguard, chase, medieval, kung fu, assassin, witness, police, assassination attempt, gangsters, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
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54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, vigilante, death of wife, rivalry, suspense, vigilantism, organized crime, murder, gangsters, violence, anger, good versus evil ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2009, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
british columbia, usa
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53%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
computer cracker, secret agents, secret service, cia agent, secret service agent, fight, rescue, murder, chase, kidnapping, gunfight, group of criminals ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, conspiracy, revenge, vengeance, secret organization, conspiracy theory, vigilante, vigilantism, life turned upside down, suspense, group of criminals, secret movement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana, california
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52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his family are killed in a plane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. He sets himself up as a criminal in order to get close to a tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of ...
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, vengeance, chase, mafia, revenge, investigation, rescue, gangsters, murder, kidnapping, swamp, graphic violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
louisiana
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy, race against time, twists and turns, kidnapping, conspiracy theory, accountant, hostage, murder, politics, terrorism, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california
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52%
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.
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suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
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Plot:
chase, tough heroes, hostage, rivalry, dishonesty, disorder, daring rescue, gangsters, death, fight, murder, kidnapping ...
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bucharest, romania
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
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tense, serious, realistic, rough, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, small town, police corruption, master warrior, gang, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, mysterious man ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. ...
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serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, twist ending, sexy, serious ...
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boys' night, girls' night, teens
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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51%
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