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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, suspense, captivating, tense, action packed, serious, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, revenge, extortion, rivalry, murder, loner, chase, twists and turns, police officer, investigation, computer cracker, one man army, martial arts, killer, professional killer, arrest, woman with a gun, shootout, betrayal, amnesia, chases and races, dishonesty, airplane, fight ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, las vegas, new orleans, louisiana, st. louis missouri, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, neo noir, exciting and suspense films with plots about murder, deception, death, brawl, pistol, held at gunpoint and gun mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Courier: Spenser Confidential (2020), The Accountant (2016), Maximum Force (1992), Fire with Fire (2012), A Better Way to Die (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
action comedy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, ex convict, police corruption, one against many, conspiracy, ex-cop, corrupt cop, organized crime, revenge, bodyguard, ex cop, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
autism, accountant, assassin, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, vigilante, justice, hitman, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1989, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, female warrior, firefighter, vigilante, brutality, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, law enforcement, police detective, secret service, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
63%
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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:
undercover, on the run, mistaken identity, gangster, hitman, manhunt, special agent, rivalry, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, danger, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
prison escape, prison, conspiracy, hi-tech, survival, danger, teamwork, betrayal, security system, hand to hand combat, hostage, secret place ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chechnya, shanghai, bangkok thailand, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
murder mystery, disappearance, murder, weekend, girlfriend, mysterious disappearance, victim, murder investigation, accused of murder, woman, vacation gone wrong, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
croatia, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspense, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, chinese mafia, triad, cop, gangster, gang, vengeance, tough heroes, heroes, rivalry, chases and races, missing person ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, hong kong, usa, asia
Similarity:
59%
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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:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot:
countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, bomb squad, criminal, brutality, violence ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
58%
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, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
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:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, violence, death, betrayal, organized crime, police, arms dealer, crime boss ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
Similarity:
58%
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:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, gunfight, fugitives, strip club, damsel in distress, stripper, shootout, fistfight, tattoo, machine gun, plastic surgery, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
sexy, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
psychopath, twists and turns, revenge, murder, brutality, police investigation, serial killer, assassin, chase, danger, investigation, drug addict ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, michigan, indonesia, detroit ...
Similarity:
57%
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:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
55%
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, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, gang, death of wife, tough heroes, rivalry, murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2011, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, british columbia, usa
Similarity:
55%
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.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, one man army, police corruption, small town, gang, master warrior, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
55%
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, suspenseful, tense, bleak, exciting ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, hitman, sadism, stolen money, drug dealer, danger, tax collector, female psychopath, drug, family relations, violence, taxes ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
54%
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:
54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA, Ukraine
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, neo noir ...
Plot:
on the run, damsel in distress, chase, conspiracy, corruption, organized crime, gangster, dark past, spy, martial arts, spy thriller, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
odessa ukraine, new york, eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
54%
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. ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scarecrow, hired killer, hitman, professional killer, tough heroes, terrorism, manhunt, witness, gangster, chase, assassination attempt, one man army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
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:
cult classic, scenic, romantic, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, bodyguard, hired killer, witness, chinese army, professional killer, wuxia, kung fu, chase, businessman, unrequited love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 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, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, one man army, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, daring rescue, police investigation, tough heroes, escapades, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Place:
germany, europe, los angeles, usa, vienna ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
on the run, hitman, betrayal, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, showdown, murder, deception, survival, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, cannon, vigilantism, kung fu, gang warfare, police detective, teenage life, gang, hostage, gangster, against the odds, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, 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, suspense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, vigilante, revenge, secret organization, conspiracy, vengeance, rape, conspiracy theory, vigilantism, life turned upside down, chess, murder ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, california
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, delivery man, ex special forces, one against many, black ops, dark heroine, crime boss, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, badass female lead, mystery woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, london, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 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:
exciting, serious, realistic, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, accountant, twists and turns, politics, kidnapping, race against time, hostage, assassination plot, child in peril, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex slavery, martial arts, ak 47, gangster, strong sexual content, tough law enforcer, tough heroes, vengeance, rivalry, master criminal, police investigation, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, usa, asia, new jersey, cambodia ...
Similarity:
52%
888
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, manhunt, danger, chase, laboratory, kidnapping, murder, rivalry, heroes, escapades, violence spree ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
52%
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