Movies like The Outsider 2014
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The Outsider (2014)
3K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, detective, serious, neo noir, independent film, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, missing person, martial arts, gunfight, mercenary, kidnapping, parent child relationship, family relations, parents and children, vigilantism, danger, confined, woman in danger, tough heroes, home invasion, bar brawl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, conspiracy, father daughter relationship, corrupt cop, iraq veteran, computer cracker, fight, iraq war veteran, corporate crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, london
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Most similar movies to The Outsider
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about violence, gun, pistol, held at gunpoint, shot to death, fistfight and shot in the chest mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Outsider: The Equalizer (2014), The Prince (2014), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Death Warrant (1990), Countdown (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, daring rescue, partner, justice, danger, confined, haunted by the past, one man army, crime boss, revenge, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstandings martial arts is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, martial arts, undercover, investigation, serial killer, surveillance, brutality, murder, prison guard, prison riot, computer cracker, deception ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
54%
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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:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, military, soldier, danger, daring rescue, confined, law enforcement, escapades, chase, money, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
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, 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:
52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, aikido, gambling, murder, life is a bitch, danger, downfall, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, one man army, sniper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
52%
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:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Nick Malloy portrays an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic's past. With little time to spare and his wife's life hanging in the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, paramedic, kidnapping, violence spree, cat and mouse, woman in danger, criminal's revenge, spouse in danger, crime scene, anti villain, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, british columbia
Similarity:
51%
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:
51%
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 ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, extortion, revenge, rivalry, murder, chase, loner, twists and turns, police officer, computer cracker, one man army ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, las vegas, louisiana, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
51%
18K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, danger, gunfight, on the run, drug dealing, informant, corrupt businessman, redemption, crime boss, organized crime, fear, heist ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, undercover, border patrol, mercenary, partner, police investigation, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, danger, confined, master criminal, police corruption ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, latin america, new orleans, mexico
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
espionage, cia, spy, secret service, sex scene, conspiracy, hostage, assassin, violence, female agent, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia, switzerland, usa ...
Similarity:
49%
214K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, saga, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, revenge, one man army, murder, kidnapping, bodyguard, frame up, hostage, vigilante, chase, police investigation, husband murders wife ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, europe, malibu california ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bodyguard, hitman, one man army, cia, assassination attempt, hospital, dishonesty, rivalry, confined, violent content, murder, profanity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, detroit
Similarity:
48%
48K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, chase, heist, father daughter relationship, robbery, fbi, hostage, violence, ex convict, car chase, taxi, rescue ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, chases and races, danger, tough heroes, organized crime, hostage, brother brother relationship, deception, husband wife relationship, martial arts, sadist, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver, seattle
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, terrorist, gangster, save the day, gang, danger, rivalry, gory, crime boss, murder, hostage, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, bucharest, romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
48%
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.
Style:
fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female warrior, hitman, female fighter, anti heroine, one woman army, tough girl, computer cracker, covert operation, professional killer, female fight, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, costa rica, arizona
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
female warrior, safecracking, rescue, hostage, danger, undercover, kidnapping, haunted by the past, attempted murder, father daughter relationship, conspiracy, car chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, tower bridge london, paris france, washington d.c., los angeles ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his ...
Style:
intense, suspense, exciting, fast paced, political thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
agent as target, espionage, chase, undercover, hitman, home invasion, gangster, gunfight, weapons, danger, conspiracy, mercenary ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
south africa, europe, london, barcelona, africa
Similarity:
48%
626
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, martial arts, mansion, die hard, anglo irish relations, one man army, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, special agent, secret agent, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, los angeles
Similarity:
48%
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
security guard, tough guy, shopping mall, brutality, gunfight, tough law enforcer, female warrior, ex soldier, warrior, hand to hand combat, danger, escape attempt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
47%
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:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, spy, tough guy, one last job, secret organization, kung fu, conspiracy, assassin, ninja, martial arts, assassination, sword fight ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
47%
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