Movies like 99 Homes
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99 Homes (2014)
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
Style:
thought provoking, emotional, psychological, sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, tense, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
real estate agent, single father, eviction, moral dilemma, dysfunctional family, motel, workplace, human nature, parent child relationship, family relations, life is a bitch, workplace situations, finance, politics, economics, society, financial crisis, single parent, workplace intrigue, lawyer, money, police, corruption, capitalism, morality ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, california, new orleans, boston, florida, orlando florida, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dramatic, serious, realistic and interesting films with plots about storytelling, dialogue, corruption, mentor, redemption, brutality and runaway mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like 99 Homes: The Happiest Place on Earth (2015), The Company Men (2010), Gran Torino (2008), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Wall Street (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A daycare teacher's dreams of a home and family of her own are threatened by the loss of her husband's newspaper job and his subsequent disappearance.
Style:
neorealism, neo noir, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
economic crisis, unemployment, job seeking, tragedy, american dream, police detective, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, money, riding a bicycle ...
Place:
florida, orlando florida
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, depressing, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
corporate world, unemployment, workplace, money, business, greed, finance, family problems, starting over, corporation, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, emotional, thought provoking, touching, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
gang, friendship, racism, veteran, rape, prejudice, teenager, elderly, gunfight, widower, interracial relations, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, italy, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, emotional, depressing, gloomy ...
Plot:
depression, life is a bitch, tragedy, justice, tragic event, eviction, suicide, immigrants, complex characters, character study, secrets, visceral ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, iran
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34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
realistic, political, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
stock broker, wall street, stock market, yuppie, stock exchange, businessman, ambition, betrayal, capitalism, business, workplace, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, canada, manhattan new york city, usa, california
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32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
police, corruption, gangsters, drug addiction, lawyer, police corruption, city, whistleblower, fighting the system, redemption, betrayal, police investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, washington d.c., virginia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
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Plot:
poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, snow, native americans, native american, working class, survival, christmas, courage, parenthood ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, canada, california, new york state, usa ...
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, intense, touching ...
Plot:
immigrants, culture clash, extramarital affair, illegal alien, illegal immigrant, deportation, jewish, society, social differences, female nudity, fighting the system, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, canada, tijuana mexico, san diego california ...
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26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, psychological, sad, emotional ...
Plot:
prison, death row, rape, death sentence, nun, court, redemption, murder, lethal injection, execution, justice, lawyer ...
Time:
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style:
harsh, captivating, gloomy, psychological, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
motorcycle, bank robbery, haunted by the past, corruption, money problems, loner, death, destiny, criminal, heist, father son relationship, parenthood ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Style:
bleak, intense, neo noir, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, intellectual, serious, clever ...
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, lawyer, courtroom drama, manipulation, murder mystery, adultery, investigation, murder, obsession, police investigation, guilt ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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24%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, tense, brutal, bleak ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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23%
100K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, tense, twist ending, surprise ending, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new orleans, san francisco, louisiana, indiana, cincinnati ohio ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Plot:
lawyer, court, legal, fighting the system, courtroom drama, prison, injustice, false accusation, freedom, legal action, hopes, justice ...
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Place:
massachusetts, rhode island, boston, usa
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23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
michigan, detroit, africa, usa
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, brutal, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
70s, year 1964, 60s, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, new york, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A corrupted border agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Style:
talky, serious, rough, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
corruption, murder, cheerleading, u.s. mexico border, moral ambiguity, police, dark hero, hitman, police corruption, happy ending, character study, emigration ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, california
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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suspenseful, tense, political, emotional, talky ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, factual, harsh, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, louisiana, new jersey, arkansas, southern usa
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. The film is adapted by Reginald Rose from his own 1957 ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
north carolina, africa, california, usa
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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