Movies like Outbound
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Outbound (2010)
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Original name: Periferic
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Austria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
fugitives, crime and punishment, starting over, on the run, prison, life is a bitch, family problems, confined, haunted by the past, estrangement, uncontrollable, women's prison, suspense, freedom, down on your luck, strong female presence, rape, sex scene, cemetery, funeral, stealing money, car wash, disgraced, chases and races
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
romania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about confined, chases and races, life is a bitch, suspense, prison, danger and prison life mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Outbound: The Escapist (2002), La Fuga (2001), Shakthi: The Power (2002), Allegiance (2012), Man of Vendetta (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do ...
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fugitives, prison, on the run, criminal heroes, starting over, confined, couple relations, couples, prison life, destiny, society, escape ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A couple visits the husband's family in India and finds itself in the middle of a fratricidal battle.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, captivating
Plot:
family relations, village, battles, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, fall in love, death in the family, parents and children, family in crisis, single parent, on the run ...
Place:
india, asia, canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being granted a questionable transfer that will keep him stateside as his National Guard unit deploys for Iraq, Lieutenant Danny Sefton becomes embroiled in a last minute AWOL attempt by one of his soldiers — forcing him to choose between ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
military, soldier, military life, moral dilemma, on the run, friendship, wartime life, military base, family problems, life is a bitch, superior officer, iraq war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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84%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo ...
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suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating, rough ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bills. However, when he is advised that the doctors want to claim his organs immediately, he ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, on the run, rivalry, chase, race against time, fugitives, self sacrifice, father son relationship, suspense, terminator, organ transplant, future dystopia ...
Time:
future
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65%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A blind woman finds herself the target of an attacker again after the person originally convicted of her rape is found to be innocent of the crime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Saigon Eclipse is inspired by the "Story of Kieu", the classic Vietnamese epic poem written by Nguyen Du in the early 19th century. Our story revisits and updates the poem's principal themes of filial devotion, redemption and ...
Style:
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woman in danger, true love, heroes, destiny, impossible love, love and romance, young lovers, lovers on the run, family problems, strong female presence, sacrifice, beauty ...
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vietnam, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Former TV documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart tries to inject an acceptable degree of verisimilitude in Mean Dog Blues. A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey (Gregg Henry) finds himself on a Southern chain gang. Captain ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
prison, escape, false accusation, female nudity, confined, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, power relations, injustice, tough heroes, prison life ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting
Plot:
revenge, suspense, police officer, daring rescue, one against many, starting over, haunted by the past, father daughter relationship, truck, daughter, forest, hunting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While Dylan stays holed up in a cheap motel all day, Michael ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
teenage life, starting over, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, obsession, investigation, family problems, on the run, hiding, small town, fall in love, suspense ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The movie covers the events which occurred in between the downfall of The Company and the finale of the series. It details the arrest and incarceration of Sara Tancredi, the final escape plan which Michael devises for Sara. It also reveals the ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prison, prison escape, woman in danger, self sacrifice, twists and turns, fugitives, escape, resilience, runaway, murder mystery, vengeance, suspense ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, canada, israel, florida
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, serious, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, rivalry, going straight, chase, track down, assassination attempt, starting over, uninhibited rivalry, hacker, bail bondsman, deadly, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, murder, mental institution, psychopath, mentally unstable, confined, redemption, crime and punishment, woman in danger, haunted by the past, criminal psychologist, prison ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
Style:
campy, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
frame up, murder, chase, confined, law enforcement, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, on the run, dishonesty, death row, wrongfully committed, prison life ...
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Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mina (Priscila Fantin) is arrested for defrauding the Social Security and beyond to defend the other inmates need to escape from the prison director of surveillance (Tuca Andrada). The crime involved a Senator (Antonio Calloni), trying in every way ...
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serious, suspenseful, psychological, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
mind game, confined, prison life, criminal heroes, rivalry, prison, strong female presence, psychological torture, gangsters, graphic violence, corruption
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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46%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vivica A. Fox and Shemar Moore return for this thrilling sequel to Motives that picks up three years after the events of the original film. Innocent convict Emery Simms is serving time for a crime he didn't commit; while most convict's ...
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realistic, serious, suspenseful
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Style:
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serious, tense, suspenseful, emotional, realistic
Plot:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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