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The Strangers in 7A (1972)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Andy Griffith plays a philandering apartment house manager who picks up a pretty young girl (Suzanne Hildur) in a bar. He takes her home, whereupon the girl's male cronies show up armed with guns. Griffith and his wife (Ida Lupino) are held hostage by the crooks, who plan to use the apartment as headquarters while they pull off a big robbery. Director Paul Wendkos stages the action essentially from the victim's point of view; we see only what they see, and are kept guessing as to the full details of the crime and the ultimate fate of the hostages. Based on a novel by Fielden Farrington, The Strangers in 7A was first telecast on November 14th, 1972 as a CBS Movie of the Week.
Style:
tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
hostage, heist, kidnapping, hijacking, gory, stalking, destiny, bank, chases and races, danger, confined, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, couple relations, cons and scams, gangster, bank robbery, elevator, safe, home invasion, vietnam veteran, timebomb ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about crime gone awry, dishonesty, disorder, criminal heroes, danger, heist and chases and races mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Strangers in 7A: Action Man (1967), Sympathy (2007), Held Hostage (2009), Spanish Judges (2000), The Wild Card (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Style:
cynical, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, restaurant, bank, kidnapping, criminal heroes, dishonesty, confined, rivalry, adventurer, drug dealing, clergy, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
france
Similarity:
95%
443
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A bank robber and his hostage spend the night in a hotel where they are visited by a man who sends the story on an unexpected path full of twists and turns.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hostage, crime gone awry, heist, rebelliousness, danger, mysterious character, chases and races, disorder, cons and scams, destiny, confined, bank ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to saving her only child's life while they are both wired to explode.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
confined, heist, woman in danger, single parent, danger, unlikely criminals, isolation, crime gone awry, parents and children, bank, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal's revenge, crime gone awry, heist, murder ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, gangster, tough heroes, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, confined, dishonesty, woman in danger, gambling, disorder, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Style:
neo noir, detective, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, private investigator, investigation, money, revenge, chase, blaxploitation, rescue, kidnapping, suitcase of money, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, gangster, disorder, crime gone awry, on the run, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, south america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, gangster, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, down on your luck, murder, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, couple relations, killing an animal ...
Time:
year 1974, 21st century
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, save the day, danger, race against time, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway, extortion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
70%
127
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in present day Burbank, California and the surrounding San Fernando Valley area, . BENNY BIG-TIME (The BBT) learns his brother has been arrested on suspicion of a few recent bank robberies. With every bit of the life savings he's socked ...
Style:
humorous, tense, captivating, light, exciting ...
Plot:
bank, crime gone awry, stalking, on the run, caper, underground, danger, friendship, robbery, destiny, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
professional killer, hitman, parole officer, gas station, profanity, escape, family relations, disorder, prison, cons and scams, siblings relations, car chase ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An unfortunate bank robber takes an escaped mental patient, wanted for murder, as hostage.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Plot:
mental illness, investigation, crime gone awry, disorder, dishonesty, law enforcement, confined, murder, heist, robbery, hostage, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, armored car robbery, lgbtq, robbery, father son relationship, gay subtext, lgbt, male homosexuality, confined, dishonesty, crime gone awry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Four young con artists start a top-secret money laundering scheme - and are slowly torn apart by their own greed and corruption.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, gangster, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, ambition, disorder, scheme, graphic violence, violent content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom, witness, law, kidnapping, organized crime, murder, prison, power relations, injustice, restaurant, confined, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
55%
756
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, cons and scams, odd couple, crime gone awry, on the run, danger, desert, heist, store, disorder, criminal's revenge, on the road ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, london, england, europe, monaco
Similarity:
53%
498
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Richard Avery, whose young son is kidnapped while they travel in India. Embarking on a desperate quest to rescue him, and with a beeper providing his only lead, Avery seeks help from unlikely sources, including a drug lord and a beautiful but ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
missing child, drug dealing, rescue, hostage, parents and children, child in peril, confined, manipulation, danger, doctors and patients, unlikely criminals, drug abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, forgery, urban, highway, on the road, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, misfit partners, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
Style:
erotic, sexy, sexual, independent film, neo noir ...
Plot:
femme fatale, making love, erotica, villain, private detective, disorder, couples, power relations, phone sex, missing person, murder, who done it ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, new york, barcelona
Similarity:
50%
293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, urban ghetto, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, crime gone awry, missing person, terrorism, danger, race against time, rivalry, chase, destiny, car chase, missing child, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, usa
Similarity:
46%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, confined, crime gone awry, disorder, crime boss, dishonesty, criminal heroes, twists and turns, suspect, snow, organized crime, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Paul and Georgia are lovers, soul mates...and partners in crime. But when this duplicitous duo tries to dupe the wrong man, they are ensnared in a world more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. Seduced into working for him on dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, talky, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, nightlife, love and romance, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, forgery, dangerous attraction, criminal heroes, dishonesty, rise to the top, murderous pair ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
murder, chemistry, kidnapping, on the run, drug dealing, danger, dishonesty, drug abuse, violent content, farm, confined, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
191
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A famous skier (Jean-Claude Killy), his mistress (Danièle Gaubert) and a ski instructor (Cliff Potts) rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
caper, insurance investigator, ski resort, skiing, resort, conspiracy, mountain, disorder, master criminal, forgery, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
bank robbery, chase, bank, destiny, kidnapping, hostage, robbery, female protagonist, vengeance, betrayal, brutality, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey, london
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
anal rape, kidnapping, hitman, tough heroes, crime gone awry, disorder, unlikely criminals, master criminal, danger, law enforcement, criminal heroes, on the run ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.
Style:
neo noir, serious, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
cons and scams, crime gone awry, couples, murder, betrayal, small town, inheritance, drug dealer, sheriff, danger, love and romance, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
40%
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