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Wet Gold (1984)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wet Gold is the story of a young woman (Laura), who works as a waitress in a cafe. Laura stumbles across a drunk elderly man (Sampson), who fills her with exciting stories of a boat that went down with millions in gold. Although Laura's boyfriend (Barnes), keeps telling her that Sampson's stories are all false, Sampson makes her believe that they are indeed true. Laura takes Sampson to a library, where she finds an old newspaper article which matches up with the events described to her by him. After becoming a true believer, Laura convinces Barnes, Sampson and a dive shop owner, Keating, to search for the treasure. Together they set off from Key West in the Baker's boat, which Barnes is supposed to be looking after. Keating shows a liking for Laura, and because of this, Barnes begins to feel uncomfortable towards him. After spending some time in the water, their dreams become reality, but the discovery of gold begins to show a change in their personalities...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
ocean, sailing, scuba diving, bare legs, gold, greed, underwater, treasure, betrayal, jealousy, sailboat, paranoia, ship, island, love triangle, beach, alcohol abuse, adventurer, escapades, store, danger, femme fatale, boat, library, cafe ...
Time:
80s
Place:
key west florida
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about danger, escapades, ocean, ship, boat, heroes and survival mostly in Adventure, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Wet Gold: Deadliest Sea (2009), The Skipper (1990), The Last Adventure (1967), Robinson Crusoe (1997), Hurricane (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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754
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, realistic, serious
Plot:
ship, ocean, storm at sea, violence, sea, castaway, survival, lone wolves, danger, self discovery, isolation, social differences ...
Time:
year 2008, 1900s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
pacific ocean
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82%
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
alaska, british columbia, usa
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
81%
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, serious, stylized ...
Plot:
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Story:
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914
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, serious, period drama
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Story:
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Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ottoman empire, north africa, detroit, africa, morocco ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, teen, erotic, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
island, children, tropical island, love affair, coming of age, teenage sex, desert island, bare chested male, teenage pregnancy, stranded on an island, teen romance, survival ...
Time:
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Place:
fictional island, pacific ocean
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Family, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
ocean, beach, dolphins, animal, creature, youth, danger, escapades, pirate, rivalry, young heroes, save the day ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida, bahamas, usa
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, independent film ...
Plot:
literary, pirate, sailing, captain, pirate ship, historical event, sea, courage, intrigue, kidnapping, ship, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
scotland, europe, highlands, france
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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