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Cry in the Woods (2004)
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Original name: Den som frykter ulven
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, tense
Plot:
investigation, mental illness, crime gone awry, law enforcement, confined, disorder, dishonesty, murder, heist, robbery, hostage, chases and races, sex, bank robbery, police, female nudity, archery, therapist, highway, crime, hostages, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about dishonesty, murder, law enforcement, danger, disorder, deadly and criminal heroes mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Cry in the Woods: Cold Blooded (2012), Varg Veum - Yours Until Death (2008), At Point Blank (2003), The Wild Card (2004), Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A female police officer has to keep a prisoner from escaping a nearly abandoned hospital unit at the same time his violent partners come looking for him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chases and races, chase, danger, partner, confined, criminal heroes, isolation, reluctant partners, woman with a gun, criminal, cop, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, neo noir, detective ...
Plot:
private investigator, who done it, robbery, murder, investigation, dishonesty, private detective, uncover truth, woman in danger, new love, law enforcement, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
bank robbery, mistaken identity, investigation, workplace situations, hostage, crime gone awry, moral dilemma, couple relations, swat, love triangle, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
39%
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:
34%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, law enforcement, danger, hunt down, investigation, nordic, rivalry, heist, swedish, criminal, urban, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
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:
30%
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:
30%
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:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, bank, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, suburbs, swat, car chase, chases and races, violent content, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
hostage, gangster, disorder, confined, unlikely criminals, criminal heroes, stalking, couple relations, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
26%
313
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five strangers, each with his own special talents, are recruited by the mysterious 'X'. They do not know why they are brought together, but nonetheless agree to a series of potentially lucrative schemes. A planned bank robbery goes awry ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, crime gone awry, suspicion, master criminal, undercover, confined, unlikely criminals, race against time, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Yuki (Theresa Mak) is a celebrity photographer who stumbles upon some unsettling information in this erotic suspense mystery. Two people wind up dead, and Yuki is convinced that a hypnotist is to blame. Now, it's up to Yuki to make the police ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, sexual ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, investigation, vigilantism, samurai, assassination, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, violence spree, who done it, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
24%
194
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wild ( Karol Bernacki ) after leaving prison becomes a goalkeeper in the nightclub. His girlfriend - Dagmara, one of the dancers working in it. Ambition tells him to seek a better life, and the young boy wants to break free from the social plight. ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
illegal drugs, drug, brutality, criminal heroes, rivalry, murder, gangster, intrigue, group of friends, forced prostitution, disorder, illegal prostitution ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young smalltown reporter, Jessie St. Claire, begins investigating a killer stalking his victims making video tapes. This might just be the career opportunity, which she has hoped for. When she herself becomes a target and suddenly disappears, the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, amateur detective, murder, psychopath, stalking, mind game, investigation, uncover truth, who done it, boss and employee, protagonist as suspect, police investigation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thomas is a talented computer programmer living in a vibrant, urban metropolis. Lonely and unsure about life, he finds solitude in the world of internet chat rooms, webcam sites and virtual communication. One evening, Thomas witnesses the brutal ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic
Plot:
murder, investigation, mind game, fighting the system, false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fall in love, danger, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, psychopath, dishonesty ...
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Slovenia, Serbia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The burglars Sergej and Polde steal a valuable painting, Landscape No.2. By coincidence Sergej also takes a mysterious document dating back to the end of the World War II. Instructor is ordered to recover the stolen painting and the document, which ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Plot:
heist, haunted by the past, crime gone awry, partner, hitman, political corruption, politics, chase, danger, dishonesty, criminal heroes, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovenia, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Johan has been locked up - wrongly in his opinion - for the murder of his father and little sister. His mother is the only one who can prove his innocence, but he hasn't been able to contact her for years. When he is transferred within the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, hostage, murder, teenage life, obsessive quest, confined, mental illness, court, road trip, criminal, escape ...
Place:
netherlands, belgium
Similarity:
23%
5K
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, mindfuck, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer killed, robbery, confined, incompetent police, master criminal, thief, money, heist, nordic, hunting, ghetto, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
GSI second in command, Sophie Nordh, flips gangster leader Seth Rydell and convinces him to infiltrate a rogue military group. For the first time GSI Chief Patrick Agrell realizes that he is using a ruthless psychopath as an infiltrator. Can Seth be ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting
Plot:
tough law enforcer, danger, law enforcement, robbery, murder, police procedural, nordic, graphic violence, swedish, criminal, violent content, bank ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
murder, white supremacy, religion, robbery, hostage, working undercover, down on your luck, interracial relations, police corruption, injustice, terrorism, investigation ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A wealthy, successful, East-Anglian tulip grower, Dad Savage is also something of a godfather in the local criminal fraternity but doesn't trust banks to take care of his money. On recommendation from his son, Sav, Dad hires two of Sav's ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot:
father son relationship, murder, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, heist, godparent, chaos and mayhem, stash, godfather, money ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
519
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, mind game, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, police investigation, master criminal, dishonesty, vengeance, betrayal, law enforcement, confined, survival ...
Similarity:
21%
682
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
This film is based upon the book with the same name, by Håkan Nesser, one of Swedens most appreciated "crime-authors".
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
murder, hit and run, life turned upside down, private detective, law enforcement, investigation, uncover truth, blackmail, doctor, nypd, european, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, shootout, criminal heroes, disorder, chases and races, danger, gangster, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, good versus evil, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
20%
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