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PVC-1 (2007)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, rough, realistic, tense, bleak, serious, tragic ending
Plot:
terrorism, against the odds, rescue, race against time, bomb, nihilism, woman in danger, terrorist, farm, gay slur, empire, profanity, danger, deadly, chases and races, railroad track, train track, real time, train tracks
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
colombia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, deadly, terrorism, chases and races, race against time, confined and terrorist mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like PVC-1: Utoya - July 22 (2018), Five Fingers (2006), Roulette (2012), Tracks of a Killer (1996), Contaminated Man (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 93 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild his life on his own. While doing research, Whitman discovers a series of mysterious deaths that seem ...
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Duration: 86 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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