Movies like The Killer 2006

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The Killer (2006)
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The Killer (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A cold-blooded contract killer hires the services of a cab driver for a full night. He forces the driver to go around Dubai as he keeps finishing off witnesses scheduled to testify against a gangster.
Style: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, remake of american film
Plot: hitman, hostage, danger, taxi driver, chase, murder, killings, criminal, twists and turns, murderer, conspiracy, victim, murder witness, passenger, confined, taxi, chases and races, showbiz, killer, assassin, fiancee, dancer, professional killer, nightclub, blood ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: india, asia, dubai

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Most similar movies to The Killer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, murder, deadly, rivalry, bollywood, hindi and gangster mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Killer: Collateral (2004), Kidnap (2008), Knock Out (2010), The Last Hit Man (2008), Indian (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Collateral (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Style: neo noir, clever, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night
Plot: hitman, hostage, taxi driver, taxi, killer, twists and turns, killings, sociopath, assassin, merciless, murderer, nihilism ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, persia, usa
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95%
The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed... (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Vishal Dixit leads an ordinary life with his wife and daughter but his once idyllic marriage is crumbling. When he meets a beautiful married woman en route to work on the train, it sparks a torrid adulterous affair. Vishal soon finds that an ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Plot: couples, infidelity, murder, love and romance, couple relations, family problems, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, disorder, danger, life turned upside down, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 4.6
 3K
Kidnap (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: stockholm syndrome, woman in danger, kidnapping, hostage, chase, vengeance, family relations, rivalry, rescue, danger, confined, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.1
 2K
Knock Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: criminal heroes, vigilantism, journalism, dishonesty, extortion, murder, infidelity, telephone call, bomb, cosa nostra, die hard, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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The Last Hit Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, family relations, danger, partner, parents and children, terminal illness, killer, save the day, murder, assassin, contract killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 5.4
 3K
Indian (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story: DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, vigilantism, one man army, arrest, terrorist, dishonesty, partners against crime, confined, danger, frame up, tough heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Les Formidables (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, hostage, frame up, hospital, law enforcement, chase, righting the wronged, rivalry, confined, investigation, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 7.2
 10K
D-Day (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: 9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: spy, espionage, terrorism, danger, mission gone awry, working undercover, terrorist, rivalry, islam, revenge, agent, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 6.3
 8K
Murder 2 (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A former police officer gets hired by a gangster to trace missing call girls and their abductor.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, erotic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, model, prostitute, false accusation, woman in danger, infidelity, couple relations, ex-cop, pimp, couples, dangerous attraction ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, kidnapping, vengeance, hostage, dishonesty, confined, danger, rivalry, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, chef, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 8.1
 38K
Talvar (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Style: suspense, suspense thriller, social, captivating, tense ...
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, twists and turns, suspect, police, crime scene, domestic servant, planting evidence, danger, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2015, year 2008
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.2
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Black & White (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style: captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: terrorism, hidden identity, danger, recruitment, society, introspection, police, bomb, working undercover, escapades, rivalry, rain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new delhi, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 7.4
 8K
Awarapan (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Awarapan is the story of man called Shivam (Emraan Hashmi) who searched for joy but found nothing but pain and loneliness. It is the journey of a godless heartbroken lover who in order to escape from the ghosts of his tragic past dedicates himself ...
Style: romantic, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: unrequited love, gangster, redemption, tragic love, hitman, atheist, love, love and romance, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, fall in love, tragic event ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Beast of Burden (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: hitman, drug cartel, race against time, police, rescue, danger, hostage, chase, murder, conspiracy, rivalry, secrets ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
Style: exciting, tense, entertaining, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, twists and turns, murder, drug bust, corruption, police, love, drug lord, rave party, couples, group of strangers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, goa india
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Black Ransom (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.1
 2K
Thaandavam (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A blind man with his 'Echolocation' power takes on a revenge mission.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blindness, chase, revenge, murder, betrayal, blind character, danger, rivalry, blind man, dishonesty, chases and races, mastermind ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, new delhi, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.4
 6K
Best Seller (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, hitman, serial killer, writers, vengeance, assassin, anti hero, police detective, psychopath, writer's life, danger, killer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1987, 70s
Place: texas, california, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Ghayal Once Again (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating
Plot: journalist, investigative reporter, investigative journalism, murderer, political corruption, evil plot, conspiracy, political conspiracy, assassination plot, political unrest, killings, murder ...
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42%
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Dossier K. (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Style: tense, serious, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, vengeance, fighting crime, police detective, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, murder, gangster, mob boss, violent content, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, antwerp, albania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Negotiation (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: negotiation, hostage, abduction, criminal, manipulation, rescue, twists and turns, danger, police investigation, confined, conspiracy, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 3.0
 729
The Unknown (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A film unit goes for a shoot deep into a forestThey settle at a place with bare minimal facilities run by a strange and quirky man called Setu.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, deadly creature, danger, rivalry, supernatural, filmmaking, characters killed one by one, murder, fear, isolation, woods, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.0
 1K
Body Armour (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: assassin, hitman, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, vengeance, heroes, profanity, shootout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Assassins Tale (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a better life. Together, they prove to be the most trustworthy in this tangled web of murder, greed, friendship and betrayal.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: medieval, destiny, dishonesty, murder, danger, violence, woman with a gun, assassin, mobster, loyalty, low lives, gambling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Mrs. Serial Killer (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When her husband is framed and imprisoned for serial murders, a doting wife must perform a copycat murder, to prove her husband's innocence.
Style: sexy, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, female serial killer, love affair, vengeance, society, danger, family problems, death, couples, victim, pregnant woman ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.9
 4K
Bullett Raja (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, master criminal, chase, rise to the top, ambition, criminal's revenge, rivalry, criminal heroes, gangster, police officer, government official, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, patriotic, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, escape attempt, prison, parents and children, confined, rescue, prison life, getting home, danger, military, hopes, patriot ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.3
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The Waiter (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, dishonesty, danger, tough guy, gunfight, violence, wind, battles, shootout, fight, arab ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
King of Killers (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot: killer, hired killer, murderer, female killer, manhunt, hitman, cat versus mouse, murder, contract killer, killings, group
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.3
 10K
If You Knew Me (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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