Movies like Payback: Straight Up
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Payback: Straight Up (2006)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Style:
neo noir, ambiguous ending, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, mad
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, vengeance, criminal, prostitute, organized crime, criminal's revenge, crime boss, corrupt cop, husband wife relationship, gangsters, theft, confined, fish out of water, crime gone awry, dishonesty, heist, destiny, disorder, criminal heroes, tough heroes, heroin, racial slur, violence, murder ...
Time:
70s
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Most similar movies to Payback: Straight Up
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about gangsters, murder, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, shot to death and shot in the chest mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Payback: Straight Up: Payback (1999), Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009), Never Die Alone (2004), The Outfit (1973), Parker (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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141K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, rough, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, gangsters, money, mafia, heist, greed, robbery, prostitute, suspense ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A debt collector for the mob (Academy Award(R)-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.) finds his fate taking a series of treacherous turns after his powerful boss and mentor (Miguel Ferrer) is caught in a dangerous double cross with the most dangerous drug dealer ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, revenge, drug dealing, gunfight, tough heroes, rivalry, violence spree, criminal heroes, vengeance, gang, hitman, bodyguard ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, manhunt, addiction, redemption, interracial relations, murder, journalism, criminal heroes, rise and fall, society, drug dealing, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york, los angeles
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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, brother brother relationship, bank robbery, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, gangsters, chase ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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125K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, fight scenes, tough heroes, gangsters, betrayal, thief, revenge, mafia, romancing a criminal, car chase, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, new orleans, usa, miami, ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, suspense, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
intense, brutal, clever, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, gunfight, gang, lone hero, gangsters, prison gang, criminal heroes, mafia, tough guy, vengeance, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
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31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
frame up, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, tough heroes, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry, twists and turns, organized crime, murder, criminal, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, sexy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gangsters, vengeance, police investigation, hitman, criminal's revenge, tough heroes, police detective, dishonesty, rivalry, betrayal, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
64K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life ...
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, thief, gangsters, gang, chase, armored car robbery, one last job, suspense, robbery, armored car, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, robbery, gambling, mafia, organized crime, hitman, heist, murder, brutality, crime gone awry, gang, violence ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, small town, police corruption, master warrior, gang, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil, mysterious man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, date night
Plot:
small town, self defense, revenge, sex scene, robbery, attempted robbery, mafia, twists and turns, organized crime, gangsters, nude, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, canada, usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, revenge, hitman, murder, vengeance, lone wolves, brutality, rivalry, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, adaptation, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, las vegas, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gangsters, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, graphic violence, criminal heroes, prison visit, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxing, hitman, vengeance, assassination, sniper, assassin, gang rape, partners, martial arts, revenge, tragic hero, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, harsh, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, murder, chase, gangsters, police investigation, hip hop, on the run, friendship, crime gone awry, law enforcement, buddies, ghetto ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, california, cuba, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Movie in collections
57K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, brutal, bad ending, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, revenge, brutality, tough heroes, greed, betrayal, martial arts, lone wolves, redemption, gambling, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, murder, police detective, police corruption, fighting crime, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, investigation, suspense, twists and turns, driving ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, seattle, washington state, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
intense, neo noir, cynical, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, kidnapping, gunfight, twists and turns, crime gone awry, ransom, suspense, pregnancy, car chase, rags to riches, confined, disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
mexico
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30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (Mick Rossi) just finished an eight year prison sentence after getting set up. Now he is back on the streets to settle the score.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
gangsters, murder, prison, criminal underworld, criminal, criminal heroes, dishonesty, crime gone awry, released from prison, police detective, police investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, los angeles, britain
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30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, rough, tense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, organized crime, police detective, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, power struggle, partners ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1949, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style:
neo noir, controversial, brutal, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangsters, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gang, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, death of wife ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand, usa ...
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Style:
stylized, harsh, road movie, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, ex convict, teenage girl, revenge, suspense, on the run, gang, road trip, redemption, gangsters, race against time, survival ...
Time:
80s, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, santa monica california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, kids
Plot:
suspense, kidnapping, hostage, child abduction, gangsters, ransom, reward, child in peril, police corruption, revenge, twists and turns, rescue ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york, harlem
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, puerto rican, mafia, drug dealing, gang, master criminal, vengeance, best friends, betrayal, police corruption, criminal heroes, tragic hero ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new york state
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
corruption, rivals, cons and scams, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, criminal, crime boss, police, hunt down, rivalry, suspense ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, killer, bodyguard, castration, rape, gambler, prostitute, casino, tough guy, psychopath, tough heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, usa, venice
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, tough guy, showdown, surveillance, gang, war veteran, brainwashing, gunfight, murder, hitman, chase ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa, asia, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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