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West 32nd (2007)
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Original name: 웨스트 32번가
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, gangster, ambition, mafia, fish out of water, murder, rivalry, danger, dialogue, korean american, law, korean gangster, society, hotshot lawyer, blind ambition, tough heroes, boy, deadly, young, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, korea, manhattan, new york city
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, tense and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, murder, danger, deadly, gangster, vengeance and violent content mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like West 32nd: Power (2014), Dossier K. (2009), Dead Man's Cards (2006), The Ministers (2009), Real Gangsters (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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77%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, hostage, righting the wronged, hospital, rivalry, law enforcement, chase, confined, investigation, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
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58%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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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Similarity:
56%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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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Similarity:
53%
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
52%
345
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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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Similarity:
51%
767
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
italy, naples italy
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50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
34%
626
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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