Movies like The Life Before This
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The Life Before This (1999)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot:
time travel, heist, hostage, cafe, gory, destiny, midlife crisis, social differences, store, family problems, down on your luck, redemption, on the run, introspection, family in crisis, witnessing a crime, crime gone awry, estrangement, hotshot lawyer, hopes, dealing with death, couple relations, love, dancing, thief ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about death, murder, blood, gun, cigarette smoking, police and police officer mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Life Before This: The Tesseract (2003), Heist (2001), Ethan Mao (2004), The Air I Breathe (2007), Oxygen (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Thailand, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A psychologist, an Englishman, a bellboy and a wounded female assasin have their fates crossed at a sleazy Bangkok hotel.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, mind blowing ...
Plot:
destiny, female assassin, hitman, assassination attempt, haunted by the past, criminal heroes, danger, police investigation, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, death in the family ...
Place:
thailand, asia, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
95%
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, robbery, bank robbery, gunfight, blackmail, violence, surveillance, stolen gold, partner, cons and scams, deception ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, friendship, thanksgiving, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, lgbt, family problems, survival, youth, rehabilitation, drug dealing, society ...
Place:
boston, los angeles
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64%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, non-linear, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
true love, love, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, dishonesty, hitman, power relations, philosophy, justice, dark hero, thief, violence ...
Time:
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63%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, scary, rough, detective ...
Plot:
masochist, chase, serial killer, police investigation, lost in the woods, police detective, murder, ransom, fbi, police station, race against time, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, miami, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.
Style:
erotic, suspenseful, sexual, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
forbidden love, prison, mad love, erotica, destiny, bittersweet, obsession, murder of wife, passion, desire, medical, lost girl ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, london, spain, california, new jersey
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Style:
sexy, serious, disturbing, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
on the run, found footage, vandalism, revenge, teenage life, society, murderous pair, danger, love, violence, manipulation, erotica ...
Place:
kentucky, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, suspense, tricky, cynical ...
Plot:
heist, crime gone awry, twists and turns, manipulation, small town, betrayal, murder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, dishonesty, disorder, couples ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
usa, nevada, portland oregon
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, sexual, tricky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, murder, investigation, infidelity, amateur detective, incest, photograph, women, family problems, couples, sexual relations, isolation ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 1870s, 2000s, victorian era
Place:
maine, new hampshire, europe, usa, new england ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
noir, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, robbery, poker, gambler, perfect crime, voyeur, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, female nudity, gambling ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
46%
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:
cult classic, clever, neo noir, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, twists and turns, gunfight, ransom, money, violence, gangster, crime gone awry, pregnancy, hostage, criminal, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
bolivia, mexico
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
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:
disturbing, tense, neo noir, sexy, harsh ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
twists and turns, self defense, revenge, violent, small town, organized crime, sex scene, redemption, gangster, sex, murder, attempted robbery ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, philadelphia, columbus ohio, usa, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style:
suspense, stylized, suspenseful, cynical, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, chase, twists and turns, vengeance, lawyer, robbery, greed, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, siblings relations, frame up ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
australia, melbourne, sydney australia, new zealand, new jersey
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Japan, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A dark, hip, urban story of a barren and anonymous city where the underclass' sport of choice is ram-raiding. An exciting game in which stolen cars are driven through shop windows to aid large-scale looting before the police arrive. For Tommy, ...
Style:
harsh, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gang, rivalry, criminal, violence, nihilism, vandalism, life is a bitch, teenage life, criminal heroes, heist, prison, gangster ...
Time:
future, year 1994, 90s
Place:
england, europe, london, new jersey
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After her Montreal apartment burns down and her possessions are reduced to ash, Claire Beaucage heads to her boyfriend's place in Toronto, only to find that he's missing. Then the police mistake her for Lily Warden, a sinister woman who ...
Style:
serious, rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mistaken identity, chase, theft, murder, dishonesty, arson, investigation, police, photographer, murder suspect, police investigation, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, montreal, bahamas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renowned director Samuel Fuller's final film stars Keith Carradine as a former pop music star whose career was cut short after his throat was slit for dating a gangster's girlfriend. Carradine roams the country as a vagrant, until the day ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
yacht, streetfighting, homeless, homeless man, drifter, false accusation, vengeance, gangster, forbidden love, fall in love, alcohol abuse, memory loss ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
42%
542
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Sonny lives with his retarded older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in.
Style:
erotic, independent film, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, femme fatale, hotel, heist, profanity, chance, sexual content, violent content, gangster, disorder, nothing to lose, eating disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., montreal, iceland, paris france
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage but their teacher is Marlee Matlin!
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
asthma, deaf, kidnapping, fugitives, deaf girl, kidnapped, die hard, hostage, on the run, rescue, bus, special agent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, pennsylvania, canada
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, brutal, tense, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, media, police investigation, journalism, revenge, police detective, paranoia, murder mystery, death, partners against crime, reluctant partners, profanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers ...
Style:
neo noir, captivating, intense, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, crooked cop, heist, hostage, criminal, corruption, masked robber, robbery, police, revenge, gold, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, aikido, gambling, murder, life is a bitch, danger, downfall, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, one man army, sniper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
38%
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
In God's own country, the supreme leader of the ruling party dies, leaving a huge vacuum, not only in the electoral and leadership sphere of the party but also that of the state. In the inevitable succession squabble and the power struggle that ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, political ...
Plot:
politics, husband wife relationship, fight, murder, betrayal, revenge, police officer, violence, family relations, blood, cell phone, fire ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two small town Dutch boys whose socially unnatural friendship is so close, they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
Style:
captivating, rough, suspenseful, confusing, realistic ...
Plot:
organized crime, hitman, gang, friendship, pregnancy, criminal heroes, gangster, love triangle, love, bare chested male, abandoned by father, drug addict ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging ...
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, hood, serious ...
Plot:
drug, drinking, corruption, street gang, gangster, addiction, transformation, profanity, depression, culture clash, redemption, lapd ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, colombia, south america, latin america ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, 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:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
36%
430
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female psychopath, heist, power relations, family relations, disorder, estrangement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, crime gone awry, dishonesty, on the run, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, police brutality, violence, tough guy, strip club, bank vault, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, ex marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, london, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two brothers, both with troubled paths, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, sibling relationship, crime gone awry, going straight, disorder, haunted by the past, hopes, criminal heroes, heist, brother brother relationship, bank robber, death of brother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his ...
Style:
sexy, depressing, erotic, fairy tale, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, incest, sexy girl, bus, small town, family problems, grief, small town life, winter, law, adultery, flashback ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, british columbia
Similarity:
33%
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