Movies like Courage 2011
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Courage (2011)
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Original name: Wymyk
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Alfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, thought provoking, intense, dark, grim
Plot:
violence, train, death of brother, brother brother relationship, police, cowardice, moral dilemma, character study, shame, assault, family conflict, regret, brotherhood, relationships, bullying, redemption, realism, social realism, isolation, alienation, urban, intimate, running, vigilante, hospital ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, intense and suspense films with plots about violence, revenge, urban, moral ambiguity, redemption, isolation and betrayal mostly in Drama, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Courage: Zero (2009), The Debt (2017), Furioza (2021), Pure Japanese (2022), Fatal (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A story about love and hatred, about those who cheat and who are cheated, about violence and sex and surprising secrets which we learn within these strange twenty four hours.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Denmark
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: Either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.
Style:
crime drama, tension, dark, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
poland
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70%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently by Chinese brokers and ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, tense, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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154
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age drama, sin, conscience and responsibility take center stage when 28-year-old protagonist confesses to his part in a rape ten years earlier. Wracked by guilt, his itemization of the choices that led to his crime are ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
redemption, rape, sexual abuse, revenge, attempted rape, sexualized violence, violence, rape and revenge, trauma, guilt, violent, criminal ...
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64%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A man with a troubled history must shield a young girl from relentless enemies determined to end her life.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ex-military doctor finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the Irish mafia seize control of the hospital at which she works. When her son is taken hostage, she is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened past and lethal skills after ...
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hospital, hostage, struggle for survival, war veteran, military, survival, medical, irish mob, hostage situation, problem, soldier, mobster ...
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58%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After retiring from being a hit man due to a physical disability, a man returns for one final job to take care of his struggling family.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
one last job, hitman, assassin, save the day, confronting the past, lifestyle change, family relations, eviction notice, violence, revenge, cat and mouse, desperation ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, intense, dark ...
Plot:
brutality, violence, priest, village, faith, social commentary, murder, corruption, power struggle, moral ambiguity, small town, religion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story:
After many years of imprisonment, Miguel is finally freed. On the day of his liberation, Miguel promises himself a clean and honest life to win back the family he has lost during his incarceration. However, nobody wants to take in an ex-convict, his ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspense, dark, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, ex convict, violence, organized crime, ransom, gang, underworld, redemption, betrayal, justice, second chance, loyalty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young man, Stevie, awakes on a wasteland overlooking Bradford, still bleeding from a brutal attack that has left him with severe memory loss. Recent events are a total blank; his more distant memories are a blur. He slowly begins to piece together ...
Style:
psychological, dark, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
identity, amnesia, memory loss, character study, repressed memory, tragic past, confronting the past, assault, amnesiac, life is a bitch, memory lapse, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india, pakistan
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, crime drama, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brothers, brother brother relationship, juvenile delinquency, father son relationship, scapegoat, abandoned baby, reform school, abusive father, brotherhood, domestic abuse, dysfunctional family, family problems ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rony is an ordinary man sentenced to 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In jail he will have to face the gangs and hard life behind bars while he dreams of recovering his family and proving his innocence.
Style:
realistic, intense, tense, emotional, dark ...
Plot:
prison, gang, wrongful conviction, violence, survival, justice, injustice, corruption, isolation, resilience, hopes, determination ...
Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, emotional, intense, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
action drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A refugee struggles hard to find an identity for himself in order to accomplish his dreams.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
poland, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
From Drug abuse, Hate Crimes, Sex, Abuse of authority, Violence and the former Don't ask, Don't tell policy. The Barracks is the place to be.
Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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109
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, dark, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, organized crime, revenge, violence, criminal gang, criminal, gang member, worker, street gang, protector, gang war, outlaw gang ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A reclusive ex-cartel enforcer is drawn back into bloodshed when he saves a singer from murder, leading to a confrontation with a vengeful crime lord seeking revenge against him.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, noir
Plot:
violence, cartel, revenge, underworld, organized crime, retribution, drug cartel, gang violence, confrontation, bloodbath, vigilante, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
41%
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Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
gangster, murder, deception, scam, criminal underworld, death, chase, violence, society, youth, vengeance, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Netherlands
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, intense, bleak, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, action thriller, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, police officer, changing lives, vengeance, police, murderer, avenge, loss of wife, cop, bereavement, career, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
40%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young policewoman is transferred from her provincial police base in Lower Saxony to a city police station in Hamburg. At first she is very happy, meeting nice colleagues and having a lot of exciting jobs to do. But then her boss comes on to her ...
Style:
suspenseful, sadistic, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
hamburg germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Police officers from the Warsaw Homicide Department are trying to arrest a dangerous Armenian criminal.
Style:
tense, intense, brutal, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
law enforcement, urban, police, crime investigation, homicide, violent, city life, gang violence, gangster, moral ambiguity, organized crime, underworld ...
Time:
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Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, melancholic, bleak, intense, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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