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Live by Night (2016)
44K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
tragic ending, surprise ending, emotional, melancholic, bloody, brutal, sad, absurd, depressing, clever ...
Plot:
prohibition, betrayal, organized crime, revenge, love, mafia, gangster, chase, death, vengeance, violence, car chase, irish, brutality, rival, blackmail, racism, trust, florida keys, stabbed in the belly, beaten up, throat cut, cocktail party, shot multiple times, car rollover ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
florida, cuba, boston
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, realistic, surprise ending and serious films with plots about violence, betrayal, revenge, murder, brutality, neo noir and gunfight mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Live by Night: The Accountant (2016), I Am Wrath (2016), Triple 9 (2016), Last Man Standing (1996), Renegades (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
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Country: USA, Spain, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
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An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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martial arts, kidnapping, danger, master warrior, urban, daring rescue, crime, missing child, tough heroes, crimes, heroes, motorcycle ...
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Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 77 min.
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Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
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Country: USA
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