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Primordial (2015)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Valerie Graves, a misanthropic, disillusioned woman in her mid-twenties, is haunted by sadistic urges that she has struggled to repress since childhood.
Style:
gothic, psychological, tense, neo noir
Plot:
antisocial behavior, female killer, death of friend, tough girl, vigilantism, revenge, murder, chase, killing spree, mercilessness, one woman army, money, loner, gunfight, brutality, rage, suspense, psychology, heavy metal culture, lesbian, female nudity, sex scene, prostitution, cannibalism, female protagonist ...
Place:
ohio
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, neo noir and realistic films with plots about murder, violence, revenge, suspense, death, vengeance and brutality mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Primordial: Hellhounds (2013), Blue Ruin (2013), Proud Mary (2018), Illegal Tender (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A first person account of Ross Graves, an alcoholic drifter who is constantly hunted by demonic bounty hunters and a spiritual being to whom he sold his soul.
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ambiguous ending, neo noir, scary, captivating, biting ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
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dark, neo noir, intense, atmospheric, tense ...
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vengeance, revenge, death, vigilantism, vigilante, suspense, car, violence, murder, brutality, violent, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, delaware
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
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tense, captivating, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
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gangsters, female assassin, suspense, revenge, female killer, murder, female protagonist, death, female warrior, one woman army, strong female lead, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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gang, on the run, pregnancy, haunted by the past, rivalry, drug dealing, vigilantism, revenge, murder, death of father, suspense, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
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puerto rico, usa, latin america, new york, bronx new york city
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
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neo noir, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
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hitman, suspense, psychopath, desert, human nature, serial killer, greed, peril, brutality, sheriff, death, murderer ...
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texas, el paso texas, mexico, austin texas, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to turn his life around, a hard-luck gambler risks everything to sell stolen casino chips to a ruthless gunslinger. It's the worst bet of his life.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting
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gambler, chase, gambling, stolen money, love, murder, greed, money, revenge, rescue, bad luck, casino ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
road movie, surreal, sexy, avant garde, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
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surrealism, murder, betrayal, forbidden love, on the run, violence, hallucination, sex scene, rape, domineering mother, hitman, cult ...
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texas, new orleans, austin texas, canada, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
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psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense, dark ...
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chick flick
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serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, suspense, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, murder investigation, mind game, brutality, fbi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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usa, maryland, chicago illinois, memphis, baltimore ...
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
revenge, murder, gangsters, crime boss, crime family, criminal heroes, vengeance, family business, suspense, society, mafia, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, bleak, neo noir, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot:
character study, loner, violence, vigilante, obsession, alienation, loneliness, vigilantism, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, antisocial behavior ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, vietnam, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
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ambiguous ending, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Terror reigns when Mimi, the son of a deported Don, along with his associate Jolly Rizzo wage a bloody war for control of the West Coast underworld, battling hordes of hard-boiled mobsters and deadly black pimps on their rise to the top!
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cult film
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18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick ...
Style:
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Plot:
rape, revenge, murder, sexual abuse, vengeance, vigilante, rape and revenge, serial killer, femme fatale, killing spree, one woman army, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
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serious, tense, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
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vengeance, suspense, murder, female protagonist, track down, graphic violence, hidden identity, dishonesty, organized crime, police, witness, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, obsession, courtroom, gangsters, court, lawyer, suspense, murder mystery, hitman, unlikely friendships, legal, single parent ...
Time:
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new york, guatemala
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, serious, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, murder, suspense, split personality, imaginary friend, maniac, macabre, double life, investigation, secret ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, ...
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neo noir, harsh, bloody, stylized, witty ...
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boys' night
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prostitute, psychopath, brutality, undercover cop, hitman, twists and turns, police detective, police corruption, loneliness, thief, strong sexual content, law enforcement ...
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miami, florida, los angeles, usa, san francisco
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18%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, humorous, cynical, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, irish, hitman, guilt, haunted by the past, dwarf, partners, tourist, friendship, death, gangsters, suicide ...
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future, 21st century
Place:
belgium, bruges, europe, ireland, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
accountant, nightmare, sex scene, criminal heroes, vengeance, kidnapping, murder, violence, painter, torture, golf, drifter ...
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman, muted after a sexual assault as a child, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who have wronged her after being kidnapped and forced to work as a prostitute.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, serious, sexual, slasher ...
Audience:
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revenge, exploitation, rape and revenge, rape, vengeance, sexual abuse, sex scene, forced prostitution, sexual perversion, anal rape, intercourse, female vigilante ...
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70s, 20th century
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sweden, eastern europe, switzerland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
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exciting, brutal, tense, rough, psychological
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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exciting, intense, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, clever, entertaining ...
Audience:
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serial killer, courtroom, lawyer, murder, investigation, psychopath, police investigation, chase, courtroom drama, nude, suspense, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
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