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The Contract (1999)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is unexpectedly killed she is forced to choose between the violent world she knows and the ordinary world she does not.
As the sun rises on Capitol Hill, Senator Harmon prepares to announce his candidacy for leadership of the Republican party and ultimately the presidency of the United States. The only thing that could deny his dream is the exposure of an evil past full of deception and murder.
Hannah engages herself on an action-packed journey that takes her from the Mafia underworld to corruption in the highest levels of government. What she is about to discover could be the greatest and most sinister conspiracy of all time.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, female fighter, spy, covert operation, woman fights a man, evil woman, woman with a gun, female fight, assassination, hitman, conspiracy, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, violent content, survival, revenge, assassin, betrayal, murder, father, family values ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about deadly, rivalry, danger, hitman, murder, assassin and chases and races mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Contract: Killing Time (1998), Beyond Hypothermia (1996), Angel of Death (2009), Body Armour (2007), Journal of a Contract Killer (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the mobster who murdered his partner is acquitted, semicorrupt detective Robert Bryant hires a beautiful female assassin, Maria, to kill him. When he discovers that he cannot afford Maria's services, Bryant is forced to hire another ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
female killer, woman with a gun, professional killer, hitman, vengeance, female assassin, police corruption, rivalry, goofy hero, assassination, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, cambodia, korea, asia, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevil) teams up with stuntwoman-turned-cult star Zoe Bell (Death Proof, TV's "Lost") to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
female assassin, female fighter, hitman, assassin, contract killer, danger, rivalry, heroes, woman in danger, badass female lead, organized crime, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, heroes, vengeance, profanity, shootout ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stephanie Komack was a high-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. Now working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob track Stephanie down and persuade her to do one last job. The hit goes wrong ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
italian mafia, hitman, killer, prostitute, kidnapping, rivalry, vengeance, single parent, sexual content, professional killer, violence, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In an old apartment building on the wrong side of the tracks, two women, unknown to each other, live across the hall on the second floor. Galia is an assassin involved against her will with the local sex-traffic mafia. All she wants is to reunite ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, russian mafia, assassin, female fighter, chase, woman in danger, on the run, rivalry, danger, friendship, disobey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ukraine, israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Trinidad and Tobago
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A CIA assassin attempts to break out of the contract killing business to try to lead a normal life. But when "the system" tracks her down and frames her for the death of her husband, she embarks on a path of revenge that leads her back ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, female fighter, starting over, rivalry, twists and turns, frame up, secret agent, danger, assassination, dishonesty, government agency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
langley virginia, west indies
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
CJ is a sexy, cold-blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. She agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, professional killer, killer, hitman, female killer, pregnancy, chases and races, danger, society, drug dealing, assassin, moral dilemma ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gorgeous lethal killer, brainwashed by the villain, makes a startling discovery in a mission to eliminate a person she can in no way imagine.
Style:
rough, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female martial artist, martial arts, kung fu, female killer, femdom, revenge, heroes, danger, master villain, serial killer, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
heroic, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
taiwan, asia, china, shanghai
Similarity:
100%
982
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Catherine is a violent and disturbed young lady who is shot down by the government in one of her escapades. She wakes up in a training facility and is taught to use weapons, combat, and is put through heavy endurance training. When she is done, she ...
Style:
fast, realistic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, spy, female protagonist, female assassin, female killer, covert operation, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, assassin, brutality, rage, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Colette is an attractive ex-CIA agent seeking revenge against a ruthless villan and his organization of trained assasins for the murder of her husband while the man is also after mobster Frank Di Vinci for his own personal reasons. It isn't ...
Style:
sexy, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
797
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, spy, conspiracy, martial arts, female mercenary, female agent, rogue agent, assassination plot, assassination attempt, computer cracker, manhunt ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, costa rica, arizona
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female spy, killer, female killer, female warrior, espionage, female martial artist, tough girl, murder, contract killer, death penalty ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gang, tattooed woman, mafia, revenge, death of son, gangster, strong female presence, martial arts, hitman, chases and races, vigilantism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border, the CIA maintains a force of domestic assassins. So secret is their work that their retirement program is a bullet in the head. Up-and-coming hitwoman, Diana, gets the order to dispatch Mars, a legendary ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, hitman, woman with a gun, spy, covert operation, assassin, soldier, special agent, parents and children, chases and races, assassination attempt, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
yakuza, female assassin, hitman, tough girl, femme fatale, woman with a gun, killer, sex, big city, woman, contract killer, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, undercover, conspiracy, uncover truth, dishonesty, danger, vengeance, betrayal, investigation, rivalry, espionage, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
future
Place:
amsterdam, rotterdam netherlands, netherlands
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In this action adventure, a former hit woman comes out of retirement to rescue her daughter from kidnappers. The child's abductors demand that the ex-killer retrieve a highly classified document. They give the woman 24 hours to succeed. If she ...
Style:
independent film, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
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suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female martial artist, female fighter, woman with a gun, female fight, fistfight, fight, heroes, profanity, partner, violent content, special agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada, Czech Republic
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Story:
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Style:
dark, suspenseful, action thriller, neo noir, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
woman with a gun, female protagonist, female fighter, erotica, kidnapping, mind control, coercion, abduction, manipulation, survival, psychological manipulation, hostage situation ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A brilliant doctor on a quest for revenge buys a young woman and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, dark, suspenseful, action drama, neo noir
Plot:
yakuza, female assassin, organized crime, assassination, underworld, gunfight, revenge, violent, female empowerment, martial arts, cat and mouse, crime family ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Brick Bardo is on a mission to find out which one of the world's greatest kickboxers killed his brother. Five years ago, one of the four champs was fixing fights and set up his brother in the fight that took his life. Now Bardo must take on the ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, woman fights a man, fight, intergender wrestling, female fighter, sex scene, fistfight, kung fu, martial artist, kickboxer, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, murder, one man army, hotshot hero, daring rescue, heroic mission, undercover, government agency, dishonesty, danger, political conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, one woman army, sexual obsession, female assassin, yakuza, girl fight, contract killer, femme fatale, serial killer, caught having sex, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, japan
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100%
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
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boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style:
exciting, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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