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White Powder (2016)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
White Powder is an award-winning, riveting micro-budget, independent, British gangsta film. It is set in modern-day, multi-cultural London and features a very diverse cast. It follows the story of 2 young lovers, who try to outwit a bunch of London gangstas, and each other, in an attempt to keep control of a stash of cocaine that they found.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, crime thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, noir, fast paced, suspense
Plot:
cocaine, gangster, street life, criminal underworld, betrayal, young lovers, power struggle, love story, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, survival, suspicion, gang, violence, british, drug, gangsta, gun, drugs
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, crime drama, realistic and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban, violence, corruption, revenge and criminal underworld mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like White Powder: Glo (2024), Rose Gold (2023), Undercover Hooligan (2016), Hulchul (2020), White Hot (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
detective, intense, brutal, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, crime thriller, crime drama, fast paced, suspense ...
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189
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, twist ending, crime drama, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, betrayal, greed, moral dilemma, heist gone wrong, investigation, cat and mouse, urban, law enforcement, multiple perspectives, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
tense, crime drama, twisted, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Littlemore's in art security, but he's already in enough trouble – then an old friend comes out of his past and threatens to finish him off completely.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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14K
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 118 min.
Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: Denmark
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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