Movies like Waiting for the Storm

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Waiting for the Storm (2017)
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Waiting for the Storm (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A family's peaceful evening takes a horrifying turn when three men in masks and hoods break into their house and take them hostage. When they offer the home invaders to take anything they want, one of them reveals the true reason their house was chosen.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, independent film, frightening, scary
Plot: home invasion, fear, danger, revenge, betrayal, terror, macabre, love, heroes, murder, suicide, robbery, hate, forgiveness, sacrifice, night, affair, hoodie, deadly, break in, mask, gun, real time
Time: contemporary
Place: texas, san antonio texas

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and disturbing films with plots about murder, danger, deadly, violence, revenge, betrayal and chase mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Waiting for the Storm: Beyond the Law (2019), Tiger House (2015), Bird (2020), Nemesis (2021), Survive the Night (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Beyond the Law (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a former detective learns of the murder of his estranged son, he ventures back to the darkened streets he once knew so well. Armed, dangerous and with nothing to lose, he must take on the ruthless local mob in his mission for revenge.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: police, escapades, murder, rivalry, betrayal, danger, redemption, friends, life is a bitch, revenge, killer, son ...
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Tiger House (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: home invasion, teenage girl, murder, revenge, robbery, death, hiding, kidnapped, hostage, escapades, danger, violence ...
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Bird (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be ...
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: friendship, betrayal, love, murder, danger, gangster, violence, chase, love and romance, friends, couple relations, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Nemesis (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An underworld kingpin's past catches up with him when he returns to London, igniting an explosive chain of events which ends in revenge and murder.
Style: suspenseful, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspense
Plot: revenge, danger, chase, death, violence, murder, heroes, graphic violence, vengeance, murderer, hooligan, past ...
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Survive the Night (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, perverse
Plot: home invasion, accidental killing, robbery, doctor, brother brother relationship, surgery, gas station, organized crime, rescue, danger, gunfight, chase ...
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Tainted (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last assignment to escape the Russian mob and earn his freedom.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, disturbing
Plot: murder, gangster, mafia, danger, escapades, rivalry, society, gang war, power relations, betrayal, chase, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Unbound (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Julius Fonteneau has decided to take the law into his own hands after his daughter has gone missing. His only friend supports him while his wife resents him and the police are growing suspicious of his intentions. He must determine right from wrong ...
Style: realistic, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, violence, kidnapping, husband wife relationship, revenge, psycho killer, deception, blood, vigilantism, justice, vigilante, dishonesty
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Villain (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, rivalry, police, murder, debt, society, violence, escapades, family relations, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place: london
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Avenge the Crows (2017)
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: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense, crime drama
Plot: revenge, murder, gangster, gang war, youth, criminal heroes, crime family, vengeance, heroes, death, society, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Meskada (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Small-town detective Noah Cordin is called to solve a juvenile homicide that occurred during a home burglary in his affluent town of Hilliard. The dead boy's mother, Allison Connor, is a member of the Meskada County Board of Commissioners, and ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, dark, tense ...
Plot: murder, law enforcement, police investigation, social differences, small town, working class, friend, investigation, crime scene, home invasion, burglar, dead boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Nothing Without You (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A psych-patient, accused of a violent murder, turns to her court-appointed psychiatrist to prove her innocence and sanity. Her psychiatrist must help her decipher delusion from truth to unravel the mystery of her reality.
Style: psychological thriller, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: psychiatrist, psychopath, patient, psychiatrist patient relationship, female psychopath, doctor patient relationship, danger, society, woman in danger, dishonesty, murder, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Best of the Best II (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to ...
Style: serious, suspense, independent film, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, master warrior, karate, friends, rivalry, contests and competitions, violence, death, kung fu, revenge, fighter ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa
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Pistolera (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When ruthless drug lord Raffaello murders the family of the little girl named Angel in a gangland hid in Spain, he makes one fatal mistake : Letting her live. Thus Raffaello sets in motion a bloody chain of events in this gritty street tale of ...
Style: exciting, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: drug lord, vengeance, murder, danger, gangster, death, battles, drug dealer, violence, society, obsession, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Clean Break (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, obsession, twists and turns, danger, investigation, betrayal, infidelity, stalking, love, crumbling marriage, corrupt officer, woman in danger ...
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Trespassers (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun night, a neighbour turns up at their front door saying she has car trouble. And ...
Style: suspense, scary, brutal, slasher
Audience: teens
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
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Backflash (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, crime gone awry, cons and scams, on the run, odd couple, danger, gangster, partner, rivalry, on the road, criminal heroes, disorder ...
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: John, a construction worker, moonlighting as a vigilante, grieves over the recent abduction of his wife. A detective friend, sympathetic to his plight, feeds John information about released criminals in hopes of serving them justice outside the ...
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: revenge, heroes, vigilante, redemption, brutality, psychopath, danger, murder, pursuit, violent, characters killed one by one, threat ...
Time: 21st century
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Home Invasion (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about trying to destroy her life.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
Plot: revenge, robbery, female protagonist, home invasion, violence, woman in danger, brutality, murder, psychopath, fear, disguise, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Insomniac (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: John Figg has a great career and a gorgeous fiancée. When he inherits a nice house in a quiet neighborhood, he finally starts to feel like his life is coming together. Trouble arises, however, when John's house is burglarized, and the thieves ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: insomnia, home invasion, whodunit, suspicion, breaking and entering, heist, robbery, theft, invasion, burglar, murder, paranoia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story: A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Style: intense, dark, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: disguise, vigilantism, one man army, haunted by the past, injustice, danger, revenge, mysterious character, determination, moral ambiguity, vengeance, society ...
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Assassins Tale (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a better life. Together, they prove to be the most trustworthy in this tangled web of murder, greed, friendship and betrayal.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Wheelman (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
Style: crime thriller, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After an alcohol induced blacked-out night of drinking, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he attempts to redeem himself to her she must decide whether or not she will take him back as her mother, Angela, continuously ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, serious, suspense, crime drama ...
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 378
Black Luck (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
Style: bloody, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot: mafia, hitman, torture, brother brother relationship, revenge, fight scenes, blood, violence, society, organized crime, rivalry, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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Dormant (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Detective Jordan Long is drawn in by government secrets as he investigates murders tied to late CIA Agent, Nigel Goodman.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, psychological thriller, surprise ending
Plot: spy, revenge, investigation, psychopath, cia agent, secret past, heroism, unsolved crime, cia, villain, insanity, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Stand Off (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
Plot: betrayal, bank robbery, robbery, bank, killer, showdown, murder, master criminal, heroes, rivalry, youth, perfect crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Brave (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, life is a bitch, drug traffic, rivalry, ambition, industry, drug dealing, drug deal, danger, murder, violence, police ...
Place: albania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Killing Angels (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: A group of elitists recruit a freelance agent in an attempt to bring down the worlds biggest human trafficking network.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful
Plot: violence, death, murder, revenge, kidnapping, sex trafficking, gangster, criminal underworld, vengeance, chase, group, agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.8
 3K
Stiletto (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, vengeance, police investigation, hitman, betrayal, rivalry, tough heroes, police detective, dishonesty, danger, kick-butt women, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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