Movies like Pursuit 2015

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Pursuit (2015)
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Pursuit (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Pursuit is a modern take on Irish mythology, adapting the legend of Diarmuid and GrĂ¡inne and transforming it into a road movie and gangster thriller for a contemporary audience.
Style: black comedy, road movie
Plot: woman with a gun, gunfight, on the run, bank robbery, bodyguard, kidnapping, crime boss, on the road, smuggling, drug dealer, father daughter relationship, organized crime, marriage of convenience, impossible love, manhunt, arranged marriage, feud, fleeing the country, gangster, girls with guns, kidnap, road
Place: ireland, spain
Keyword: gangsters, irish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, exciting and serious films with plots about gangster, organized crime, murder, crime boss, revenge, on the run and gunfight mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Pursuit: Trojan Eddie (1996), Perrier's Bounty (2009), 8ish (2019), Executive Protection (2001), Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trojan Eddie (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The story of Eddie, a small town ex con, who discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his own; what he didn't bargin for was the murder and mahem along the way.
Style: independent film
Plot: on the road, arranged marriage, wedding, town, murder, female nudity, love triangle, crime boss, male nudity, lovers on the run, ex convict, barefoot
Time: year 1996
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Perrier's Bounty (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Style: semi serious, exciting, cynical, bleak, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, chases and races, family relations, fugitives, danger, on the road, disorder, nothing goes right, on the run, rivalry, partner, money ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 4.9
 69
8ish (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Story: Sean likes to keep things simple. Living the life of a gangster has been every inch of what he's about. As long as Sean stays 10 steps ahead of the IRA, he doesn't have to worry about his dark past catching up with him either. Up till now ...
Plot: anglo irish relations, ira, british, gangster, organized crime
Place: ireland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Executive Protection (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: organized crime, gangster, threat, investigation, rescue, police detective, woman in danger, race against time, kidnapping, bodyguard, abduction, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, estonia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style: intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new mexico, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.1
 2K
VANish (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Three thugs kidnap Emma, the daughter of a drug kingpin, and have no idea that murderous blood that runs through her veins. As time passes, the unlucky threesome finds themselves in danger from the police, gangsters and their captive.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, road trip, on the road, danger, captivity, violence against women, violent content, woman in danger, chaos, rivalry, on the run ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 5.4
 139
The Courier (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ring. A reformed drug user himself, he sets out to crack the ...
Style: poliziottesco, independent film, detective
Plot: police officer, criminal, brother brother relationship, revenge, chase, police, deception, brother, motorcycle, drug dealer, drug addict, delivery man
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Jagame Thandhiram (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
Style: light, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: gangster, immigrant, crime boss, fight for supremacy, escapades, master criminal, criminal, showdown, partners in crime, organized crime, xenophobia, evil ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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 5.2
 2K
Once a Thief (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong ...
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, gangster, renegade, rivalry, manhunt, haunted by the past, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, master criminal, going straight, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.9
 5K
Pixie (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Plot: heist, gangster, robbery, escape plan, criminal's revenge, partners in crime, heist gone wrong, con woman, femme fatale, caper, criminal, crime boss ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.1
 473
Quick (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A female assassin named "Quick" is hired to bring in a Mafia accountant, who is under police protection. Double crossed by the mafia, she takes her hostage to California to retrieve $3M that he took before running. The mafia and ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, hitman, bodyguard, betrayal, chase, mafia, on the run, accountant, murder, corruption, manhunt, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Powder and Gold (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Dominican Republic
Story: The real-life story of a drug cartel leader set to Macbeth.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: drug, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug lord, drug dealing, criminal, drug crime, smuggler, drug traffic, drug money, drug smuggler, smuggling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.5
 117K
Safe (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, organized crime, chase, gunfight, lone hero, protector, ex military, on the run, mafia, tough heroes, revenge, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, iran, brooklyn new york city, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 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 ⇓
54%
 6.8
 320K
The Transporter (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, sexy, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: car chase, chase, one man army, tough guy, lone hero, martial arts, transportation, tough heroes, fight scenes, escapades, car, smuggling ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: france, nice france, europe, saint tropez, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 7.3
 35K
The Getaway (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
Style: neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, on the run, prison, betrayal, car chase, murder, bank robbery, robbery, caper, shootout, gunfight, infidelity ...
Time: 70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place: texas, el paso texas, austin texas, persia, san antonio texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.4
 2K
Foreign Land (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Portugal
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After the death of her mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger.
Style: neo noir, mesmerizing, black and white, road movie, sad ...
Plot: brazilian military dictatorship, on the road, on the run, chase, gangster, couples, opposites attract, dishonesty, love and romance, gang, social differences, against the odds ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, year 1990
Place: brazil, spain, lisbon portugal, sao paulo brazil, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
 77
Sobharaj (1986)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Story: Sobharaj is the leader of an underworld gang. He gets killed in an encounter with the police. The DSP uses his lookalike brother to pose as him in order to capture the rest of his gang.
Plot: terrorism, police, gangster, organized crime, deception, crime boss, police officer killed, on the run, impersonation, dual role, diary, police officer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Johan Falk 13 (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not only himself but also the Gothenburg police special unit ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: planting evidence, police procedural, informant, criminal gang, organized crime, murder, released from prison, nordic, gunfight, greed, gang war, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Desert Saints (2002)
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Kiefer Sutherland is a hard-edged hit man. Known as the world's best professional killer, Sutherland is living a life of detached solitude when he is given an assignment that pairs him up with a sultry hitchhiker (Melora Walters). Before long, ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, manhunt, investigation, fbi, betrayal, undercover, murder, kidnapping, woman kills a man, rivalry, crime gone awry, danger ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, sonora, arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Replacement Killers (1998)
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, stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vengeance, chase, assassin, on the run, martial arts, female warrior, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, tough girl ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: china, los angeles, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Johan Falk: Slutet (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's ...
Style: psychological, tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: police, mafia, criminal underworld, murder, torture, police officer killed, organized crime, police procedural, nordic, gangster, gunfight, crime family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.5
 10K
Black Dog (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
Style: road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: truck, car chase, rescue, chases and races, chase, fugitives, gang, arms dealer, race against time, on the run, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 2.8
 163
El Coyote (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls on his mob buddies to come to Arizona to help him.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, male protagonist, murder, car chase, u.s. mexico border, violence, father son relationship, italian mafia, gunfight, gangster, revenge, family values ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.1
 6K
Close Range (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, exciting, freeze frame ...
Plot: revenge, rescue, martial arts, on the run, crime boss, corrupt cop, pursuit, chase, crooked sheriff, uncle niece relationship, husband wife relationship, niece ...
Time: 2010s
Place: arizona, southern usa, texas, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.2
 25K
State of Grace (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, gang, irish gangster, homecoming, undercover, friendship, gunfight, st. patrick's day, irish mob, profanity ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, ireland, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Heaven's Burning (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, road movie, detective, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, hostage, on the run, obsession, revenge, bank robbery, love, yakuza, kidnapping, interracial romance, car chase, father son relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.8
 22K
The Chase (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car ...
Style: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, hostage, on the run, chase, gunfight, pursuit, kidnapping, car, on the road, escapades, unlikely couple, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A powerful Chilean gangster uses everything in his power to stop the woman that wants to kill him, a sexy mercenary known as "the machine gun woman". The staggering sum of cash he offers for her head sets in motion an army of hitmen. And ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: gunfight, woman with a gun, assassination, danger, criminal heroes, gory, gangster, female assassin, chases and races, tango, shootout, gun store ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: santiago chile, chile
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Living & Dying (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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