Movies like Nitro

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Nitro (2007)
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Nitro (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Max leads a good life with Alice and their son Théo; that is until Alice is threatened with death while waiting for a heart transplant. Max promises Théo that he will save Alice, but to keep his word he must find a heart, and fast. Since time is running out and he must find a solution, Max decides to reconnect with his troubled past. His decision will change his life in ways he could never imagine
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, road movie, rough, bleak, serious, realistic ...
Plot: street racing, auto racing, terminal illness, heart transplant, race car, speed, money problems, money, gang, criminal, criminal underworld, woman in danger, needing money, car, racing, chases and races, race, transplant, race against time, car race, empire, deadly, automobile racing
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: quebec
Keyword: canadian

Most similar movies to Nitro

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about danger, criminal, gangster, deadly, chases and races, gang and murder mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Nitro: Fast Track: No Limits (2008), Street Racer (2008), The Last Hit Man (2008), Lay It Down (2001), At Stake (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nitro Rush (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the follow up to the box-office hit Nitro (2007), we catch up with Max as he serves time for the role he played in the death of a police officer. When the film begins, Max learns that his 17-year-old son Theo has just been recruited by a criminal ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: escaped prisoner, street racing, organized crime, criminal underworld, runaway, father son relationship, convict, partners in crime, family problems, money problems, family relations, father and son ...
Place: quebec
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95%
Fast Track: No Limits (2008)
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An action movie centered around a group of street racers.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: speed, street racing, chases and races, rivalry, car chase, racing, on the run, debt, danger, car, race, car racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Street Racer (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Johnny Wayne (Clint Browning) is an ex-racer who is serving time in prison after crippling a young boy during an illegal street race. Wayne, having been traumatized by the events, vows to never race again, and is soon released as a reformed citizen. ...
Style: exciting, captivating, mockbuster, tense, suspense ...
Plot: street racing, chases and races, contests and competitions, obsession, going straight, racing, rivalry, danger, auto racing, murder, carsploitation, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Last Hit Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, family relations, danger, partner, parents and children, terminal illness, killer, save the day, murder, assassin, contract killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Lay It Down (2001)
Genre: Drama, Family, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: The two Destin brothers are about to collide with eternity. When older Ben chooses the narrow road, he forces his younger brother Pete, and the people around him, into a head-on encounter with life and death.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, christian film
Audience: family outing
Plot: street racing, christianity, christian, brother brother relationship, race, faith, family problems, racecar driver, auto racing, life & death, family relations, brothers ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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At Stake (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Four brothers Ibra, Elzan, Amar, and Ical attempting to collect money for their father's medical bills. Always in stalemate, the brothers eventually took a very reckless decision.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: gang, money, brothers, brother brother relationship, illness, needing money, criminal gang, brother, money problems, sick father, bandit, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Puncture Wounds (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After returning home from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq, John finds himself struggling with PTSD. What little peace he had managed to build around him is shattered one fateful day when he rescues a local call girl from a group of violent Aryan ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot: gang, heroes, gangster, post traumatic stress, criminal, saving a life, showdown, post traumatic stress disorder, changing lives, lifestyle change, fighting crime, ex soldier ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Bait (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Dominic Brunt’s impressive second feature after the beloved ‘Emmerdale’ actor took the genre by storm with BEFORE DAWN is a tense female revenge saga - a frightening true-life crime thriller graced by a scalpel-sharp screenplay and ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: loan shark, woman in danger, victim, debt, financial problem, needing money, female protagonist, money problems, money, man hits a woman, man punching a woman, torture ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Man of Vendetta (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: missing child, kidnapping, rescue, chase, clergy, society, starting over, uncover truth, danger, killer, serial killer, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, law enforcement, heroes, assassination attempt, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Man with a Gun (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.
Style: suspense, independent film, noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twins, professional, killer, assassin, woman with a gun, mafia, hitman, shootout, mobster, gangster, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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200 M.P.H. (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When the older brother (Tommy Nash) he idolizes is run off the road by a ruthless drug dealer (Darren Thomas) during a nighttime street race known as Sepulveda Suicide, Rick Merchant (Jaz Martin) channels his grief into getting revenge behind the ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot: car chase, street racing, contests and competitions, danger, chases and races, rivalry, vengeance, racing, auto racing, carsploitation, car crash, motorcycle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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London Heist (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: criminal, revenge, gangster, police shootout, gang, murder, robbery, con artists, theft, fight, battles, stolen money ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Night of the Wolf (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During a live broadcast of a talk show on a TV channel, a group of armed Chechens terrorists take several hostages. The terrorists demand the hostage drama is transmitted live worldwide. Meanwhile, behind the scene, the police negotiator and a ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: police, television studio, terrorism, hostage situation, hostage, criminal, terror, conflict, shooting, night
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.1
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Tough as Iron (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: yakuza, money, needing money, murderer, money problems, organized crime, gangster, gang, gang war, fight, criminal, wrestler ...
Place: busan, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Global Effect (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, danger, race against time, chases and races, jungle, evil man, virus, die hard, boat, martial arts, kidnapping, rivalry ...
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Fast Lane (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A high-speed accident on the freeways of Los Angeles reveals a turf war between two competing car theft rings of sexy all-girl crews. Brandy Martinez, a young streetwise cop is assigned by lieutenant Baynes (Steven Bauer) to go undercover and ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, gang, working undercover, chases and races, car chase, danger, partner, love and romance, car, woman with a gun, car race, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
29%
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Traffickers (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After his best friend dies in an unexpected accident, black market dealer Young-gyu decides to wash his hands off his illegal activities and start a new life with his girlfriend Yu-ri. But his dream stalls when he learns that Yu-ri needs money for ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: nothing goes right, danger, gang, ship, disorder, kidnapping, human trafficking, violent content, female nudity, molestation, organ harvesting
Time: 21st century
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29%
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One Two Jaga (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.
Style: exciting, serious, bleak, dramatic, rough ...
Plot: money, police corruption, police, money problems, police partner, police officer, handgun, corrupt cop, weapons, needing money
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29%
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: criminal, gangster, criminal underworld, most dangerous game, crime boss, drug, bandit, gang, money, criminal gang, organized crime, gang leader ...
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22 Chaser (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: One of the city's last decent tow truck drivers risks everything on a desperate quest to become king of the road and provide for his struggling family.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: truck, criminal underworld, needing money, money problems, truck driver, family problems, driver, criminal, life is a bitch
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28%
Secrets From Her Past (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ten years ago, Kate Collins (Ashley Jones) was a different person. Literally. She was living in Chicago, working as a bartender, and going by her real name ‘Stephanie Wickers.’ That all changed when she witnessed the murder of her boss by a ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: hidden identity, murder, witnessing a crime, danger, gangster, haunted by the past, on the run, woman in danger, dishonesty, hitman, chases and races, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Decline (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: survivalist, danger, training camp, society, misadventure, tragic event, struggle for survival, apocalypse, collapse, christmas, snow, post apocalypse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Last Ride (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After thirty years in prison, ex-con Ronnie recruits his grandson to exact revenge on Darryl, the cop who put him behind bars. Standing in their way is Ronnie's son, whom Darryl raised.
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, street racing, ex convict, chase, car chase, released from prison, law enforcement, rivalry, parents and children, murder, danger, reconciliation ...
Time: year 1970
Place: usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Final Sale (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A woman undergoes an illegal organ transplant only to discover that the young girl who donated the kidney died during the operation. Determined to stop this heinous activity, but torn by the moral dilemma of being saved by it, she fights against her ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: transplant, hospital, moral dilemma, police investigation, couples, black market, law enforcement, terminal illness, police, danger, couple relations, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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PVC-1 (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Style: disturbing, psychological, realistic, rough, tense ...
Plot: profanity, terrorism, against the odds, race against time, rescue, danger, bomb, nihilism, found footage, underground, chases and races, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Enemies Among Us (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: assassination, campaign, danger, politics, political corruption, haunted by the past, dishonesty, rivalry, violent content, profanity, state affairs, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Red Ridge (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Red Ridge chronicles the scandalous true events currently taking place in small towns along the Texas/Mexico border. Innocent young women are being kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery and prostitution. Like the independent films Monster and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: slave girl, human trafficking, rape, kidnapping, slavery, torture, attempted rape, prostitution, woman in danger, forced prostitution, sex slave, slave ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
An Innocent Man (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style: tense, suspense, intense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, police corruption, gang, frame up, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, prison life, prison escape ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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