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Inside Men (2015)
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Original name: 내부자들
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
LEE Kang-hee, an editorialist of the influential conservative newspaper puts a congressman, JANG Pil-woo to the position of a leading candidate for President using the power of the press. Behind this, there was his secret deal with the paper’s biggest sponsor. AHN Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported LEE and JANG gets his hand cut as the price when he gets caught pocketing the record on the sponsor’s slush fund. WOO Jang-hoon, an ambitious prosecutor starts to investigate the relationship with JANG and the sponsor believing it is the only chance he can make it to the top. While getting down to the grass roots on the case, WOO meets AHN who has been deliberately planning his revenge. Now the war among the one blind for power, the one hell bent for vengeance, and the one eager for success starts.
Style:
neo noir, noir, psychological, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller
Plot:
politics, revenge, conspiracy, government, gang, gangster, rivalry, blackmail, danger, mind game, evidence, chase, law enforcement, dishonesty, organized crime, superhero, asian, korean gangster, betrayal, media, investigation, female nudity, sex scene, journalist, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and suspense films with plots about rivalry, danger, revenge, dishonesty, gangster, murder and investigation mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Inside Men: Insadong Scandal (2009), Steel Rain (2017), New World (2013), V.I.P. (2017), Perez. (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, dishonesty, amateur detective, forgery, forger, art, auction, gallery, recovery, escapades, rivalry, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former agent from the North Korean intelligence and a senior member of the South Korean security services conduct a secret mission to prevent the breakout of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
spy, politics, coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, geopolitics, society, sting operation, danger, rivalry, kickass, covert operation, espionage ...
Time:
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Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, maniac, serial killer, revenge, injustice, investigation, murder, rivalry, murderer, intrigue, politics, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, busan
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, blackmail, legal, protection, camorra, child in peril, manipulation, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, naples italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, asian gangster, hitman, gunfight, fall in love, organized crime, brutality, vengeance, violent, betrayal, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
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28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Johnny Moore, leader of the Moore gang, a group of professional hitmen, has been having his four thugs knock off several businessmen in the area. Finally, he decides to have them kill the prosecutor who is hot on his trail. After a few failed ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
assassination, murder, hitman, gang, law enforcement, master criminal, organized crime, violent, gang violence, revenge, investigation, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Forensic pathologist Kang (Seol Kyeong-gu) is assigned to examine the dismembered corpse of a female murder victim. Detective Min (Han Hye-jin) points to a fanatic environmentalist, Lee Sung-ho (Ryoo Seung-beom), as the primary suspect. But when ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police investigation, autopsy, forensics, threat, arrest, daughter, regret, tragic hero, vengeance, professor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Hae Gook (Park Hae Il) travels to a reclusive village to attend his father's funeral. He wants to find out the reason behind his father's strange death, but the villagers, in particular village chief Cheon (Jung Jae Young), seem to be ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, captivating, mind twisting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, under the surface, social relations, twists and turns, dishonesty, rivalry, riddles and clues, danger, superhero, death of father, village, plot twist ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, police corruption, snitch, undercover, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, hostage, righting the wronged, hospital, rivalry, law enforcement, chase, confined, investigation, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
25%
327
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
destiny, vengeance, betrayal, heist, rivalry, casino, dishonesty, haunted by the past, gang, gangster, caper, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, murder, rivalry, dishonesty, gambling, prison, casino, violence, asian, monster, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea, busan, osaka japan
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iceland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you?
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified ...
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, blackmail, corruption, power struggle, corrupt system, corrupt politician, criminal, bandit, political unrest, political intrigue, secret, criminal gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south korea, seoul, busan
Similarity:
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543
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
Style:
captivating, tense, atmospheric, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, gangster, ambition, mafia, fish out of water, murder, rivalry, danger, law, korean gangster, dialogue, korean american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, korea
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss ...
Style:
captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
gangster, gang, financial problem, right hand man, rivalry, murder, debt, criminal heroes, gang war, rise and fall, ambition, director ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
seoul, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
21%
762
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody ...
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
small town, gang, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, police corruption, fighting crime, investigation, danger, rivalry, teamwork, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, south of france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
HONG Gildong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, private detective, conspiracy, revenge, murder mystery, friendship, expert, mind game, resourceful, eccentricity, talented, prodigy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
gang war, gangster, danger, tough law enforcer, vengeance, police surveillance, rivalry, police detective, law enforcement, nordic, murder, swedish ...
Time:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, conspiracy, sex trafficking, dishonesty, vengeance, rivalry, estrangement, identity, violence, revenge, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
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20%
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