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Sweet Country (2017)
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Sweet Country (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Style: sincere, captivating, suspense, disturbing, inspirational, social, visual, sweet, pastoral, intercultural ...
Plot: australian aboriginal, slavery, trial, indigenous people, abuse of power, rape, court case, farmer, murder, brutality, injustice, landowner, travel, police officer, manhunt, countryside, courtroom, aborigine, new year, teenager, distopia, winter, modern western, small town, modern west ...
Time: 1920s, year 1929, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
Keyword: australian, watching a movie, outburst

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, blood, death, rifle, violence, husband wife relationship and revenge mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sweet Country: The Tracker (2002), The Proposition (2005), The Nightingale (2018), Ned Kelly (1970), Mystery Road (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Tracker (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
Plot: aborigine, australian aboriginal, fanatic, outback, racism, murder, australian outback, expedition, injustice, vigilantism, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania
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The Proposition (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, serious, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot: aborigine, brutality, rape, cowboy, psychopath, outlaw, wilderness, gory, modern western, violence, bounty hunter, savagery ...
Time: 19th century, year 2005, 1800s, victorian era, 1880s
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Nightingale (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In 1829, Claire, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, controversial, road movie ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: revenge, aborigine, rape, female protagonist, racial prejudice, rape and revenge, vengeance, colonization, murder, brutality, turning the tables, outback ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2019, 1820s
Place: australia, oceania, ireland, tasmania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ned Kelly (1970)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Unable to support his family in the Australian outback, a man turns to stealing horses in order to make money. He gets more deeply drawn into the outlaw life, and eventually becomes involved in murders. Based on the life of famed 19th-century ...
Style: social, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: manhunt, aborigine, outlaw, rock, hippie, heroes, prison, frontier town, bank robber, society, life is a bitch, folk hero ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: australia, new south wales, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mystery Road (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.
Style: detective, serious, captivating, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: desert, investigation, murder investigation, small town, murder, who done it, police, estrangement, outback, heroes, law enforcement, australian aboriginal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cactus (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery. As time and distance roll by, the ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological, road movie ...
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, australian outback, abduction, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, road trip, on the road, wilderness, escapades, gambling, danger, death ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Chopper (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, cynical, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: prison, brutality, jail, gangster, character study, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing, criminal heroes, prison life, notoriety ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
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100%
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Burke & Wills (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, epic, stylized ...
Plot: aborigine, desert, camel, australian history, maze, rescue attempt, british empire, outback, journey, sandstorm, countdown, journalist ...
Time: 19th century, year 1985, 1860s, victorian era, 1850s
Place: australia, melbourne, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Diablo (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: murderer, mental illness, kidnapping, chase, rescue, death, fear, showdown, pursuit, evil, split personality, hunt down ...
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Wind River (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot: investigation, murder, snow, rape, winter, fbi, murder investigation, native american reservation, violence, fbi agent, native american, forest ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
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23%
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The Dry (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: murder, haunted by the past, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, police, small town, suicide attempt, violence, family relations, male female relationship, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne
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23%
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Detroit (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style: suspense, hood, social, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot: racism, murder, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, police, riot, trial, violence, fear, motel, african american ...
Time: 60s, year 1967, year 2017, 2010s, year 1969 ...
Place: michigan, detroit
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22%
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Red Hill (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young police officer Shane Cooper's first day on duty, after relocating to the small town of Red Hill, rapidly turns into a nightmare. News of a prison break, involving convicted murderer Jimmy Conway, sends the local law enforcement officers - ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, husband wife relationship, pregnant wife, horse, unstoppable, murder, violence spree, haunted by the past, hunt down, life is a bitch, society, injustice ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Hell or High Water (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style: neo western, realistic, neo noir, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: adult
Plot: criminal, bank robbery, robbery, brother, texas ranger, bank robber, cowboy, armed robbery, small town, modern western, bank, heist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, future, 21st century
Place: texas, nebraska, usa, oklahoma
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22%
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Let Him Go (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
Style: suspense, emotional, brutal, tense, rough ...
Plot: horse, grief, grandson, father in law daughter in law relationship, husband wife relationship, brutality, abusive husband, death, sheriff, retired, fight, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1952
Place: north dakota, montana
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22%
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High Ground (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, independent film
Plot: australian aboriginal, bounty hunter, australian outback, racial slur, uncle nephew relationship, aborigine, family conflict, family relations, wildlife, saving a life, dysfunctional family, teamwork ...
Time: 1930s, year 1919, 20th century, 1910s, year 1931
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Set against the badlands of colonial Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels—an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising ...
Style: psychological, bleak, tense, cult classic, art house ...
Plot: raped woman, chase, criminal, fight, gang, criminal gang, murder, police officer, revenge, death, true crime, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s, 1880s
Place: australia, united kingdom, oceania
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22%
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Slow West (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.
Style: suspenseful, road movie, atmospheric, stylized, serious ...
Plot: bounty hunter, solitude, unrequited love, gunfight, pursuit, coming of age, old west, death of father, complex characters, life & death, wilderness, modern west ...
Time: 19th century, year 2015, future
Place: usa, ireland, colorado
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21%
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Death Hunt (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river. During a visit in the town he witnesses a dog-fight. He interrupts the game and buys one of the dogs - almost dead already - for $200 ...
Style: cult classic, visually stunning, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: wilderness, survival, winter, snow, bounty hunter, treasure hunt, wilderness survival, disaster, nature, serial killer, mountain, tough guy ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1931, year 1981
Place: canada, yukon, alaska, louisiana
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20%
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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20%
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In the Fade (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Katja's life collapses after a senseless act impacts her life. After a time of mourning and injustice, she seeks revenge.
Style: suspense, tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorist, lawyer, revenge, racism, conspiracy, terrorist attack, trial, courtroom, bomb, murder, pursuit, drug use ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2013, year 2016, 21st century
Place: germany, greece, hamburg germany, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Ned Kelly (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, UK, USA, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from ...
Style: romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: folk hero, biopic, injustice, gang, bank robbery, wilderness, resistance, lawlessness, revenge, false accusation, life is a bitch, ambition ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place: australia, oceania, new south wales
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20%
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Appaloosa (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Style: suspense, harsh, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, native american attack, cowboy, gunfight, friendship, wild west, tough law enforcer, justice, murder, law enforcement, trust, sheriff ...
Time: 19th century, year 2008, 1800s, 1880s
Place: texas, new mexico, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
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20%
 7.5
 237K
Sleepers (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Style: disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, child abuse, vengeance, friendship, childhood, rape, sexual abuse, haunted by the past, pedophilia, pedophile, murder trial ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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20%
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and ...
Style: emotional, realistic, intense, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: friendship, vengeance, desert, revenge, small town, cowboy, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Plot: prison, rivalry, vengeance, journalism, bank, old west, prison escape, good versus evil, murder, danger, cowboy, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1920s
Place: usa, yuma arizona, nashville tennessee, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Aging sidekick Lefty Brown has ridden with Eddie Johnson his entire life. But when a rustler kills Eddie, Lefty is forced from his partner’s shadow and must confront the ugly realities of frontier justice.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, exciting, tense ...
Plot: old west, american indian, revenge, friendship, husband wife relationship, justice, u.s. marshal, drinking, politician, friend, native american, dying ...
Place: montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Missing (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn ...
Style: suspense, intense, serious, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Plot: kidnapping, cowboy, gunfight, father daughter relationship, indians, native american, rescue, native, reconciliation, family relations, parents and children, rebellion ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, 1880s, victorian era
Place: new mexico, america, usa, sonora, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
Style: psychological thriller
Plot: courtroom drama, law, snow, boy dog relationship, bisexual woman, trial, lawyer, autopsy, mother son relationship, winter, female protagonist, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: alps, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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