Movies like Bad Day in Belgrade

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Bad Day in Belgrade (2017)
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Bad Day in Belgrade (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Bad boy novelist Johnny Murphy had it all - a best-seller, fast car and fat bank account. But Johnny soon fell from grace because Johnny, just like the greats he idolizes, is a degenerate drunk and chronic gambler. Now, with booze induced writer's block and mounting underworld debts, Johnny must flee to Budapest to write the only gig his blacklisted status will allow him - a B grade DTV action vehicle. But old habits die hard and as Murphy's Law would dictate, Johnny soon finds himself sidetracked and smashed in a five star Belgrade hotel owned by retired Serbian underworld figure Srdjan Blagojevic. To make matters worse, the cash advance on the DTV film job is missing in action and Johnny's turned his hotel room into a warzone. Broke and with no other options, Johnny agrees to quit the action film and write Srdjan's memoirs as payment for the drunken rampage. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for Johnny because as he digs deeper into Srdjan's past, he finds himself at the mercy ...
Style: novela
Plot: travel, fight, agent, writers, alcoholic, book, club, debt, gambler, glory, redemption
Place: los angeles, australia, europe

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3 Acts of Murder (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In 1928 Arthur Upfield, Australia’s premier crime writer, plotted the perfect murder for his novel The Sands of Windee. Meanwhile, one of his friends, stockman Snowy Rowles, put the scheme into deadly effect, even before the book was published. ...
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Plot: serial killer, murder, writers, missing person, truck, investigation, camel, true crime
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Place: australia
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Boxing Day (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 81 min.
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Style: independent film
Plot: xmas, alcoholism, singing, husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, christmas, father, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, desperation, father son conflict, detention ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 106 min.
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Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
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Story: Logan, an ex-gang leader, has left the gang life to raise his daughter Tori. But when Tori is murdered by an opposing gang in town, Logan must choose forgiveness or revenge.
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Country: UK, Ireland, France, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino ...
Style: neo noir, tense, clever, noir, serious ...
Plot: gambling, casino, croupier, writers, caper, addiction, relationships, greed, bet, career change, dishonesty, love and romance ...
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Place: england, london, ireland, europe, south africa ...
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Style: psychological, serious, realistic, touching, suspense ...
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