Movies like The Whirl

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The Whirl (2012)
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The Whirl (2012)
Original name: Vir
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Serbia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults during the wartime 1990s.
Style: independent film
Plot: friend, gun
Place: serbia, belgrade, belgrade serbia

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Most similar movies to The Whirl

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, suspense, captivating and psychological films with plots about gun, friend, murder, violence, death, martial arts and revenge mostly in Drama, Action and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Whirl: The Tragic Burlesque (1995), Mala Leche (2004), The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010), Danger Has Two Faces (1985), Nevando voy (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Tragic Burlesque (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the ...
Style: offbeat, black comedy
Plot: bosnian war, bride and groom, psychiatric patient, psychiatric hospital, male female relationship, mental institution, love, doctor, husband wife relationship, farce, wedding, marriage ...
Place: balkan, belgrade, serbia, belgrade serbia
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95%
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Mala Leche (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two street punks, Carlos and Pedro, find themselves out of their depth on the mean streets of Santiago de Chile. As they are trying to purchase some coke for a local psychopath Yao, they are jumped by thieves who head off with his money. After Yao ...
Style: crime drama
Plot: poverty, assault, drug, bullet wound, shooting, thief, poor, love, money, friend, gun
Place: chile
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The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The act of a woman with a broken nose, who suddenly jumps out of a taxi and throws herself off the bridge in Belgrade, connects the lives of three witnesses. The suicide attempt becomes the existential catalyst to the misanthropist taxi-driver ...
Plot: taxi driver, refugee, domestic abuse, orphan, pharmacy, pharmacist, prostitute, priest, taxi, rain, hospital, car accident ...
Place: serbia, former yugoslavia, belgrade serbia, belgrade
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73%
Danger Has Two Faces (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Martial art film standout Liang Chia-jen brings the same animalistic intensity from his early heroic bloodshed films to his Danger Has Two Faces tough, ex-cop character now relegated to becoming a pet store owner. The stern Police Superintendent Liu ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, martial arts, child hostage, blood, death, little boy, violence, hostage, handgun, asian, friend, bloodbath ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Nevando voy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The winter season is almost here. In the snow chain packing section of a factory, the orders are piling up. Javier, the supervisor, asks upper management for additional personnel. Jairo is sent from another section while Karmentxu and Angela are ...
Style: feel good
Plot: friend, snow, routine, magic, factory, chain, play
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Termination Man (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a Serbian terrorist blackmails NATO and the U.N. with a deadly nerve gas, a covert squad is the Free World's last hope. Led by Dylan Pope they must "terminate" the threat before it terminates them!
Style: independent film
Plot: nudity, terrorism, traitor, poison gas, roadblock, terrorist, sex, agent, female nudity, un
Place: bosnia, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Full Moon Over Belgrade (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, War
Country: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 1992 Belgrade. Aleksa works the night shift at an occult magazine to avoid military police, draft and war. Old colleague, Mrs. Kosara, offers him shelter at her place. Soon, a dead friend warns him in his dream about the old lady.
Style: neo noir
Plot: supernatural, vampire, night, dream, library, deception, politics, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, satire, selfishness, newsroom
Time: 90s
Place: belgrade serbia, belgrade, serbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Die My Way (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A group of terrorists cause chaos in a small mexican city, now Mario, the town's mayor, and a special forces group must restore peace in the city.
Plot: terrorism, chaos, gore, gun
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Mayday (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ana is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins an army of girls engaged in a never-ending war. Even though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she realizes that she's not the killer they want her to be, and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, anamorphic ...
Plot: resistance, battles, gender roles, gender issues, competitor, fight, fighting the system, fantasy world, good versus evil, parallel world, fight for supremacy, women ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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In April (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A man drives away from home waiting for that moment to opt for suicide. On the verge of insanity, he discovers a strange travel companion.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: apparition, suicide, schizophrenia, depression, car, fear, death, road trip, paranormal phenomena, ghost, gun
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Lost Command (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Philipino War Movie
Plot: nudity, child with gun, child, police officer, schoolboy, bus, murder, soldier, machine gun, rape, blood, jungle ...
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Libertad (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rony is an ordinary man sentenced to 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. In jail he will have to face the gangs and hard life behind bars while he dreams of recovering his family and proving his innocence.
Plot: innocent, prison fight, abuse, gang, shooting, murder, violence, prison, prisoner, escape, nudity, gay interest ...
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Oceania (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: Two teenagers deal with their shattered family-life in a small California coastal town.
Style: bleak, independent film, student film
Plot: family relations, father daughter relationship, redemption, teenage boy, teenage girl, love, death, father son relationship, suicide, parent child relationship, mental illness, teenager ...
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Sikka (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Two close and very wealthy friends, Vijay and Pranlal, decide to cement their friendship to a relationship when Vijay proposes marriage on behalf of his sister, Shobha, with Pranlal's son, Amar. Pranlal agrees, and preparations are on for the ...
Plot: smuggler, vengeance, anger, suicide by hanging, drug smuggling, interrogation, death of son, ship, friend, friend turned foe, beating
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Avenge Every Second (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Einar and Davy find themselves in a frightening position, when they realize that their employer, Miami Crime boss Ricky want them dead. They both escape hoping nobody will find them. But in four years time a lot can happen!
Style: independent film
Plot: shootout, murder, police, car chase, revenge, mafia, violence, gun
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42%
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Neverwas (2005)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood'. What he doesnt reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the ...
Style: psychological, serious, visual, fairy tale, crying ...
Plot: psychiatrist, novelist, reality vs fantasy, secret, father son relationship, paranoia, mental institution, book, death of father, alternate reality, writers, writer's life ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new england
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Break of Dawn (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of two ex-legionnaires in a mission of political assasination in Romania. A candid portrayal of the human side of assassins.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: friendship, scapegoat, bank robber, assassination, released from prison, camaraderie, murder, terminal illness, dying, chase, killer, death wish ...
Place: bucharest, eastern europe
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Torquemada's Curse (2022)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Italy
Style: detective
Plot: murder, curse, ruins, gun
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Circadian Rhythm (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Focuses on a young woman and her radical journey to discover who she is and to find out why multiple enemies want her dead. The woman, SARAH CAUL, is thrown into an action filled construct where she must put the pieces of her life together as well ...
Style: independent film
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Norway, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fantasy adventure origin story about a young man discovering he has God-like powers based on ancient Norwegian mythology.
Style: captivating, exciting, visually appealing, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: magician, norse god, norse mythology, supernatural ability, danger, redemption, adaptation, magic, disorder, imaginary, heroes, secret ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
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Go Away, Ultramarine (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An island in Japan is the site for the dumped and the refuse. Nanakusa and Yu who were childhood and school friends meet on this island that is called Kaiden, a scary name that only refers to things not normal or earthly. The reunited friends strike ...
Style: crying
Plot: island, schoolgirl, sexy girl, violin, youth, high school life, teacher, smiling, boy girl relationship, teenager, japanese teenager, boat ...
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Mercenaries From Hong Kong (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gun fu, blood, violence, brutality, fight, mexican standoff, gunfight, martial arts, kung fu, war violence, bloodbath ...
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Sloane (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The story opens with Richard Thursby's murder and the abduction of his wife, Janice. Former cop and martial arts expert, Philip Sloane, is retained by family and flies to Manila in search of clues. He's joined by an old friend, Pete Saimi, ...
Style: independent film
Plot: violence, martial arts, prostitute, killing, gun
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Johnny (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Johnny is a Tollywood sports film released on 25 April 2003, written and directed by Pawan Kalyan. Kalyan also starred in the film, along with Renu Desai. The film didn't perform well commercially, although it recovered its budget. Box Office ...
Plot: martial arts, indian woman, money, orphan, fight, wife, friend, death, basketball, cancer, school teacher, bandana
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MBM (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story: After the death of his wife, Mafia Boss ( James Cell) meets with his team to find out who killed his wife , he finds out that she was killed by Sebastian Renaud a re-known club owner and a rival mafia boss, he goes in for the kill and kidnaps ...
Plot: mobster, death, mafia, gang, revenge, money, gun
Place: montreal, canada
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Ji (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Vasu (Ajith), a final year college student is happy go lucky. But he is forced to contest elections in the college after being persuaded by his friends (Venkat Prabhu and Arun). He, however, incurs the wrath of the local MLA Varadharajan ...
Plot: politics, election, train, politician, bicycle, student, friend, flashback, revenge, wrongful imprisonment, college student, old friend ...
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Drohi (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Samy and Karuna grow up together in the slums of Royapuram. One day, they witness the brutal murder of their teacher by a gangster. While Karuna manages to kill the gangster, Samy tells to the cops that Karuna was responsible for the murder.
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting
Plot: relationships, friend, feud, friends, love, enemy, hate, friendship, murder, slum, guilty pleasure
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Showdown At The Equator (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
Style: independent film, detective
Plot: shootout, criminal, action violence, fight, undercover cop, police shootout, karate, brawl, gunfight, judo, kung fu, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Sudden Death (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ...
Style: political, action thriller, independent film
Plot: violence, murder, burned alive, karate, mercenary, car bomb, killer, fortune, martial arts, fistfight, thug, cia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Payback (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An escaped con goes after a drug-dealing killer.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: prison, corrupt cop, gas station, prison escape, mechanic, gun, trailer
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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