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West Side Avenue (2001)
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West Side Avenue (2001)
Original name: Batang West Side
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 315 min.
Story: A Filipino teenager is shot to death on the sidewalk of New Jersey, USA. An investigation starts into his death. His family members and friends are interviewed. Along the way, we find out not only more about him but about the community of Filipinos in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
Style: exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, slow cinema, aesthetic, detective, complex
Plot: teenager, investigation, death, murder, girlfriend, investigator, psychiatrist, massacre, infidelity, veteran, conscience, methamphetamine, interview, witness, guilt, poison, grandfather grandson relationship, hustler, drug, mother son relationship, underground, dog, winter, train, fishing ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new jersey, usa, the philippines
Keyword: filipino, american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, serious and realistic films with plots about murder, death, investigation, deadly, law enforcement, family relations and society mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like West Side Avenue: Circle of Deception (2021), Norte, the End of History (2013), Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010), Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009), Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional
Plot: murder mystery, police investigation, who done it, murder, uncover truth, investigation, partners against crime, partner, violence, murderer, police officer, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Norte, the End of History (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 250 min.
Story: A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when ...
Style: philosophical, realistic, stylized, serious, atmospheric ...
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Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
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Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: murder, jesse stone, investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, small town, murder investigation, serial killer, die hard, secret service, cop, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, boston, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Detective Lulling has to do is prove it.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, christmas horror ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, gory, winter, christmas, deception, prostitute, snow, sex ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, ...
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Time: year 1992, year 1994, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, nova scotia, massachusetts
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From What Is Before (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 338 min.
Story: The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation ...
Style: bleak, serious, realistic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: forces of nature, village life, isolation, danger, clergy, confined, society, chaos, village, very little dialogue, army, fired from the job ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: vengeance, danger, rivalry, profanity, law enforcement, unlikely couple, murder, brainwashing, religious fanaticism, strong violent content, violent content, chases and races ...
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Place: usa, new york
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Inside Out (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Bone in the Throat (2015)
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Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, detective ...
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Bomb City (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A crime-drama, about the cultural aversion of a group of punk rockers in a conservative Texas town. Their ongoing battle with a rival, more-affluent clique leads to a controversial hate crime that questions the morality of American justice.
Style: suspenseful, rough, psychological, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1997, 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Ginostra (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 139 min.
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Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Partners in Crime (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Duration: 91 min.
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Bloodlines (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
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39%
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Country: Philippines
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: captivating, atmospheric, tense, suspense
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Lori Vallow gained national attention when her children, JJ and Tylee, were reported missing from their Idaho home.
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological
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36%
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Desert Passion (1993)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
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