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Red Mercury (2005)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, intense, tension, political thriller, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, police, investigation, bomb, hostage, islamic terrorism, problem, terrorist attack, terrorist group, restaurant, claustrophobia, urban, moral ambiguity, character study, social commentary, ethical dilemma, negotiation, mistrust, die hard, islam, stockholm syndrome, immigration, interrogation, working class ...
Place:
london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspense, captivating and intense films with plots about moral ambiguity, investigation, urban, terrorism, violence, character study and revenge mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Red Mercury: The People Next Door (2016), The Jingoist (2020), The Golden Hour (2022), The Shift (2020), All the Names of God (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Ordinary young couple Gemma and Richard have just bought their first home and are expecting a baby. It's all very exciting, and the couple settles in nicely to their new pad. Except for the screaming and shouting they hear at all times of the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychological, realistic, mockumentary
Plot:
young couple, child abuse, noisy neighbor, husband wife relationship, found footage, suspicion, neighbor, trespassing, new house, police, obsession, investigation ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
terrorism, swat team, police, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, vigilante, ethical dilemma, death, tragic event, catastrophe, chaos, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Mardik, a Dutch detective of Afghan descent, receives word that his childhood friend Faysal has come to the Netherlands. When a terrorist attack occurs the next day, Mardik suspects Faysal and investigates, with drastic consequences.
Style:
detective, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, uncover truth, terrorist attack, counter terrorism, who done it, terror, secret, crime solving ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
58%
417
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An Islamic terror attack at a school in Brussels.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, terrorist attack, ambulance, hostage situation, bomb, bombing, fear, deathtrap, terrorist bombing, trap, hostage ...
Place:
brussels, belgium
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being implicated in a terrorist attack, Santi, a taxi driver, is taken hostage by one of the perpetrators.
Style:
intense, tense, psychological, realistic, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, hostage, taxi driver, jeopardy, terrorist attack, bomb, bomb threat, threat, danger, characters in danger, death threat ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
(Khaled Degwy) who are enrolled in one of the terrorist groups that the killings, believing they are fighting for the sake of God, and when his brother (Ahmad) tries to join this group (Khaled) refuses, he is trying to stop him, but he joins, and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
terrorism, extremism, revenge, retribution, gang, gang member, terrorist group, terrorist, bandit, terrorist plot, criminal gang, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, terrorism, journalism, hostage, politics, confined, prison, kidnapping, war on terror, rebellion, danger, negotiation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa
Similarity:
45%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a gunman enters an Apple Store in the heart of Amsterdam, the police face a delicate challenge to resolve the standoff.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense
Plot:
hostage, bandit, showdown, negotiation, law enforcement, police procedural, siege, moral dilemma, urban, survival, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American Hostage pulls back the curtains on a terrorist plot centered on a group of terrorists holding two American soldiers hostage on U.S. soil. They demand the release of all prisoners of Guantanamo Bay or they will kill the soldiers.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, emotional, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, kidnapping, extremism, violence, political activism, moral ambiguity, showdown, moral dilemma, propaganda, negotiation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, politics, ethnic conflict, secrets, problem, social problems, crime solving, uncover truth, workplace situations, workplace, life is a bitch, murderer ...
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, belfast, dublin ireland, london
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Nepal
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In 2008, a band of young Islamic militants from Pakistan lands in Mumbai, their primary target, the iconic Taj Mahal hotel. With Indian forces unable to regain control, for 4 days the guests must battle to survive as the terrorists seek to drive ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, siege, survival, war on terror, terrorist attack, islamic terrorism, hotel, terrorist, terrorist bombing, threat, struggle for survival, crisis ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
36%
210
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
This psychological thriller concerns Ali, a London-based female law officer simultaneously involved in a heated and clandestine relationship with her sister's beau and a city-wide police hunt for a serial rapist. When the squads close in on the ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial rapist, investigation, murder, killing, homicide detective, who done it, forensics, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, police detective, sleuth ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Adapted from a sensational real-life case in 2013, the intricate story begins when a young man partners with his friend to murder and dismember his parents. Pleading not guilty, the defense attorneys soon turn on each other, as the defendants play ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
dismemberment, murder, gory violence, justice, moral ambiguity, trial, courtroom, patricide, courtroom drama, true crime, murderer, problem ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, bullying, hate crime, teenage life, psychological trauma, teenager, criminal, terrorism, changing lives, terrorist attack, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, recruitment, hidden identity, danger, introspection, society, police, bomb, working undercover, rivalry, escapades, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india, asia
Similarity:
35%
486
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Iranian expat living in London has a shady past and an enigmatic present.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
problem, troubled past, life, character study, moral ambiguity, iranian, identity crisis, loneliness, immigrant, alienation, redemption, urban ...
Place:
london, iran
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital after doing a smaller crime. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues Lt. Ado tries to find the reason why the men decided to take ...
Style:
intense, suspense, tension, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, revenge, showdown, hospital, criminal, police procedural, negotiation, law enforcement, suspicion, investigation, flashback, revenge motive ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
34%
499
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mike and Troy, two small-time crooks, go to a roadside cafe for a meeting they hope to make a big profit from.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, tension, intense ...
Plot:
heist, cafe, criminal, money problems, music, con artists, robbery, escapades, burglar, problem, cons and scams, confrontation ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of holidaymakers are caught up in a gun attack on the hotel where they are staying
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
problem, family problems, shooting, threat, fear, hotel, violent, hostage situation, panic, survival, chaos, hostility ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
30%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
undercover, covert operation, drug crime, heroin addiction, drug traffic, corruption, manipulation, investigation, deception, double life, moral ambiguity, police procedural ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.
Style:
tense, twisted, crime drama, detective, crime thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, showdown, killing spree, investigation, murder victim, violence, danger, murder confession, cat and mouse, interrogation, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, busan, seoul
Similarity:
28%
3K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Story of Kadakkal Chandran, the Chief Minister of Kerala whose uncompromising attitude towards corruption and his dictatorial actions has gained him a lot of enemies. The events gets more intense when he faces an allegation.
Style:
political, political thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, minister, corruption, problem, political unrest, politics, corrupt system, power struggle, political scandal, social commentary, character study, investigation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Wendy, a hardened immigration officer is offered a high-profile asylum case, judged on her ability to quickly and clinically reject applicants. Through her interrogation, she must uncover whether Haile is lying and has a more sinister reason for ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
immigration, border patrol, interrogation room, financial problem, immigration officer, social problems, illegal immigration, moral dilemma, political unrest, social commentary, interrogation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Three police officers are forced to go on the run when they get tangled in the death of a youth, a few days before the election.
Style:
political thriller, realistic, tense, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
police brutality, corruption, false accusation, manhunt, cover up, on the run, anxiety, social commentary, social realism, ethical dilemma, political corruption, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, politics, journalism, state affairs, environmentalism, society, media, reporter, hostage situation, die hard, environmental activism, manhunt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, greenland
Similarity:
27%
100K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, sexy, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear bomb, spy, counter terrorism, torture, expert, terrorist, violence, politics, cia, dehumanization, interrogation ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
iran, akron ohio, usa, middle east
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Intense drama based on the 1984 hijacking of bus line 300, in which 41 passengers and a bus driver were attacked and held captive by terrorists in Israel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, hostage situation, kidnapping, terrorist, bus, abduction, terrorist attack, taken hostage, problem, rescue attempt, confined space ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, police, police officer, gang, gang war, criminal gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, police detective, fighting crime, drug dealer, bandit ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
Similarity:
26%
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