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Kanak Attack (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
tense, bleak, emotional, realistic, crime thriller, noir, suspense
Plot:
identity, drug traffic, immigrant, pimp, gang, violence, friends, tragedy, organized crime, street life, loyalty, desperation, urban, loss, social issues, brotherhood, prison, betrayal, prostitution, ambition, deportation, working class, machismo, moral ambiguity, revenge ...
Place:
germany, istanbul turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, noir, crime drama and suspense films with plots about betrayal, moral ambiguity, violence, urban, revenge, organized crime and street life mostly in Drama, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Kanak Attack: Cool Abdoul (2021), White Hot (1988), Vite perdute (1992), Zero Zone (2020), Glo (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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116
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
drug, heroin, drug dealing, underworld, addiction, character study, moral ambiguity, ambition, violence, street life, hashish, rise and fall ...
Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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377
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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