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Lijmen (2000)
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Original name: Lijmen/Het been
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Story of two con men, Boorman and his younger assistant Laarmans, who are trying to sell companies their non-existing magazine.
Style:
satirical, period piece, tense
Plot:
con artists, scam, fraud, deception, manipulation, scheming, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, betrayal, corruption, realism, character study, dark humor, ambition, small town, literary, bittersweet, businesswoman, extortion, amputee, handicapped, psychological drama, dialogue driven, legs, leg
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
netherlands
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, crime drama, suspense and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, character study, deception, manipulation and urban mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Lijmen: Thin Ice (2000), One-Line (2017), The Set Up (2019), Book of Numbers (1973), Alhamour H.A. (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Graham studied medicine, but never qualified due to being expelled from medical school for theft. He did pass the final exams, but while being paid to do them for someone else, which he feels qualifies him to practice medicine privately. Dispensing ...
Style:
crime drama, medical drama, realistic, suspense, black comedy ...
Plot:
ethical dilemma, fraud, police operation, deception, forgery, secret police, moral ambiguity, investigation, crime family, underworld, greed, character study ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A group of professional con artists scam poor, unsuspecting citizens with fraudulent bank loans. The scams go well for a while, but then they begin to distrust each other.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Plot:
deception, con artists, heist, bank, scam, fraud, credit card fraud, criminal, gang, robbery, stolen money, burglar ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young woman gets more than she bargains for and is drawn into a web of deceit when she is hired by a socialite to assist with his scheme to marry a wealthy heiress.
Style:
harsh, exciting, dramatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug smuggler, black, con artists, scam, deception, drug money, black cast, drug smuggling, drug, drug dealing, african american woman, african american ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
Style:
crime drama, period piece, independent film, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, great depression, poverty, depression era, working class, illegal gambling, social commentary, african american, survival, realism, moral ambiguity, segregation ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
arkansas
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A security guard who quickly rises to the top and makes billions, where he and his partners convince people into suspicious investments with the promise of doubling their money in no time.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
money, investments, finance, deception, greed, fraud, scam, con artists, betrayal of trust, cautionary tale, corruption, trust ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A civil servant (Michele Lastella) uses shady methods to become a powerful businessman.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, cynical
Plot:
corruption, deception, greed, manipulation, anti hero, scam, ambition, seduction, power struggle, betrayal, social climbing, character study ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is ...
Style:
satirical, period piece, costume drama, dark comedy, independent film
Plot:
social satire, double life, social commentary, class differences, irony, fraud, urban, impostor, humour, moral ambiguity, street life, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, UK, South Africa, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Far from Hollywood eye candy, this movie has a taste of South African authenticity. No high budget action, no pretenses, just the minimum needed to support the plot that takes the audience on a journey across various aspects of contemporary South ...
Style:
tense, suspense
Plot:
moral ambiguity, social realism, character study, violence, coming of age, machismo, ambition, peer pressure, identity crisis, betrayal, survival, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A narcissist concocts a get-rich-quick scheme that ignites a violent chain reaction and overwhelms the lives of those around him.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
scheming, narcissism, escalation, greed, manipulation, deception, violent, downfall, character study, moral ambiguity, suspicion, corruption ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Mayor of a small Flemish town is determined at all costs to save a unique bird sanctuary from a ruthless businessman who advocates a housing development on the site. The main story, though, centres on a childhood trauma that unites the two men ...
Style:
tension, suspense, period piece, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, childhood trauma, small town, environmentalism, social commentary, mayor, conservation, urbanization, manipulation, power struggle, character study, corruption ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
belgium, europe
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A young piano tuner befriends two rich old-ladies, and plots, with the help of his girlfriend, to betray their trust and steal from them.
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, suspense, dark comedy
Plot:
betrayal of trust, deception, greed, moral ambiguity, manipulation, betrayal, con artists, character study, ethical dilemma, psychological manipulation, conspiracy, age-gap relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
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447
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them and makes off with their money, is being herself being watched by another man. He wants to use her talents in a much-bigger scam: ripping off a crime ...
Style:
neo noir, crime thriller, crime drama, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
con artists, deception, manipulation, gambling, crime boss, betrayal, organized crime, cat and mouse, criminal underworld, heist, blackmail, paranoia ...
Time:
year 1993
Place:
miami beach, jamaica
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unleashing a spiral of dangerous and unexpected events.
Style:
poignant, crime drama, melancholic, tragicomedy, grim ...
Plot:
smuggling, vendetta, corruption, small town, outsider, character study, friendship, social commentary, betrayal, loyalty, anti hero, empathy ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.
Style:
bleak, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
morality, character study, small town, conscience, literary, ethical dilemma, thoughtful, ambition, corruption, greed, midlife crisis, redemption ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia, Slovenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ivan is a 36-year old ex-rock singer and a disillusioned war veteran who lost both legs in the recent Croatian Homeland War. His father, Izidor, was a well-known political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, and is now standing as an independent ...
Style:
tense, art house, suspenseful, melancholic, tragic
Plot:
war veteran, family secret, nationalism, moral ambiguity, betrayal, father son relationship, identity crisis, social realism, disability, blackmail, small town, corruption ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
croatia, bosnia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Arjun and Anu are fraternal twins who manage to run a scam in the US from India via a call center. With police officer Kumar hot on their heels, will they manage to escape the system?
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
scam, fraud, criminal, embezzler, con game, cat and mouse, call center, con artists, twins, deception, police chase, investigation ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A down on his luck street magician and his con artist ex-wife reunite to swindle an accounting firm.
Style:
captivating, twisted, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
con artists, heist, con game, accounting, swindle, con man, money, deception, robbery, ex husband ex wife relationship, ex husband, fraud ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother (Hideko Takamine) seeks vengeance against the driver in this thrilling drama. The car was driven by the wife of a company president who is having an affair. The woman's ...
Style:
crime drama, period piece, noir
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four Boys come to Mandya from Different place of India to start their career in crime and extortion from builders and high profiles peoples and they succeed...One day things take a turn when one of them (ganpat) missing.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
extortion, gangster, violence, moral ambiguity, corruption, organized crime, missing person, streetwise, realism, rise and fall, criminal syndicate, betrayal ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Alice is given a parenting exercise at school which changes her understanding of the world in a way she never expected.
Style:
dark, emotional, controversial, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
coming of age, strip club, father daughter conflict, sexual awakening, teenage pregnancy, murder, ethical dilemma, mature, family tragedy, domestic drama, adolescence, sexploitation ...
Place:
germany, netherlands
Similarity:
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323
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Billy Zane leads a pack of money-grabbing relatives who try to take over his ailing uncle's industrial empire.
Style:
suspense, tense, black comedy, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
wealth, ambition, family conflict, inheritance, deception, scheming, family drama, power struggle, manipulation, betrayal, ethical dilemma, family secret ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Celess and Tina play the game too well to be considered your average gold diggers. And they're winning too. But when the jaw-dropping secret they both share is exposed, the same shovel that got them out of the dirt could very well bury them.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
golddigger, secret, female friendship, secrets, black, women, money, female protagonist, betrayal, moral ambiguity, intrigue, deception ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Market is a gangster movie about 4 Wall Street bond traders who crash the market on purpose to make $12.6 billion. Based on the hit play by Bobby Del Rio, the feature film version features two leads from the original cast (from the play). ...
Style:
dark, tense, crime drama, suspenseful, cynical ...
Plot:
greed, corporate greed, wall street, manipulation, moral ambiguity, risk, heist, power struggle, toxic masculinity, suspicion, character study, ambition ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 20 min.
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Story:
35 year old bachelor Jehan and his partner in crime Priyantha try to exploit the loopholes in the law in order to make a living.Koombiyo tells the story of Jehan Fernando, who has neither family nor home and lives alone in an abandoned building ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, crime drama, satirical ...
Plot:
con artists, scam, deception, money problems, social problems, problem, fraud, criminal, financial problem, character study, scheming, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
sri lanka
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Malta
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the shade of Malta’s scorching sun, around the edges of the Swedish online-gambling community, exiled con man Dimman shows up for a lavish wedding, kicking off a desperate and decadent pursuit of redemption.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, dark comedy
Plot:
shame, con artists, secrets, character study, redemption, fraud, guilt, moral ambiguity, temptation, identity crisis, decadence, exile ...
Place:
malta
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, dark, tense, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, smuggling, camorra, organized crime, violence, crime boss, ambition, power struggle, rise to power, criminal underworld, gang war, urban ...
Time:
70s
Place:
naples italy, italy, napoli italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style:
crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, mafioso, gang, criminal, outlaw gang, criminal gang, mysterious girl, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather ...
Style:
historical drama, surprise ending
Plot:
amnesia, courtroom drama, memory loss, character study, impostor, mistaken identity, identity crisis, media sensation, legal battle, mental health, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany, Portugal
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.
Style:
dark, suspense, psychological thriller, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
jealousy, murder, frame up, wrongful imprisonment, false accusation, obsession, betrayal, blackmail, moral ambiguity, corruption, infidelity, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
west germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set in the vibrant locale of Goa, the story follows Amar Agnihotri, a notorious scammer who, along with his three partners-in-crime - Saloni, Neha, and Vicky - thrives by swindling unsuspecting victims. Their carefree con game takes a dark turn when ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, fast paced, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, con artists, scam, deception, male protagonist, friendship, loyalty, moral ambiguity, coercion, streetwise, political scandal, investigation ...
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