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The Bubble (2002)
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Original name: Η Φούσκα
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Makis , a man with difficulties in the stock market, falls for Roula , who is the mistress of a big tycoon , which Makis has invested in. Makis becomes witness to an assassination gone wrong. The police are after him thinking he is the shooter but the real assassin is after Makis to recruit him to his terrorist beliefs. The only comfort Makis can find is Roula who follows him on his deadly adventure.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, crime thriller, dark, romantic drama, neo noir
Plot:
assassination, stock market, forbidden love, love triangle, betrayal, conspiracy, corruption, urban, male protagonist, cat and mouse, suspicion, moral ambiguity, falsely accused, survival, obsession, mistress, jealousy, fatalism, underworld, sex, terrorist, hitman, female nudity, sex scene, male nudity ...
Place:
athens greece, athens
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, dark and crime thriller films with plots about urban, moral ambiguity, corruption, betrayal, revenge, cat and mouse and organized crime mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Bubble: Paarijathaparvam (2024), The Shakedown (2024), The Sentimentalists (2014), Dusk for a Hitman (2023), Treasure (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Africa
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
greece, athens greece
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
tension, suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, dark ...
Plot:
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22
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
indiana
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, crime drama, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
jealousy, drug dealer, obsession, female protagonist, violence, murder, stalking, crimes of passion, revenge, gangster, betrayal, possession ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, suspense, tense, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
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Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Kannan, with a past comes to Malaysia to turn over a new leaf. But when he realises that the girl he loves needs money to get out of a difficult situation, he commits a robbery that makes him the target of a fearsome gangster and the girl’s ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
drug traffic, corruption, informant, snitch, underworld, deception, investigation, organized crime, moral ambiguity, double life, conspiracy, police procedural ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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73
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Story:
Officer Tracy Smith deals with family, the reoccurring nightmare of the brutal murder of his parents and his Secret Internal Investigation of a Special Narcotics Unit. Tracy quickly learns that being a Detroit Narcotics Officer nothing is what it ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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chicago
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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154
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Story:
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Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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