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Skip Tracer (1977)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A repo man skips town after his life is threatened.
Style:
independent film, crime drama, psychological, tense, bleak, neo noir, suspense, period piece, cult film
Plot:
canuxploitation, moral ambiguity, character study, anti hero, existential crisis, urban, male protagonist, working class, realism, office politics, loneliness, violence, corruption, mature, isolation, private investigator, slow burn, survival, revenge, satire, loan shark, money, collector, loan, death threat ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vancouver, canada, vancouver british columbia canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, psychological and neo noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, violence, urban, corruption, isolation and betrayal mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Skip Tracer: Glass Chin (2014), An Ethics Lesson (2013), King Dave (2016), Theru (2023), BAB (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a ...
Style:
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Plot:
boxer, boxing, murder, restaurant, revenge, character study, moral ambiguity, rivalry, danger, ethical dilemma, ambition, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A bad guy, a cruel guy, a lame guy, a cowardly guy and the meanest woman gets involved in a beautiful university student's murder case.
Style:
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Plot:
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534
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dave is young and rebellious. A self-proclaimed King, influenced but not unconscious. As he sets out to find the stranger who danced with his girlfriend grabbing her ass, as if nothing had happened, he decides to take justice into his hands. Between ...
Style:
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Plot:
relationship problems, criminal, gang, betrayal, bandit, anger, youth, machismo, violence, revenge, anti hero, confrontation ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hari and his two friends who get embroiled in a murder case under unusual circumstances. They deal with the power-play, haplessness and trauma.
Style:
intense, crime drama, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
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145
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a dying 1950s town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind-rehabilitation center.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, dystopia, hostage, threat, fight, problem, mysterious stranger, small town, moral dilemma, rehabilitation center, power struggle, tyranny ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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805
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Step is a fast-paced Texas thriller in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, intense, dark ...
Plot:
college dropout, violence, desperation, chase, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, anti hero, loneliness, manhunt, small town, career criminal, stalking ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tanveer, an aspiring actor, moves to the city after leaving a detention center. He meets Disha, his therapist, for mandatory counseling but hides dark secrets, posing a threat.
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, mental health, urban, character study, mature, cat and mouse, suspicion, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, city life, claustrophobia ...
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776
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Forced to navigate dangerous environments to keep her mother alive, Glo gets entangled with a mob boss and finds her life spiraling out of control.
Style:
crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
desperation, survival, mother daughter relationship, mob boss, female protagonist, organized crime, violence, urban, underworld, corruption, crime family, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, noir, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, bandit, heist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, betrayal, isolation, escape, survival, violence, anti hero, chase ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Desire and addiction form the confluence of bad choices and unintended consequences for Veronica Lambert. Her desperation to see her desires fulfilled is palpable as she acclimatizes to big city life, while assuaged by the good intentions of Mr. New ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, addiction, fatal attraction, desperation, relationship problems, life is a bitch, male female relationship, social problems, hypocrisy, relationships, lovers, hypocrite ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a mission of revenge. But things go horribly wrong whilst trying to escape the police.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, fast paced, grim ...
Plot:
escape, hitman, revenge, cat and mouse, manhunt, violence, chase, fugitive, police, anti hero, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
society, class conflict, life is a bitch, social problems, bonding, lost, battles, anonymous telephone call, fight, white trash, social misfits, chance meeting ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
Similarity:
64%
273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
russian roulette, game of death, suicide, life is a bitch, mind game, destiny, down on your luck, danger, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, claustrophobia ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
latin america
Similarity:
62%
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 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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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, suspense, tense, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
police, investigation, unsolved crime, moral ambiguity, violence, character study, stalking, urban decay, crime scene, female protagonist, redemption, rookie ...
Place:
canada, montreal
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
taxi driver, threat, danger, female protagonist, paranoia, mistrust, nightshift, urban, loneliness, isolation, betrayal, character study ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, neo noir, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
secret police, communist party, villain as protagonist, secret agent, obsession, cold war, paranoia, totalitarianism, male female relationship, agent, social problems, relationship problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
czechoslovakia, czech republic, eastern europe, central europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, pregnancy, police detective, life turned upside down, police investigation, law enforcement, mental illness, investigation, homicide, moral ambiguity, guilt, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
brussels, belgium
Similarity:
53%
386
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mr. Machi is a businessman fond of luxuries, easy money and women. A despicable person who abuses his power and position, but suddenly finds himself in an extreme situation: one morning, in broad daylight, he punctures a tire. But his surprise comes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
cover up, murder, ambition, power, greed, moral ambiguity, corruption, deception, revenge, urban, guilt, paranoia ...
Place:
latin america, chile
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An alcoholic spends all his time spying on his neighbor, waiting for the right moment to kill him.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, alcoholic, obsession, alcoholism, death threat, plan, murderer, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, espionage, criminal, character study ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Recently released from military prison with a dishonorable discharge and a broken heart, John Hidell decides to travel to New York City. However his preparations are complicated by an unexpected relationship.
Style:
dark, psychological, intense, independent film, controversial ...
Plot:
suicide bomber, trauma, character study, identity crisis, loneliness, mature, moral dilemma, post traumatic stress, isolation, alienation, social commentary, conscience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A couple enters a city ruled by cruel thugs but an unsettling affair reopens unexpected twists and creates new tensions for them. Will they stick together through it all?
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
gang, unsettling, corruption, moral ambiguity, fear, betrayal, power struggle, urban, survival, adultery, revenge, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
Style:
black and white, crime drama, bleak, neo noir, noir ...
Plot:
boxing, suburbs, survival, desperation, urban decay, poverty, corruption, violence, heist, moral ambiguity, hopelessness, working class ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, former yugoslavia
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