Movies like The Traveler

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The Traveler (2010)
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The Traveler (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On a dark Christmas Eve in a small town, the lone Sheriffs on the night shift encounter a mysterious man who goes by the name of Mr. Nobody. As the night progresses, the Sheriffs discover that this isn't just a nobody, but a vengeful killer whose past threatens to haunt them all.
Style: scary, christmas horror, rough, suspenseful, serious, twisted, realistic
Audience: adult
Plot: christmas, mysterious character, vengeance, police detective, murder, rivalry, law enforcement, small town, police station, cover up, child murder, xmas, revenge, serial killer, violence, gory, villain, christmas eve, good guys win, profanity, violent content, killer, police, torture, sheriff ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, rivalry, vengeance, danger, law enforcement and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Action and Horror genres. Some movies like The Traveler: Facing the Enemy (2001), Cold Steel (1987), To Protect and Serve (1992), Blood Out (2011), Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Facing the Enemy (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Griff McCleary is a cop, now his son shot himself with Griff's gun. A year later both he and his wife are still reeling from it. Griff feeling shut out by his wife Olivia, decides to move out. Now he is investigating what appears to be a ...
Style: serious, psychological, emotional, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: murder investigation, investigation, family problems, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, murder, death in the family, police detective, suicide, home invasion, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 925
Cold Steel (1987)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
Style: tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, rivalry, femme fatale, police detective, serial killer, xmas, revenge, police, police officer ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
To Protect and Serve (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A rookie cop becomes the chief suspect in the killing of some of his crooked cohorts.
Style: erotic, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: police, die hard, nudity, profanity, police detective, serial killer, chases and races, survival, rivalry, dishonesty, investigation, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.4
 4K
Blood Out (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, murder, vengeance, police investigation, working undercover, gangster, hitman, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, undercover, vigilante, brother brother relationship ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: “Hunt for the I-5 Killer” is a dramatization based on the haunting true story of the yearlong manhunt for a killer suspected of murdering 14 victims and committing numerous sexual assaults up and down the I-5 highway corridor through California, ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, police detective, manhunt, law enforcement, sexual abuse, murder, killer, true crime, chases and races, who done it, rape, serial murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., oregon, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 3.0
 755
Hayride 2 (2015)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The end of one journey only marks the beginning of another as Detective Loomis returns to uncover the truth behind the Legend of Pitchfork.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: strong violent content, psychopath, uncover truth, murder, violence spree, law enforcement, legend, death, danger, violence, chase, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 4.3
 621
XII (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vengeance, psychopath, strong violent content, serial killer, murder, danger, masked killer, violence, xmas, escaped prisoner, pursuit, comeback ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.3
 3K
Sacrifice (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, law enforcement, police detective, danger, hopes, confined, tough heroes, cop, religion, child in peril, profanity, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Facade (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style: rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, hitman, vengeance, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, infidelity, sexual relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Blood of the Innocent (1994)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
Style: suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, organ, black market, kidnapping, police detective, law enforcement, vengeance, investigation, rivalry, murder, martial arts, missing person ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, poland, usa, europe, warsaw poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 3.8
 1K
The Maze (2010)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five friends break into a closed corn maze in the middle of the night and decide to play a harmless game of tag. Little do they know that a psychopathic killer has decided to play along. As they wander aimlessly through the maze the murderer follows ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychopath, chase, survival, danger, strong violent content, stalking, gory, serial killer, villain, torture, chases and races, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.2
 294
The Contract (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot: murder, vengeance, danger, mysterious character, contract killing, brutality, violence, fight, contract killer, violent content, nudity, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
See No Evil 2 (2014)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: See No Evil 2 revives the nightmare of the first film when Jacob Goodnight rises from the dead in the city morgue after his killing spree at the Blackwell hotel. In this ominous, underground locker for the dead, a group of medical students fight to ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, psychopath, serial killer, danger, strong violent content, profanity, rivalry, man in a wheelchair, serial murder, murder, chase, trapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Mask of the Ninja (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In a heavily wooded private estate in the Malibu Hills, towering above the tumbling Pacific, millionaire CEO Kenji Takeo and his daughter, Miko, prepare for the arrival from Japan of Takeo's wife, Kumiko. But the calm of Solstice Canyon is ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, police investigation, gangster, curses spells and rituals, ghost, murder, law enforcement, gory ...
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.8
 4K
Vendetta (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilante, police, vendetta, murder, vigilantism, revenge, rivalry, gang, violence spree, wartime, violent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Killers 2: The Beast (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, scary, rough ...
Plot: mental institution, criminal heroes, danger, gangster, dangerous animal, drug dealing, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, doctor, female fighter ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Dead On: Relentless II (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.
Style: slasher, independent film, realistic, serious, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, die hard, virus, serial murder, police corruption, special agent, politics, master criminal, chases and races, reluctant partners, mind game, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.6
 687
Hit List (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, organized crime, mafia, missing person, disorder, vengeance, rescue, investigation, mistaken identity, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 4.0
 1K
Body Armour (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: assassin, hitman, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, vengeance, heroes, profanity, shootout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Instinct to Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs ...
Style: serious, rough, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, martial arts, police investigation, psychopath, murder, master criminal, danger, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, infidelity, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Greed (2006)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Raven (Darlena Tejeiro) and Ashley (Andrea Bogart), two young women returning from a rock-climbing expedition, find themselves harassed by a group of bikers at a dusty bar in the desert. With surprise and guile on their side, the girls escape by ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, scary ...
Plot: woman in danger, on the run, obsessive quest, gang, serial killer, rivalry, chases and races, danger, cons and scams, stolen money, desert, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, california, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Perfect Tenant (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a ...
Style: psychological, serious, scary, suspenseful, christmas horror ...
Plot: psychopath, mind game, mysterious character, split personality, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural, intrigue, chase, mentally unstable, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 2.7
 522
Dead End Road (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Detective Burt Williams has been on the trail of the infamous "Poe killer" for nearly three years. The most recent abduction of fashion model Heather Makepiece prompts state authorities to bring in the FBI. Burt's daughter Kris ...
Style: slasher, suspense, realistic, scary, serious ...
Plot: serial killer, chases and races, police detective, law enforcement, confined, race against time, police investigation, psychopath, kidnapping, gory, who done it, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, midwest, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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River of Darkness (2011)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When brutal murdering starts in a small riverside town, the sheriff must investigate and face the horrific past.
Style: rough, bleak, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: vengeance, supernatural, rivalry, social misfits, danger, gory, chaos and mayhem, small town, sheriff, investigation, mysterious past, killings ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Way of War (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: state affairs, danger, terrorism, assassination, political conspiracy, political corruption, dishonesty, government agency, military, race against time, political intrigue, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cuba, washington d.c., middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.1
 2K
Sutures (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A group of longtime friends converge on a fatal course with destiny when they cross paths with Alexander Tatum, a mercenary surgeon. He is a hunter with the keen skill of one who has also been hunted. Prey turned predator. The victims quickly ...
Style: slasher, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: survival, serial killer, police detective, black market, murder, captivity, gory, escapades, chases and races, danger, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.9
 2K
Grandmaster (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, suspense thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, chess, police detective, law enforcement, rivalry, police, murder, danger, police officer, genius, whodunit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 2.7
 644
Target (2004)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style: realistic, serious, rough
Plot: terrorism, sniper, rivalry, soldier, danger, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, hostage, kidnapping, save the day, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Prey of the Chameleon (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: J.D. returns to his hometown many years after leaving Carrie at the altar. After their unhappy reunion, J.D. heads to California, only to soon fall for a woman he helps with her broken down car. Little does he know that this woman is a serial ...
Style: independent film, serious, slasher, realistic, scary ...
Plot: serial killer, woman with a gun, fbi, sheriff, escaped mental patient, mental patient, femme fatale, murder, strong female presence, special agent, psychopath, stalking ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
 2K
Monster (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Bok-Soon (Kim Go-eun-I) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Bok-Soon may not be the brightest girl but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage. She’s infamously known as the “psycho ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, vengeance, police investigation, psychopath, rivalry, murder, asian prostitute, gangster, assassination, criminal heroes, law enforcement, contests and competitions ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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