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Tricks (1997)
266
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ex-showgirl and part-time hooker Rogers looses her legitimate job at a casino because of an abusive trick. She gets revenge when she is blacklisted and her son is threatened.
Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, intense, crime drama, neo noir, period piece
Plot:
revenge, retribution, female protagonist, payback, protective mother, survival, mother son relationship, abuse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, corruption, urban, underdog, exploitation, sex work, streetwise, gambling, nightlife, casino, urban decay, illegal gambling, prostitution, mansion, single parent, showgirl ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
las vegas
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Most similar movies to Tricks
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, suspenseful and crime drama films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, urban, betrayal, corruption, investigation and survival mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Tricks: Glo (2024), Shukra (2021), Fallen Angel (1997), Deadly Pursuits (1996), Run (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
14
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: 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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72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Caught in a seedy underworld of lies, lust and murder, Antonelli, the local mob boss, and his sultry young wife, Michelle, share a game of deception and jealousy that soon turns deadly.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspense, neo noir, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, deception, mob boss, seduction, lust, betrayal, jealousy, organized crime, manipulation, sexual tension, moral ambiguity, violence ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A former stripper befriends a young man looking for his father, all the while trying to avoid a hitman for the mob, to whom she is deeply in debt.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
hitman, organized crime, danger, underworld, stripper, pursuit, survival, nightlife, debt, cat and mouse, betrayal, fugitive ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three generations of New Orleans prostitute fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
prostitution, three generations, prostitute, fbi, women, street prostitution, female protagonist, generation, social issues, social problems, relationships, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
59%
50
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jerome becomes a street cop in hopes to find his mother but also seeks love in the mist, that may turn into a tragedy.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
family secret, investigation, secret past, mother son relationship, tragedy, identity, family drama, urban, betrayal, self discovery, hidden identity, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
54%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Drug-dealer Sev and his equally broken girlfriend Maddie accept a risky deal from an old childhood friend, setting off an irreversible chain of events.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, drug dealer, white trash, life is a bitch, social problems, social issues, drug, social decay, junkie, royalty, social misfits, society ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
54%
567
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in Rotterdam. One evening, when she is assaulted after meeting a local, Natalia asks Ita, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her.
Style:
realistic, melancholic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
migrant worker, female protagonist, immigration, urban, small village, survival, moral ambiguity, exploitation, assault, social realism, class struggle, friendship ...
Place:
romania, belgium, flanders
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When a hitman is murdered, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence stalks Sujo at every stage of his life. As he grows into a man, Sujo will discover that fulfilling his father's destiny seems inevitable.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, crime drama, dark, grim ...
Plot:
father son relationship, hitman, assassin, coming of age, legacy, trauma, moral ambiguity, identity, underworld, revenge, survival, orphan ...
Similarity:
52%
131
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fighting to keep her family together, Trina steps into the underground world of drug trafficking. She enlists her two friends to become transporters.
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
motherhood, drug traffic, female protagonist, danger, survival, mother daughter relationship, family drama, protective parent, betrayal, violence, sacrifice, poverty ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Together, they set out to bring the culprits to justice.
Style:
erotic, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
making love, private detective, revenge, justice, female friendship, murder mystery, investigation, female empowerment, urban, moral ambiguity, vigilante, sex scene ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
138
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story revolves around a "surprise" kidnapping case. Liu Xiaojun (Dapeng), the owner of the car dealership, was involved in a kidnapping case for the accident of reselling a black car. He was surrounded by the kidnapped little girl Kiki ...
Style:
psychological, tense, crime drama, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, car, money, abduction, desperation, stealing a car, problem, gambler, gambling debt, escapades, money problems, theft ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Anna looks for revenge against a pimp for her young sister death's while working out a complicated relationship with her lover.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
pimp, female protagonist, revenge, suicide, problem, avenge, undercover, vengeance, loss of sister, prostitution, murder, intrigue ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
Style:
medical drama, tense, intense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
rape, doctor, hospital, female protagonist, revenge, trauma, life & death, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, vengeance, justice, character study ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Littlemore's in art security, but he's already in enough trouble – then an old friend comes out of his past and threatens to finish him off completely.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
betrayal, danger, art theft, conspiracy, revenge, moral ambiguity, fugitive, cat and mouse, urban, criminal underworld, manhunt, corruption ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
44%
159
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:
60s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Revolves around a female lawyer and a male ex-con who team as victim advocates and go to the edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
lawyer, female protagonist, court, underdog, legal action, judge, teamwork, courtroom drama, advocate, justice, criminal, fight for justice ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style:
neo noir, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, strip club, organized crime, female protagonist, crime boss, problem, gang, bandit, mafia, criminal gang, mafioso, mob hit ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Broken teens trying to claim something their parents failed to provide - A Future and Purpose.
Style:
dark, crime drama, intense, tense
Plot:
dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquency, teen angst, youth gang, peer pressure, revenge, redemption, moral ambiguity, trauma, desperation, coming of age, vigilantism ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A woman who was maltreated during her younger years gets revenge on the people who abused her.
Style:
dark, intense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, female vigilante, female protagonist, retribution, traumatic past, abuse, trauma, domestic violence, vigilante, payback, moral ambiguity, female empowerment ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
41%
271
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
police brutality, racism, police corruption, corruption, interracial relations, racial injustice, racial tension, female protagonist, social commentary, investigation, vigilante justice, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, mature, betrayal, underworld, corruption, slow burn, urban decay, cat and mouse, justice, mission
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Kelly's newborn baby is stolen from the hospital where she works, she teams up with Gloria, also a victim of baby abduction, to get her child back from a black market adoption ring.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, motherhood, protective mother, female protagonist, child abduction, problem, life is a bitch, abduction, rescue mission, danger, hospital, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
tense, crime drama, twisted, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
undercover, car theft, organized crime, police, gang, corruption, urban, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, power struggle, investigation, conspiracy ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1990s Los Angeles, danger lurks around the corner after a freak accident leaves an undercover cop with supernatural abilities while also unleashing a horror that he must destroy before it destroys everything.
Style:
dark, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, undercover cop, supernatural horror, supernatural power, unlikely hero, protector, battles, supernatural ability, fight, police detective, police officer, urban ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that ultimately reveals the truth.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense, crime drama, neo noir
Plot:
memory loss, identity crisis, urban, self discovery, showdown, infiltration, betrayal, moral ambiguity, investigation, conspiracy, dual identity, revenge ...
Similarity:
36%
299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the life of Bhairathi Ranagal's journey from being a law-abiding responsible lawyer to the benevolent crime boss of Karnataka.
Style:
crime drama, intense, dark, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rise to power, power struggle, anti hero, organized crime, transformation, moral ambiguity, underworld, character study, biopic, violence, betrayal ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Frank, a professional counterfeiter from a wealthy mob family,receives the heart of the man he was supposed to kill two weeks earlier. He soon finds himself in a set of circumstances that will test his new heart & if he really has changed.
Style:
dark, psychological, medical drama, neo noir, emotional ...
Plot:
organ transplant, heart transplant, redemption, forgery, identity crisis, moral dilemma, crime family, life & death, criminal underworld, identity, second chance, guilt ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, discovering a part of himself he had never known.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
student, moral ambiguity, escapades, problem, lawyer, criminal, gambling, criminal underworld, mature, identity crisis, law student, obsession ...
Similarity:
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