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Insadong Scandal (2009)
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Insadong Scandal (2009)
Original name: 인사동 스캔들
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier restoration artist Lee to work on the painting. With Lee's expert stroke, the controversy surrounding the painting is slowly unveiled. As the painting's true form is restored, art experts in Korea hold a collective breath. Little do they know that they're only a part of a bigger scheme.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: heist, amateur detective, dishonesty, art, forgery, forger, auction, gallery, recovery, escapades, twists and turns, rivalry, danger, heroes, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, performer's life, police, smuggling, painting, gambler, flashback, gambling debt, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: south korea, asia, korea, seoul
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, tense and captivating films with plots about danger, rivalry, dishonesty, heist, criminal heroes, escapades and gangster mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Insadong Scandal: One on One (2014), Cash (2007), Hard Boiled Sweets (2012), Finish Line (2008), Wo Hu (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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One on One (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you?
Style: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot: murder, vigilantism, danger, vengeance, rivalry, terrorist group, investigation, suspect, group of friends, high school student, asian, lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
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Cash (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: 'Cash' is a high octane heist thriller set in Cape Town, South Africa.The film revolves around an ace con artist,(Ajay Devgan) who hires a set of top notch robbers (Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh) to steal a set of ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, south africa, africa, asia
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Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
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Finish Line (2008)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler ...
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Wo Hu (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
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Place: hong kong
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Perez. (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through ...
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Black & White (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
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Time: 21st century
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Darkness Falls (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: team, police detective, heist, danger, violence, partners in crime, perfect crime, mental health, nypd, child in peril
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The Key Man (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological, realistic ...
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Time: year 1974, 21st century
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Street Thief (2006)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Kaspar Carr is a professional burglar who lives and works in Chicago. Carr loves his job and is good at it, and two documentary filmmakers are granted access to his private world when he agrees to let them make a film about him.
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Tommy (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
Style: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: stockholm sweden
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88%
Daylight Robbery (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: germany, london, europe, england, monaco
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Les Formidables (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
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Style: atmospheric, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense ...
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Solo (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 163 min.
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Tell (2014)
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Duration: 89 min.
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Jilla (2014)
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Duration: 185 min.
Story: A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
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Inside Men (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Black (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Country: South Korea
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
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Banshee (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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The Postcard Bandit (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
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The Rise (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
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Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, friends, renewed love, frame up, one more chance, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england
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2:22 (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The plan was easy; the job was not. On a snowy night a tight crew of four criminals plan to pull off a routine heist. When things go horribly wrong, friendship, loyalty and trust are pushed to the limit.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, crime gone awry, confined, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, twists and turns, suspect, organized crime, snow, delinquent, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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