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Determinism (2012)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A lonely South Asian American college student, who desperately attempts to escape his fate, unwittingly descends into a world of crime and violence.
Style:
independent film, dark, neo noir, tense, bleak, suspenseful, grim, crime thriller, ambiguous ending, hispanic ...
Plot:
fatalism, loneliness, isolation, alienation, existentialism, moral ambiguity, character study, urban, identity crisis, mental breakdown, minimalism, coming of age, suspicion, urban decay, street crime, revenge, gang, racial tension, escape, college, hip hop, african american, asian, third world, psychological drama ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, urban, character study, isolation, violence and betrayal mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Determinism: American Born (1990), Stray Kids (2026), Hidden Identity (2015), The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2017), Gholam (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Similarity:
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486
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Iran
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Iranian expat living in London has a shady past and an enigmatic present.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Ex-con is released from jail, goes through release procedure, buys a gun, tries to pick up girl in bar, tries to sleep, meets up with ex-prison buddy, goes to take revenge on drug deal gone sour. A minimalist drama of dire simplicity, using ...
Style:
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Plot:
ex convict, character study, moral ambiguity, minimalism, alienation, revenge, isolation, downbeat ending, violence, drug deal, criminal underworld, gun
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68%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Akın's life, who lived with a father he didn't like and a sick mother, changed after he lost his mother. He plans to start a new life with the money he steals from the carpentry workshop where he works. When his girlfriend Deniz dismisses ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
Style:
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Plot:
corruption, violence, danger, urban, street crime, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, gang, crime boss, betrayal, hopelessness, anti hero ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Humberto works as a night watchman at a remote and desolate construction site. One night he becomes, unwittingly, the sole witness to a cover up. Afraid of being retaliated against lest he come forth, he decides to keep quiet. Gradually and without ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Troubled 17-year-old Sean Holloway falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called 'The Misfits,' whose charismatic leader, Ricky, takes him under his wing. But as Sean becomes more and more entangled in the gang's anarchist ways, ...
Style:
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Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Emotionless hitman Michael meets Jessy, awakening unfamiliar feelings. A mission gone awry forces him to reevaluate his entire existence, challenging his beliefs and way of life.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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42
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran
Similarity:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Looking back at life from another level. As the story of Rearview develops, Fresno's life unravels and we learn why he is stuck in the past. But the journey he is on is driving him down a path of demise and some of the people he is affiliated ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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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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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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