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A Single Shot (2013)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, atmospheric, bleak, realistic, psychological, gloomy, hot
Plot:
violence, poacher, hostage, wilderness, loner, divorce, danger, drifter, moral dilemma, haunted by the past, human nature, small town, rain, murder, female nudity, babysitter, dog, lawyer, money, puzzle, shooter, retribution, motel, stealing money, pickup truck ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, west virginia
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Most similar movies to A Single Shot
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, danger, violence, small town, dishonesty and nude mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like A Single Shot: A Killing Affair (1986), King of the Ants (2003), Out of the Furnace (2013), Reversible Errors (2004), Traceless (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she ...
Style:
independent film, suspense, neo noir, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
widow, drifter, murder, mountain, collision, underdog, small town, intrigue, isolation, haunted by the past, woman in danger, confined ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot:
nightmare, sex scene, accountant, criminal heroes, vengeance, eye, mental disorder, desert, kidnapping, murder, violence, painter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, realistic, rough, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, drug dealer, small town, justice, vigilante, disappearance, deadend life, vigilantism, financial problem, violent, brothers ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, year 2008, 2010s ...
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana, appalachia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Étienne Meunier (Benoît Magimel) is a young executive who has everything going for him. His career is skyrocketing and he is about to become #1 at work, he is married to a picture-perfect wife, has a dream home and money. To top it off, he's ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, haunted by the past, moral dilemma, promotion, under the surface, life turned upside down, breaking point, dishonesty, harassment, nudity, suffering, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when ...
Style:
captivating, bleak, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
small town, juvenile delinquency, gangster, danger, friendship, love and romance, betrayal, love triangle, farm, rivalry, hot and sexy, jealousy ...
Place:
texas, britain, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, life is a bitch, rivalry, dishonesty, human nature, life turned upside down, feud, murder, violent content, nudity, sexual content, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style:
disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, psychopath, who done it, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, uncover truth, investigation, clergy, society, legal ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
21%
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86K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
vengeance, violence, revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, violent, brutality, car, storytelling, character study, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
virginia, ethiopia, usa, delaware
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Style:
sexy, psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, making love, woman in danger, redemption, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, sex scene, serial murder, swat team ...
Place:
france, europe, marseille
Similarity:
20%
716
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
N-Secure is a no holds-barred thrilling drama mixed with murder, mayhem and manipulation among affluent professionals. This film sheds light on a man's downfall from the pinnacles of success into the depths of his damaged character. His ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, erotic ...
Plot:
betrayal, murder, infidelity, breakup, couples, couple relations, rivalry, obsession, danger, jealousy, sex scene, african american ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, killer, psychopath, small town, violent content, danger, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, social relations, small town life, profanity ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
montana, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sexual abuse, uncover truth, murder, lie, love, memory loss, danger, blackmail, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and ...
Style:
disturbing, gothic, bleak, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, necrophilia, murder, social decay, misfit, social misfits, insanity, criminal, mountain, mental disorder, homeless, outlaw ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
tennessee, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A drifter comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot:
sexually dissatisfied wife, criminal's revenge, disorder, haunted by the past, crime gone awry, farm, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, murder, investigation, danger, hitchhiking ...
Place:
wyoming, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young actress seeking a life away from adult movies moves to Florida insearch of a new identity. Her newfound peace is shattered when local thugsrecognize her.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sexual abuse, murder, rape, sexual assault, danger, life is a bitch, woman in danger, violence spree, violence, death, revenge, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
twists and turns, violence, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, visceral, revenge, vigilantism, small town, father son relationship, intruder ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
Similarity:
19%
779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, wilderness, murder, parents and children, danger, rescue, siblings relations, family relations, death, youth, prison, killing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest's commitment to church doctrine over the laws of the natural world.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, missing child, clergy, religions or cults, church, social relations, small town, gay, priest, brainwashing, winter, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, moral dilemma, police investigation, rivalry, introspection, mind game, danger, law enforcement, riddles and clues, siblings relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style:
neo noir, brutal, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
robbery, violence, mafia, organized crime, gangster, hitman, poker, brutality, crime gone awry, assassin, murder, sex ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
louisiana, usa, florida, orlando florida, new orleans
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, gang war, revenge, waitress, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, couples, woman in danger, murder, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
brighton, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, surreal, serious ...
Plot:
small town, mother daughter conflict, police investigation, police detective, murder, redemption, haunted by the past, social relations, rape and murder, introspection, suspect, ex lover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, woman in danger, psychopath, missing person, deputy sheriff, isolation, law enforcement, stalking, riddles and clues, captivity, who done it, danger ...
Place:
asia, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The film centers around retired police detective Derrick Stanswood (Mann), who is called by a successful doctor about an unsolved case involving his wife Maggy (Cottrel) and their son, Cole (newcomer Kevin Fennell). Chasing after loose ends in a ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
captivity, investigation, private detective, danger, small town, kidnapping, farm, confined, violence, redneck, rape, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
79K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, blackmail, dangerous attraction, couples, disorder, police investigation, danger, adultery, rape, violence, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, realistic, dark comedy, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
snow, bag of money, crime gone awry, small town, greed, twists and turns, betrayal, fbi, character study, moral ambiguity, redemption, human nature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
minnesota, wisconsin, north america, usa
Similarity:
18%
106K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Style:
suspense, sexy, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitman, loner, one last job, nudity, sex, undercover, anti hero, betrayal, skinny dipping, small town, assassination, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, california, canada
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Three American expats living in Buenos Aires decide to steal a large sum of money so they don't have to return home. But what starts as a game soon turns violent and they find themselves on the verge of consequences none of them expected.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
betrayal, dishonesty, heist, caper, money, love, rivalry, danger, friendship, freedom, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, latin america
Similarity:
18%
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