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Safehouse (2008)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and now the ex-agent is forced back into the life he left behind to keep the thumb drive from the wrong hands.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, realistic
Plot:
rescue, intrigue, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, mafia, revenge, kidnapping, special agents, graphic violence, rivalry, loss of partner, criminal's revenge, danger, chases and races, deadly, profanity, crime, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, danger, deadly, chases and races, graphic violence, law enforcement and vengeance mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Safehouse: Cries in the Dark (2006), Target (2004), The Lost Samaritan (2008), Assassins' Code (2011), Dead Drop (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Plot:
sex maniac, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, track down, dishonesty, vengeance, missing child, infidelity, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is ...
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exciting, serious, captivating, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, track down, on the run, rivalry, special agents, police corruption, law enforcement, vengeance, swat team, armed forces, graphic violence, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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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:
serious, rough, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, sniper, law enforcement, soldier, state affairs, graphic violence, hostage, save the day, vengeance, kidnapping, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a long night at the office, an accountant stops to help an injured motorist and ends up becoming the target of two dangerous assassins.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, law enforcement, dishonesty, frame up, special agents, survival, on the run, murderous pair, suspense, graphic violence, office, danger ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, suspense, woman with a gun, spy, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Movies similar to S.W.A.T.: Firefight
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, betrayal, tough heroes, dishonesty, master criminal, working undercover, revenge, car chase, spy, heroes, drug dealing, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
185
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vazgen "Vaz", a Mobster turned businessman, is pulled back into his past life, when his eldest son is accused of killing a Russian gangster. Now he must find a way to save his family and all that he's built.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, criminal heroes, rivalry, criminal's revenge, family in danger, revenge, violence, graphic violence, forced into action, revenge motive, armenian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
263
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, rivalry, dishonesty, nude, couples, clergy, hotel, infidelity, woman in danger, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal heroes, disorder, gangsters, law enforcement, good versus evil, crime gone awry, rivalry, bank, murder, money laundering, mexican standoff ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, survival, dishonesty, architect, nightclub owner, self defense, abduction, kidnapping, suspense, chase, partners, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Movies similar to Setup
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Chris Murdoch falls obsessively in love with a Japanese girl attending University in Seattle (Kaori Ozaki) he murders Japanese men who have shown her kindness under the pretext of revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. However the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, obsession, terrorism, reluctant partners, police investigation, manhunt, special agents, track down, race against time, partners, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Mayor candidate Mike Rhodes is kidnapped in his own home outside of Los Angeles by unknown, masked terrorists. His wife Kelly barely survives the attempted murder on her, and is able to identify one of the kidnappers. She's placed on the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
bounty hunter, kidnapping, superhero, warehouse, ex-cop, leadership, heroes, dishonesty, vengeance, drug dealing, law enforcement, confined ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, tense, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, vengeance, rivalry, fighting crime, law enforcement, police detective, suspense, murder, hollywood, partners against crime, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, albania, antwerp
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, confined, race against time, forced into action, suspense, murder, graphic violence, heroes, kidnapping, tough heroes, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On the run from smugglers and the police, world-weary scavenger Arno (Benjamin Bratt) takes a job as a courier for a tycoon. But when the tycoon's yacht goes down in a storm, can Arno partner with a fellow sea scavenger to loot the ship's ...
Style:
serious, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gangsters, adventurer, rivalry, escapades, manipulation, rescue, gigolo, fisherman, treasure hunt, criminal's revenge, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
police, nude, graphic violence, police detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, good versus evil, investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, heist, mind game, dishonesty, one last case, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, frame up, graphic violence, uninhibited rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
gangsters, law enforcement, rivalry, twists and turns, disorder, criminal heroes, hidden identity, working undercover, master criminal, undercover, switching roles, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, private detective, rivalry, intrigue, vengeance, dishonesty, militant, arms dealing, suspense, private investigator, graphic violence, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, hungary, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a detective is called in to investigate the roadside execution of his partner, he discovers at the crime scene a data card from a video camera. The card contains footage shot by two runaway teenagers who are making a documentary about the drug ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, bleak
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, family problems, vengeance, police investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, crime scene, dishonesty, track down, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is unexpectedly killed she is forced to choose between the violent world she knows and the ordinary ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
female fighter, woman with a gun, spy, female fight, female assassin, assassination, hitman, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, graphic violence, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber who is inexplicably causing Dr. Hayes' patients to explode.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
race against time, vengeance, doctors and patients, law enforcement, mentally unstable, rivalry, murder investigation, bomb, serial killer, mysticism, medical, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, rescue, kidnapping, track down, spy, assassination attempt, special agents, heroes, law enforcement, suspense, rivalry, secret agents ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, special agents, law enforcement, murder, rivalry, armed forces, swat team, criminal heroes, fbi agent, psychopath, danger, deadly
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins (Erik Palladino, E.R.) agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss (Michael Madsen, ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, secret identity, secret agents, law enforcement, undercover, dishonesty, friends, undercover agent, suspense, speed, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After the mobster who murdered his partner is acquitted, semicorrupt detective Robert Bryant hires a beautiful female assassin, Maria, to kill him. When he discovers that he cannot afford Maria's services, Bryant is forced to hire another ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
gangsters, hitman, vengeance, woman with a gun, suspense, police corruption, law enforcement, dishonesty, assassination, rivalry, serial killer, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison life, rescue, gangsters, ballet, kidnapping, frame up, confined, woman in danger, twists and turns, betrayal, track down, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jake is a driver for a seedy escort service operating out of 'The Naked Eye strip club', he's a street thug type who falls for a witty high-class escort named Sandy. Except one night Sandy is found murdered, the only clues left behind ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, martial arts, stripper, surrealism, violence, medieval, sex, fight, nude, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
politics, cia, investigation, undercover, law enforcement, state affairs, political corruption, dishonesty, spy, criminal heroes, conspiracy, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, gang, law enforcement, working undercover, marijuana, loss of partner, car chase, gangsters, police procedural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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