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Safehouse (2008)
186
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, independent film, exciting, realistic
Plot:
rescue, intrigue, danger, law enforcement, special agent, chases and races, vengeance, dishonesty, mafia, revenge, kidnapping, profanity, rivalry, loss of partner, criminal's revenge, violent content, friend, graphic violence, deadly, armed, crime, crimes, special agents
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Safehouse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, chases and races, danger, deadly, law enforcement, vengeance and violent content mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Safehouse: Target (2004), Cries in the Dark (2006), Endure (2010), Assassins' Code (2011), Betrayal (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
676
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:
rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, chases and races, one man army, law enforcement, danger, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, undercover, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
100%
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, tense, serious, detective
Plot:
murder, police investigation, law enforcement, missing person, police detective, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, infidelity, woman in danger, missing child, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lloyd must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, detective
Plot:
police detective, race against time, police investigation, woman in danger, partner, confined, law enforcement, danger, reluctant partners, swamp, husband wife relationship, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, 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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, gangster, on the run, rivalry, danger, special agent, vengeance, law enforcement, police corruption, armed forces, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south america, los angeles, latin america, california ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, covert operation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
212
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, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, danger, rivalry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, family in danger, revenge, violence, profanity, violent content, forced into action ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
289
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, danger, dishonesty, skinny dipping, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
24%
313
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:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, die hard, law enforcement, vengeance, reluctant partners, terrorism, obsession, danger, police investigation, undercover, manhunt, mind game ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
23%
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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:
secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, gang, secret identity, dishonesty, danger, friends, speed, automobile, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, partners against crime, life is a bitch, family problems, vengeance, uncover truth, police investigation, crime scene, partner, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ty's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from the city's new Mainland government, he ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prostitute, on the run, cons and scams, vengeance, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, drug dealing, rivalry, betrayal, chases and races, prison, partner ...
Place:
hong kong, the philippines, california, asia, usa ...
Similarity:
22%
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, exciting, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, adventurer, rivalry, escapades, manipulation, danger, rescue, gigolo, fisherman, criminal's revenge, betrayal, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
22%
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:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, prison life, rescue, ballet, kidnapping, frame up, twists and turns, woman in danger, betrayal, murder, gangster, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
22%
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, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, survival, dishonesty, danger, kidnapping, self defense, nightclub owner, architect, abduction, wrestler, nudity, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, danger, rivalry, forced into action, race against time, colombian drug cartel, murder, conflict, violent content, tough heroes, chases and races, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, colombia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam veteran, police officer, fbi, counterfeiter, cop, special agent, police detective, tough heroes, forgery, vengeance, betrayal, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
21%
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, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, vengeance, rivalry, martial arts, stripper, surrealism, violence, sex, fight, triad, chinese mafia, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
21%
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943
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:
serious, suspenseful, tense, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, betrayal, one man army, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, working undercover, car chase, revenge, covert operation, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
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:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, kidnapping, one woman army, warehouse, superhero, ex-cop, psychopath, missing person, drug dealing, confined, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
starting over, going straight, hidden identity, criminal heroes, special agent, gangster, vengeance, crime gone awry, tough heroes, danger, criminal's revenge, hitman ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, bank, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, suburbs, swat, car chase, chases and races, violent content, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
21%
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, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, shootout, criminal heroes, disorder, chases and races, danger, gangster, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, good versus evil, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
21%
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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:
undercover, politics, investigation, state affairs, law enforcement, political corruption, cia, dishonesty, spy, violent content, criminal heroes, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
21%
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:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, law enforcement, danger, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, chases and races, rivalry, murder investigation, bomb, swat team, medical, mysticism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
Style:
independent film, mind bending, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, agent, stasi, violent content, secret agent, estrangement, political conspiracy, political intrigue, espionage, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
germany, central europe, eastern europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
20%
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:
tense, psychological, serious, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
police detective, mafia, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, murder, law enforcement, gangster, mob boss, violent content, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, antwerp, europe, albania
Similarity:
20%
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, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
police, die hard, nudity, police detective, vengeance, survival, serial killer, chases and races, good versus evil, law enforcement, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a WWII-era battleship, reactivated and deployed in the Persian Gulf for black-op interrogations, falls radio silent, an elite Marine task force, along with an NCIS investigator and two scientists, are sent to investigate. When the Marines ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
military, danger, survival, undercover, ship, world war two, ghost, escapades, battles, battleship, rescue, eye ...
Similarity:
20%
761
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, murder, organized crime, chase, missing person, investigation, rescue, vengeance, disorder, mistaken identity, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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