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The Merciless (2017)
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The Merciless (2017)
Original name: 불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.
Style: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, harsh, disturbing, neo noir, non-linear, noir
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, prison, violence, murder, tough guy, criminal, life is a bitch, prison life, desperation, arrest, criminal heroes, existentialism, male objectification, moral ambiguity, mafia, samurai, brotherhood, undercover, undercover cop, bromance, ship, fight, baseball, russian mafia, beach ...
Time: year 2017, contemporary
Place: india
Keyword: korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, captivating and psychological films with plots about gang, murder, violence, gangster, criminal, organized crime and revenge mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Merciless: Man Wanted (1995), Shark: The Beginning (2021), Cruel Winter Blues (2006), Convict (2014), R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked ...
Style: suspense, twisted, factual, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot: gang, serial killer, murder mystery, mafia, gangster, police, revenge, investigation, forensics, street gang, murderer, murder investigation ...
Time: year 2005
Place: south korea
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Man Wanted (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Undercover cop Lok Hwa takes two years to become the trusted lieutenant of rising Hong Kong drug lord, Feng. The night of the big bust, Feng's flaming car crashes spectacularly into the sea; Feng is presumed dead. Hwa returns to the force and ...
Style: crime drama, heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, undercover cop, shootout, gun fu, violence, blood, brutality, police officer killed, hospital, police, revenge ...
Place: hong kong
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Shark: The Beginning (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: bullying, juvenile prison, martial arts, child abuse, juvenile detention, revenge, violence, master warrior, teenager, prison life, troubled youth
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Cruel Winter Blues (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A gangster’s quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target’s mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot: moral dilemma, criminal, revenge, murder, relationships, problem, mother son relationship, chance meeting, murderer, con artists, asian prostitute, killer ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Convict (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama
Plot: prison, prison violence, prison gang, convict, humiliation, male objectification, gang, prisoner, prison life, jailed, confined, criminal ...
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R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the ...
Style: tense, realistic, captivating, rough, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison life, male pubic hair, friendship, gang, confined, warden, murder, violence, muslim, racial slur, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
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24%
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Outrage Coda (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gangster, organized crime, survival, danger, violence, mafia, gunfight, murder, hitman, brutality, gang ...
Time: 2010s
Place: japan, jeju island
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Nosedive (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
Story: NOSEDIVE depicts a world of unlimited drugs, wild parties, beautiful people, and no sleep. However, when reality takes a dark turn, a group of characters are forced to step out of the nightclub and into darkness.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot: strip club, violence, murder, gang, bandit, drug abuse, criminal, drug, cop, erotica, prison rape, male rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The City Is Mine (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, police, love, prison ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Toro (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, fight, police, mob boss, niece, chase, heroes, crime family, society, criminal heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime boss, gangster, prison gang, prison, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency, prison life, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, drug dealing, urban ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, kidnapping, maximum security prison, revenge, prison guard, murder, extreme violence, prison warden, prisoner, boxer, fight, violence ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The 4th Company (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Zambrano is a young criminal with the only hope of joining the legendary prison American football team known as The Dogs of Santa Martha. His hopes end up involving him with organized crime since The Dogs, who are also known as The 4th Company, a ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Plot: prison, football, juvenile delinquency, football player, criminal, football team, teenager, teenage life, prison life, confined, jail, jailed ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
An Innocent Man (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style: tense, suspense, intense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, police corruption, gang, frame up, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, prison life, prison escape ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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A Prophet (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style: harsh, tense, bleak, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, mafia, gangster, prison life, cruelty, organized crime, coming of age, prison gang, racial slur, jail, guilt, respect ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, marseille
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21%
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story: JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
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20%
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Hot Blooded (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot: gang, gangster, criminal, gang war, bandit, organized crime, criminal gang, life is a bitch, urban setting, drug, town
Place: busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Drug King (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
Plot: drug dealer, drug lord, political corruption, drug traffic, police corruption, drug crime, drug, political intrigue, danger, rivalry, murder, mafia ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: south korea, busan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: heist, bank, coma, gang, death, plan gone wrong, memories, heroes, society, heist gone wrong, flashback sequence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Kammatipaadam (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
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Night in Paradise (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, hood, perverse ...
Plot: extreme violence, revenge, massacre, gang, gang war, criminal's revenge, bandit, criminal gang, crime family, relationship problems, criminal, lifestyle change ...
Place: jeju island, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Message from the King (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.
Style: suspense, captivating, psychological, tense, terrifying ...
Plot: revenge, vengeance, drug, corpse, party, violence, uncover truth, vigilante, investigation, underground, danger, fight ...
Time: year 2016
Place: los angeles
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19%
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Undisputed (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten ...
Style: suspense, intense, talky, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, boxing, fight, african american, hip hop, prison fight, violence, jail, gangster, martial arts, prison life, boxer ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: usa, mojave desert, las vegas, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Villain (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Pudhupettai (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a movie. His father, the murderer is also planning to ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, epic, cult classic
Plot: mob hit, politician, gangster, gang leader, gang, criminal, organized crime, murder, mafioso, violence, mafia, outlaw gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
A Better Tomorrow (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A former smuggler attempts to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: brother, smuggling, problem, criminal, smuggler, new life, bandit, brother brother relationship, criminal gang, brothers, karate, heroic bloodshed ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.9
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Black King (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A film about peer pressure.
Style: exciting, tense, psychological, suspense, independent film
Plot: young love, drug, youth gang, violence, love, party, death, youth, summer, gang, society, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Syndicate Smasher (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: hitman, chinese mafia, mercenary, yakuza, contract, bandit, gang war, criminal gang, gang member, murderer, organized crime, fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.4
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Gangsters (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to be a gangster and Nina a prostitute living with him, and involved in ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, erotic ...
Plot: police, prostitute, male female relationship, gangster, criminal, undercover, murder, working undercover, police corruption, cop, spy, mafia ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Unjust (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A series of murders holds the nation in its sway and the longer the police fail to catch the murderer, the more the public begins to panic. Choi, a highly successful investigator whose methods have always held him back from promotion, senses that ...
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, frame up, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation, legal, police corruption, death, betrayal, violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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