Movies like Black 2009

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Black (2009)
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Black (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: interpol, heist, escapades, danger, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, dishonesty, witch, bank robbery, snake, mercenary, lion, banker, prophecy, panther, black panthers, machete, diamond theft, russian soldier, heist gone wrong, hiding, pistol, bank, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa, france

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Most similar movies to Black

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, rivalry, crime gone awry, disorder and danger mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Black: Rapid Fire (2006), Decisions (2011), Sultans of the South (2007), Cash (2007), The Hard Easy (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rapid Fire (2006)
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, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: crime gone awry, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, bank, danger, swat, suburbs, car chase, chases and races, disorder, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Decisions (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: crime gone awry, urban ghetto, disorder, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Sultans of the South (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story: La historia comienza con un robo que se realiza en la Ciudad de México. La banda formada por Carlos, Leonardo, Mónica y Leserio habían pactado viajar a Argentina para lavar el dinero. Al llegar a Buenos Aires se encuentran en una guerra de mafias ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: crime gone awry, bank robbery, dishonesty, disorder, criminal heroes, violence, escape, violent content, heist, caper, shootout, mobster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 3.4
 2K
Cash (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story: 'Cash' is a high octane heist thriller set in Cape Town, South Africa.The film revolves around an ace con artist,(Ajay Devgan) who hires a set of top notch robbers (Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh) to steal a set of ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: heist, rivalry, cons and scams, betrayal, forgery, dishonesty, caper, gang, escapades, deception, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, south africa, africa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Hard Easy (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal's revenge, gang, unlikely criminals, heist, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Electric Slide (2014)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious
Plot: lovers on the run, love and romance, chases and races, escapades, family relations, danger, partner, friendship, rivalry, opposites attract, dishonesty, bank ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: crime gone awry, law enforcement, danger, investigation, hunt down, nordic, rivalry, heist, swedish, criminal, tough law enforcer, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.6
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Tell (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: life turned upside down, rivalry, danger, on the run, going straight, dishonesty, violent content, sexual content, profanity, criminal heroes, chases and races, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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High Voltage (1998)
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, danger, chases and races, gangster, shootout, crime gone awry, rivalry, law enforcement, good versus evil, bank ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.4
 22K
Setup (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of friends plan out a detailed heist that turns deadly when one betrays the other by taking off with the goods. Taking matters into his own hands, Sonny seeks out his revenge teaming up with the most dangerous mob boss in town to get back ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty, heist, gangster, partner, prisoner, criminal, disorder, revenge, bank robber ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.1
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Shot in the Dark (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A baby is kidnapped in a Brazilian airport. Years later, the mother lives in Lisbon and works in a strip-tease bar so she can survive. When she is fired, she joins a gang of bank robbers...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot: bank robbery, criminal heroes, gang, parents and children, amateur detective, survival, confined, rivalry, law enforcement, disorder, airport, kidnapping ...
Time: 21st century
Place: lisbon portugal, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 710
Black November (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting, serious
Plot: kidnapping, terrorism, racism, political conspiracy, confined, state affairs, dishonesty, danger, heroes, conspiracy, african, inspiration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nigeria, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
After the Storm (2001)
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, treasure hunt, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, heist, mentally challenged, murder ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Hand Gun (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female psychopath, heist, estrangement, power relations, disorder, family relations, siblings relations, riddles and clues, criminal heroes, on the run, treasure hunt, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
At Point Blank (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: bank robbery, investigation, mistaken identity, workplace situations, hostage, swat, crime gone awry, law enforcement, love triangle, couple relations, dishonesty, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.3
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Backflash (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, crime gone awry, cons and scams, on the run, odd couple, danger, gangster, partner, rivalry, on the road, criminal heroes, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Sewers of Paradise (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, bank, dishonesty, criminal heroes, rivalry, chases and races, master criminal, shop owner, planning, tunnel ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Crew (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, brother brother relationship, lesbian, organized crime, british gangster, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.3
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Total western (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After a drug deal gone wrong, Bédé goes into hiding in the countryside at a reformative school for criminal youth. His location is found out, and he and the pupils have to protect themselves with whatever means they have.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, spaghetti western ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, crime gone awry, gang, gangster, isolation, drug dealing, criminal heroes, violence, danger, nudity, farm, countryside ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Charlie Valentine (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, criminal heroes, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.3
 248
The Waiter (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, dishonesty, danger, tough guy, gunfight, violence, wind, battles, shootout, fight, arab ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Steal (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a series of five bank heists, each time using a different extreme sport to make the getaway. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: heist, bank, parachuting, bank robbery, reluctant partners, car chase, partner, chase, police investigation, master criminal, femme fatale, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Insadong Scandal (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, serious ...
Plot: heist, amateur detective, dishonesty, forger, art, forgery, auction, gallery, recovery, escapades, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, seoul, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
 732
Action Man (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An American (Robert Stack) talks a retired French crook (Jean Gabin) into robbing a bank, but kidnappers demand the loot as ransom.
Style: cynical, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: restaurant, kidnapping, bank, adventurer, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, criminal heroes, redemption, dishonesty, confined, unlikely criminals, going straight ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Living & Dying (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.4
 2K
Ambulance (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: "The Ambulance" is a psychological thriller based on three rules: 1. The entire film must take place in only one location; an ambulance. 2. The story must be in real time; an 80 minute ride. 3. There must be only four characters on the ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, hostage, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist, siblings relations, money, nurse, bank robbery, ambulance, patient, dying man ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.4
 334
Detour (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: on the run, warehouse, mob boss, gangster, gang, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, going straight, law enforcement, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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