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The Killer (2017)
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Original name: O Matador
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grows to be a feared assassin himself.
Style:
exciting, tense, brutal, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
wilderness, murderer, violence, hitman, tough guy, gunfight, lone hero, professional killer, shooting, vigilante, danger, one man army, dark hero, righteous rage, violence spree, warrior, murder, gory, male nudity, serial killer, civil war, outlaw, killer, sex scene, male objectification ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
brazil, northeast brazil
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Most similar movies to The Killer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, exciting, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about murder, old west, violence, rivalry, gunfight, revenge and showdown mostly in Drama, Western and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Killer: The Mountie (2011), The Outsider (2019), Wyatt Earp's Revenge (2012), The Showdown (2009), Justice (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A lone Mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruption after finding an innocent man dead. As he sets up home, in town, he discovers endless amounts of illegal activity taking place behind closed doors. Once he uncovers the men behind ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, police shootout, fighting crime, murder, corruption, danger, lone wolves, escapades, civil war, drug abuse, clergy, criminal heroes ...
Time:
1890s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A railroad worker unwittingly finds himself on the wrong side of a group of corrupt lawmen in the Old West. When tragedy forces him to seek justice, he soon sets out on a bloody quest for revenge to wipe out his ruthless enemies.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, friendship, sheriff, gang, outlaw, criminal, organized crime, vengeance, murder, adaptation, against the odds, life is a bitch ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After retiring from his life as an outlaw, ranch owner Nathaniel Reed quietly leads an honest existence with his devoted wife, Laura Lee. But his gun-slinging past suddenly comes back to haunt him when he learns that the man he once maimed during a ...
Style:
tense, exciting, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, partner, career criminal, heist gone wrong, heroes, revenge, murder, cowboy, plan gone wrong, planning, robbery, escapades ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Wyatt Earp is approached by a journalist for an interview about how he became a famous sheriff. Earp told the story of how he was a fearless U.S. Marshall. If 27-year old Wyatt Earp comes out that his first girlfriend Dora Hand was murdered. ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gunfight, vengeance, partner, vigilantism, rivalry, twists and turns, wyatt earp, murder, cowboy, civil war, renegade, violent content ...
Time:
1900s, 1870s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, arizona
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, gang, old west, small town, cowboy, u.s. marshal, murder, danger, relocation, lone wolves, uninhibited rivalry, small town life ...
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A U.S. Marshal seeking justice for his brother's murder defends a small town from a corrupt Mayor and his henchmen with intents to revive the civil war.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, suspense
Plot:
revenge, murder, preacher, marshal, small town, old west, death of brother, post civil war, mayor, outlaw gang, danger, gunfight ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While roaming the wild plains on a quest to find a cache of hidden riches, sharp-shooting bounty hunter Butch (John Elliott) and his outlaw companions come across a deadly gang with supernatural powers in this stylized Western. As the hunt for the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, gang, rivalry, plague, fugitives, chases and races, cowboy, gunfight, showdown, danger, travel, old west ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A blind man seeks revenge against the psychopath who took away his sight and slaughtered his wife and daughter. Eight years after the massacre, the man has returned to the desert town, now a highly trained samurai swordsman ready to seek justice. ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, brutality, vengeance, medieval, rivalry, lone wolves, murder, gang of outlaws, assassin, zombie, violence, drifter ...
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When US Marshal Moses White is called to the Wyoming Territory town of Dogwood Pass he never realized the corruption and deceit that awaited his arrival. Sometimes one small seed of seduction and greed planted in the right situation can cause a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, murder investigation, small town, deception, sheriff, female nudity, murderer, killer, murder, killing, lawman, justice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
wyoming
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former Confederate marauder tries to make a clean start on a Texas dirt farm with his wife and young daughter. He quickly learns that sometimes the past just won't stay buried.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
civil war, treasure, partner, escapades, tough guy, chase, treasure hunt, death, friends, revenge, vengeance, youth ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era
Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The story of John Goodnight continues.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
bank robbery, justice, single mother, gang, outlaw, children, murder, armed robbery, danger, criminal, law and order, trial ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Haunted by wartime horrors, Civil War soldier-turned-bounty-hunter Frank Connor (Neal Bledsoe) spends his time post-war polishing off two things: whiskey and fugitives. When two desperate children arrive on his doorstep and enlist his help to find ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
old west, showdown, civil war veteran, criminal, jousting, rivalry, heroes, murder, battles, love interest, revenge, civil war ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
This movie delivers all of the great characters you would expect in a film about Tombstone. The Earp Brothers, The Clanton Brothers, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo etc. and great gunfights. What the film delivers, is a multitude of pieces of the puzzle ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
newspaper reporter, sheriff, suicide, old west, life & death, cowboy, death, gunfight, cowboys and outlaws, handgun, shooting, showdown ...
Time:
1880s, 1870s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, swing, american civil war, last stand, civil war, ranger, partner, escape, lovers on the run, chases and races, desert, danger ...
Place:
arizona, sonora, yuma arizona, tucson arizona, mexico
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Legendary Lawman and Gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok, is tasked with taming the wildest cow-town in the West, while delivering his own brand of frontier Justice and infamous gunfighter's reputation as the fastest draw in the West is put to the test
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, tense
Plot:
civil war veteran, love interest, western hero, battles, murder, gunfight, cowboy, gunslinger, showdown, criminal, civil war, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of notorious outlaw Taylon Flynn, a man hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory. His plans go awry upon the discovery of the sordid life his estranged daughter is forced to live. To save her, he must summon the inner demons he ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, wild
Plot:
texas ranger, old west, redemption, estranged daughter, rescue, criminal, danger, murder, family relations, female nudity, vengeance, revenge ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hobbs, a notorious wanted bandit, gets caught up in a violently competitive hunt for stolen cash when he finds out outlaws have robbed the local bank. While trying to get back what's his he must saddle up to stop these outlaws leaving whomever ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, serious ...
Plot:
heist, gang, rivalry, bank, old west, lone wolves, fugitives, showdown, investigation, danger, murder, hunt down ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In Part Three, entitled "The Last Fight," gangster Santer Jr. attempts to seize an oil well on Indian territory. To prevent this, Winnetou and Old Shatterhand must reconcile the warring Indian tribes so that they can take up the fight ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
native american, indians, land dispute, money, sheriff, murder, lawlessness, breaking the law, murderer, old west, gang, justice ...
Time:
19th century, 1900s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After his mother is killed in a wagoncoach robbery a young man pursues the gang responsible. Matt Dillon goes after him hoping to stop him before the gang can kill him. Dillon is joined by Davis Healy, a businessman, who is hiding a few secrets of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, partner, law enforcement, vengeance, escapades, gang, obsessive quest, buddies, rivalry, chases and races, price of justice, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, kansas
Similarity:
53%
323
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A family of homesteaders taken captive by a gang of outlaws. Their survival comes to rest in the hands of Irene: a loud-mouthed 12-year-old girl who's got an uncanny knack for shooting guns.
Style:
tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
outlaw, gunslinger, revenge, cowgirl, survival, homestead, thug life, outlaw gang, bandit, criminal gang, gang, gang of outlaws ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, bank robbery, revenge, pacifist, vigilantism, heroes, squad, convent, quicksand, wild west, anti war, gory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
texas, latin america, usa, mexico
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in Tombstone Rashomon, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet ...
Style:
tense, harsh, suspenseful, intense, exciting ...
Plot:
wyatt earp, gunfight, old west, multiple perspectives, criminal, sheriff, murder, escapades, small town, investigation, biopic, justice ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
52%
986
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Kaà is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercenaries hired to force them to sell their land.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
jungle, rescue, vengeance, survival, rivalry, danger, lone wolves, abduction, gang, tiger, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Seeking revenge and justice, Cole Brandt finds himself in the lawless town of Dead River where he is faced with one last bloody showdown for freedom in order to protect The Majestic Saloon and a beautiful woman.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough
Plot:
cowboys and outlaws, vengeance, vigilantism, heroes, rivalry, kidnapping, tough heroes, hitman, criminal heroes, manhunt, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Elder boys return to Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral. John the eldest is a well known gunfighter and trouble follows him wherever he goes. The boys try to get back their ranch from the towns gunsmith who won it from their ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
revenge, murder, vengeance, card playing, violence, chase, family relations, shootout, justice, gambling, redemption, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1890s, 19th century, 1930s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A preacher (Sorbo) becomes a bounty hunter after a group of refugees seeking shelter in his church is murdered by a gang of ruthless outlaws.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, revenge, preacher, murder, rivalry, righting the wronged, church, criminal, danger, chase, gang, violent content ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Seven Years after his wife's murder and the events that changed his life, Caleb Williams has become a gunfighter known as The Tailor.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Plot:
desert, small town, couple relations, clergy, old west, social relations, small town life, prison, shootout, revenge, gunslinger, showdown ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
yuma arizona, arizona
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An outlaw is rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through the Badlands. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a Church in Williston. A deep friendship develops between these two unlikely people as they learn to ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
wasteland, nun, church, outlaw, western hero, travel, shooting, gunfight, fight, relationships, problem, road trip ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
north dakota, south dakota
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time ...
Style:
brutal, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, bare chested male, wild west, rivalry, violence, brutality, cruelty, friends, duel, society, friendship, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 2010s, 1880s
Place:
usa, south dakota
Similarity:
44%
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