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Scramble (2017)
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Genre: Action, Crime
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When his girlfriend is kidnapped by an underground prostitution ring, a neighborhood loser clashes with a pimp, Asian gangsters, and renegade killers.
Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, intense, crime drama, noir, brutal, grim, twisted
Plot:
gangster, prostitution, brothel, desperation, hostage, organized crime, criminal underworld, killing spree, ransom, deadline, violent, revenge, underground, corruption, urban, moral ambiguity, anti hero, small town, murderer, female nudity, kidnapping, sex scene, murder, girlfriend, forced prostitution ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Scramble
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, noir and suspenseful films with plots about revenge, moral ambiguity, corruption, urban, violent, organized crime and gangster mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Scramble: Dead Eye Dick (1970), Betrayed (2018), Tomb of the River (2021), Isle of Dogs (2010), The Runners (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
A private-eye is on the hunt
Style:
retro, period piece, lighthearted, raunchy, erotic
Plot:
private detective, infidelity, detective agency, investigation, satire, irreverent, eavesdropping, sexual innuendo, surveillance, seduction, sexploitation, vice ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In an effort to control the city the Mayor opens the doors to the Russian Mob. It is not long until he realizes they aren't going to follow his rules. To fix the problem he accepts an offer to set up the Russians and open the door for the ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, abduction, corruption, violence, murder, kidnapping, russian mafia, criminal underworld, drug cartel, corrupt politician, hostage ...
Place:
detroit
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
betrayal, conspiracy, crime boss, gangster, ambition, organized crime, power struggle, gang war, gangster boss, blind ambition, criminal gang, greed ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When London gangland boss Darius Deel discovers his new trophy-wife Nadia is having an affair, he hunts down her lover Riley and a deadly game begins.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, dark, noir ...
Plot:
gangster, affair, murder, underworld, organized crime, revenge, corruption, power struggle, betrayal, criminal underworld, infidelity, adultery ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man races against time to save his teenage sister from human traffickers who want to sell her to a Mexican cartel.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
abduction, sister, human trafficking, sex trafficking, rescue mission, sibling relationship, family drama, cartel, missing person, organized crime, violent, vigilante ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Convict Roberto murders a guard and escapes from jail with his cellmate. Once free he joins a group of gangsters and becomes a professional hitman. The gang abduct a young woman and when one them attacks her, Roberto shoots him and takes her to an ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, ransom, escape, gangster, abduction, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, wrongful accusation, violent, underworld ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
56%
630
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four friends pay the ultimate price,when they seek revenge against a low-level Gangster.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, brutal, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, heist, rivalry, crime gone awry, drug dealing, buddies, revenge, violence, danger, blood, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-con sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, ex convict, criminal underworld, revenge, moral ambiguity, rescue mission, pursuit, investigation, urban, anti hero, crime investigation, violent ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
showdown, yakuza, martial arts, hand to hand combat, mafia, gang, fighting crime, soldier, criminal, bandit, gangster, fight ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Police officers from the Warsaw Homicide Department are trying to arrest a dangerous Armenian criminal.
Style:
tense, intense, brutal, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
law enforcement, urban, police, crime investigation, homicide, violent, city life, gang violence, gangster, moral ambiguity, organized crime, underworld ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
49%
151
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After witnessing the brutal murder of his family by a vicious killer, criminal psychologist Gregory Burroughs is engulfed with an obsession for revenge.
Style:
crime thriller, psychological thriller, dark, brutal, tense ...
Plot:
murder, revenge, serial killer, vigilante, homicide, violent, criminal psychologist, gory, psychological trauma, moral ambiguity, confrontation, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
48%
553
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, grindhouse, retro, tense, grim ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, underground fighting, urban, streetfighting, gangster, criminal underworld, survival, crime boss, streetwise, violent, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
47%
773
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Adapted from his autobiography, the film recounts the story of Hiroito, The King of Boca do Lixo (a region in downtown São Paulo of the fifties where various nightclubs, strip joints, prostitution, bars, and drugs can be found). Hiroito was a well ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, organized crime, biopic, killing, life is a bitch, murderer, criminal, bandit, framed for murder, crime boss, murder mystery ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Born into tragedy, Galib rises from village outcast to criminal mastermind "Toofan" in 90s Bangladesh. As authorities close in, he takes desperate measures to maintain his empire, sparking a dangerous game of power and identity.
Style:
crime drama, dark, period piece, tense, brutal ...
Plot:
violence, revenge, organized crime, gangster, rise to power, rise and fall, moral ambiguity, anti hero, ambition, power struggle, survival, corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
46%
253
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.
Style:
dark, bloody, tense, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
yakuza, violence, heist, betrayal, ex convict, robbery, organized crime, criminal underworld, revenge, survival, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Shivarudra Lingaiah, an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is awaiting to extract vengeance upon Prabhakar by killing his Daughter Nithya. She arrives at Bangalore to Talagavara to visit her late mother's grave and is kidnapped by ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
protection, rescue, protector, revenge, fight, criminal, hitman, gangster, organized crime, murder, battles, violent ...
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Zafik is unjustly imprisoned and not pleased about it. When he is released, he gets the help of the unhinged Feroz to get revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, male protagonist, fight, prison, violence, released from prison, avenge, fight for justice, injustice, vengeance, wrongful imprisonment, grudge ...
Similarity:
42%
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
After being in jail for 14 years, Thilagavarman gets out of prison on parole. A cat-and-mouse chase unfolds as Nandhini, a tainted police officer zeroes in on him as suspect in a spate of murders
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, crime drama, fast paced ...
Plot:
cat and mouse, police procedural, investigation, character study, urban, corruption, obsession, revenge, moral ambiguity, justice, violent, ambulance driver ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Bheema, a gangster, wages a war against Dragon Manju, an aspiring politician and drug dealer, for supplying drugs in his locality and making the youngsters to become drug addicts.
Style:
dark, action drama, intense, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug, gangster, vigilante, street fight, political corruption, organized crime, revenge, streetwise, urban, social justice, power struggle, violent ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Following his release from prison, an outlaw with a tragic past challenges a ruthless crime boss for control of the local alcohol black market.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, bleak
Plot:
organized crime, crime boss, black market, power struggle, criminal underworld, corruption, revenge, anti hero, showdown, lawlessness, moral ambiguity, outlaw ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dismayed by corruption and violence, a virtuous police officer becomes a masked vigilante to dliver lethal justice to criminals and crooked cops alike.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, justice, police corruption, vigilante, vigilante justice, corrupt system, revenge, retribution, violent, masked vigilante, anti hero, male protagonist ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
outlaw, anti hero, criminal underworld, violent, revenge, survival, gangster, violence, power struggle, showdown, moral ambiguity, protector ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime thriller, detective, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, undercover cop, drug, violence, urban, gunfight, manhunt, investigation, organized crime, police procedural, moral ambiguity, male protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Straight to video Yakuza film directed by Shuji Kataoka.
Style:
bloody, brutal, tense, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
organized crime, yakuza, gangster, mafia, power struggle, criminal underworld, violent, urban, gang warfare, underworld, mature, betrayal ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The theme of the film is ethics. Sammo Hung is a retired cop who trains assassins to do the jobs of cops, whom Sammo sees as unable to do the right things. He sends his four students to assassinate drug dealers. They more than complete the job when ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, intense, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, police shootout, police officer, assassin, violence, vigilante, murder, bandit, organized crime, vengeance, fighting crime, avenge ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former Special Forces operative, Jack Johnson, uses the Stand Your Ground law to seek vengeance for his wife’s murder, igniting a brutal war against a local crime lord’s family and ending in an explosive showdown.
Style:
intense, brutal, suspenseful, grim, noir
Plot:
revenge, family tragedy, violent, payback, ex military, vigilante justice, vigilante, crime boss, weapons, showdown, one man army, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Rama Chandra (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan, and the special nature of his job as a policeman, have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He ...
Style:
action thriller, dark, intense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, revenge, gangster, organized crime, male protagonist, vigilante justice, violent, corruption, urban, police procedural, moral ambiguity, family drama ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two former gangster enforcers, filled with hate for one another, partner to take on one last assignment that could cost their lives.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, revenge, confrontation, underworld, organized crime, hitman, violence, betrayal, grudge, violent, partnership, corruption ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Greece, Germany, USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
During his investigations in an increasingly criminal metropolis, detective Jimmy Cloud gets into a world of gangsters, espionage, murder, prostitution and drugs, in which a terrorist group also targets his girlfriend to stop him.
Style:
detective, crime thriller, neo noir, dark, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, gangster, murder, underworld, kidnapping, violent, urban decay, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, drug, surveillance ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, crime drama, brutal ...
Plot:
murder, violent, revenge, organized crime, gang war, criminal underworld, gangster, gang, murderer, criminal's revenge, crime boss, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
britain, england
Similarity:
33%
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