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Supercapitalist (2012)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
ambition, fish out of water, misfit, rivalry, society, workplace intrigue, stock broker, culture clash, workplace, dishonesty, boss and employee, workplace situations, economic crisis, capitalism, office, disorder, power relations, finance, capitalist, blind ambition
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, usa, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about dishonesty, rivalry, danger, deadly, power relations, murder and disorder mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Supercapitalist: The Secretary (1995), Trader Games (2010), Order of Chaos (2010), Playing House (2011), The Grind (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Country: Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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51%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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49%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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48%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France, USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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