Movies like A Better Tomorrow 2010
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A Better Tomorrow (2010)
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Original name: 무적자
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A Korean remake of the John Woo Classic. One brother is a criminal. One brother is a cop. Both will fight to the death.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, betrayal, arms dealer, crime boss, organized crime, criminal underworld, family relations, vengeance, family problems, siblings relations, gang, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes, heroic bloodshed, brother, hitman, drug dealer, mob boss, partners in crime, mafia, suspense, police officer, police, villain ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, south korea, asia, north korea, thailand
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangsters, rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime and mafia mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like A Better Tomorrow: My Wife Is a Gangster (2001), Madso's War (2010), Rich and Famous (1987), Company (2002), The Death Collector (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of ...
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful
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boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage ...
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boys' night
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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59%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Place:
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56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both.
Style:
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boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
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exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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