Movies like Good Day for It
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Good Day for It (2011)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, interesting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
family in danger, vengeance, rivalry, gang, parents and children, small town, homecoming, forced into action, save the day, murder, danger, cafe, confined, violent content, father daughter relationship, wife, daughter, husband wife relationship, abandonment, graphic violence, reunion, deadly, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Good Day for It
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, murder, rivalry, deadly, violent content, gangster and vengeance mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Good Day for It: Restitution (2011), Surveillance (2006), Caught in the Crossfire (2010), Duress (2009), Suddenly (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, investigator, investigation, uncover truth, gunfight, social relations, small town, secret, revenge, danger, insurance fraud ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, psychopath, murder, manipulation, rivalry, dishonesty, security guard, police, obsession, xmas, surveillance, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, hood, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, police detective, partners against crime, gang, police investigation, law enforcement, police corruption, profanity, friendship, danger, rivalry, crooked cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, danger, parents and children, family relations, blackmail, father daughter relationship, widower, salvation, murder, mental illness, house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four assassins led by Baron, pose as Secret Service agents to commandeer the house of war-widow ELLEN. Her home is a prime sniper position for their plan to assassinate the President on his visit to the small town of Suddenly. The men fool the local ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, political, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination of president, secret service agent, secret service, assassination attempt, small town, danger, sniper, chases and races, save the day, haunted by the past, woman in danger, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
betrayal, vengeance, working undercover, danger, rivalry, secret agent, undercover, espionage, revenge, murder, investigation, covert operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
27%
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570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
Style:
psychological, rough, tense, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, serial killer, vengeance, police investigation, life is a bitch, police corruption, uncover truth, wrestler, violence spree, urban, memory loss, city life ...
Place:
south america, california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, covert operation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
chases and races, rivalry, arms dealing, unlikely criminals, smuggling, escapades, manipulation, dishonesty, dream, danger, auto racing, car chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
345
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, assassination attempt, tough heroes, danger, save the day, murder, politics, contests and competitions, car chase, couple relations, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you?
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, danger, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, lovers, terrorist group, investigation, suspect, group of friends, high school student, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Similarity:
22%
441
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A failed businessman must kill himself to pay off a loan shark or his family will die, but a detective discovers the case turns on a shocking secret.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
family in danger, forced into action, save the day, psychotic, loan shark, lawyer, escapades, blackmail, violent content, strong female presence, unlikely criminals, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
profanity, vengeance, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, murder, unlikely couple, brainwashing, religious fanaticism, violent content, romancing a criminal, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Kaspar Carr is a professional burglar who lives and works in Chicago. Carr loves his job and is good at it, and two documentary filmmakers are granted access to his private world when he agrees to let them make a film about him.
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
thief, found footage, planning, safecracker, escapades, danger, rivalry, politics, kickass, cop, double agent, petty criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, south america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, vengeance, confined, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
Similarity:
21%
804
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A ghost story taking place at a maximum security prison. A detective (Michael Paré ) is called to investigate a string of unexplained deaths as the prisoners fear for their lives.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, ghost, danger, murder, supernatural, rivalry, confined, investigation, police detective, violence, paranormal, law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the ...
Style:
bleak, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, rivalry, danger, police, tunnel, secret place, murder, violence, found footage, homeless, imaginary, culture clash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
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788
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young criminal defense attorney struggles with a homicide case that is not as cut and dry as it appears while battling a drinking habit. The story goes beyond the lives of those directly related to the case and shines a much needed spotlight on ...
Style:
serious, captivating, psychological, tense, action adventure ...
Plot:
murder, rivalry, legal action, law enforcement, legal investigation, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, legal, criminal, defense attorney, death sentence ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance...
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot:
killer, hitman, professional killer, rivalry, family relations, danger, partner, parents and children, terminal illness, contract killer, save the day, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A retired FBI profiler is called in on a last case - only to find himself at the mercy of a teenage killer's deadly game. He must use all his skills and experience to save lives, including his own.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal psychologist, mind game, murder, serial killer, special agent, rivalry, youth, police investigation, investigation, violent content, confined, one last case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gangster, money, rivalry, pimp, cons and scams, danger, mob boss, murder, escapades, outlaw, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set entirely in one location, the film follows four strangers who become trapped in the elevator of St. Julian-a decrepit, inner-city building. An assassin, a religious zealot, a mother, and a thief...just moments after being confined, it becomes ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
isolation, danger, redemption, rivalry, religions or cults, elevator, murder, panic, violence, trapped in an elevator, stranded, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, hostage, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, fighting crime, master criminal, heroes, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
Similarity:
20%
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