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The Major (2013)
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Original name: Майор
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, touching, suspense, disturbing, realistic, gloomy, rough, bleak
Plot:
moral dilemma, disorder, change of heart, corrupt law enforcer, police station, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, police corruption, social decay, police, justice, depression, life philosophy, death, choice, police officer, chaos, violent content, law enforcement, dishonesty, car, police detective, irony of fate, graphic violence, crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about dishonesty, police, police corruption, law enforcement, violent content, graphic violence and rivalry mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Major: To Live! (2010), The Fool (2014), The Bull (2019), The Watchman (2019), No Return (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 116 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
russia
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, hood ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Mexico, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol has to adapt to survive as he contends with dangerous drug-runners and widespread corruption.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
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australia
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19%
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