Movies like The Escapist 2002

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The Escapist (2002)
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The Escapist (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, prison, tough heroes, violence spree, heroes, gang, murder, haunted by the past, criminal heroes, revenge, escape, fugitives, prison escape, dungeon, prison break, pregnancy, chases and races, rivalry, babies and infants, vengeance, confined, deadly, crimes
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, deadly, chases and races, vengeance, murder, criminal heroes and law enforcement mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Escapist: The Piano Player (2002), Last Run (2001), Living & Dying (2007), Blue Tiger (1994), Back in the Day (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Piano Player (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A tale about the relationship between a businessman who launders money for a Mafia figure and his gangster bodyguard.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: piano, master criminal, danger, criminal heroes, confined, mission of murder, chase, undercover, manhunt, law enforcement, hidden identity, frame up ...
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
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Last Run (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Frank Banner used to specialize in helping Soviet spies defect safely to the West. Banner's wife was shot to death aiding such an escape. Now, with the Cold War over, Banner is called upon to safely escort an ex-K.G.B. man who is wanted dead by ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, on the run, undercover, secret agent, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, working undercover, haunted by the past, spy, espionage ...
Time: year 1989
Place: hungary, europe, central europe, moscow russia, budapest ...
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Living & Dying (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, tough heroes, crime gone awry, heist, hitman, disorder, danger, master criminal, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, on the run, law enforcement ...
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100%
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Blue Tiger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang, mafia, revenge, death of son, gangster, strong female presence, martial arts, hitman, on the run, lone wolves, chases and races ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, japan
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Back in the Day (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, hood ...
Plot: murder, gang, racism, crime gone awry, fall in love, introspection, dishonesty, vengeance, criminal heroes, starting over, police corruption, moral dilemma ...
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Detonator (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, undercover, save the day, one man army, special agent, master criminal, danger, vengeance, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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100%
Story of a Wild Elder Sister: Widespread Lynch Law (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.
Style: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, samurai, martial arts, sexploitation, gambling, exploitation, erotica, revenge, pink film, tattoo, rape, murder ...
Time: 70s
Place: asia, japan
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Federal Protection (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: "Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, dishonesty, hidden identity, social decay, master criminal, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, assassination attempt, disorder, fish out of water ...
Place: usa, chicago, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Professional (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, suspense, harsh, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, africa, europe
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Race Against Time (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bills. However, when he is advised that the doctors want to claim his organs immediately, he ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, on the run, danger, fugitives, race against time, rivalry, chase, self sacrifice, father son relationship, terminator, star wars, organ transplant ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Letters from a Killer (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders ...
Style: psychological thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, fugitives, serial murder, stalking, death row, false accusation, frame up, murder, wrongful conviction, best friend, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: new orleans
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The Gunman (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sasori (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a band of assassins invade the home of their target Hei Tai they find only his lovely, innocent, bride-to-be, Nami and force upon her a cruel dilemma: either she kills her fiancee’s sister or they kill her fiancee. Trapped, and unable to ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Duration: 86 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
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Dead in a Heartbeat (2002)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber who is inexplicably causing Dr. Hayes' patients to explode.
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Con Games (2001)
Genre: Action
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Duration: 88 min.
Story: A decorated Army veteran goes undercover as a prison inmate to investigate the death of a Senator's grandson, who was killed while behind bars. Once under lock and key, he finds himself at the mercy of an all-powerful guard whose deadly ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspense, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, confined, undercover, soldier, investigation, working undercover, fighting the system, rivalry, criminal heroes, state affairs, dishonesty, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: future
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100%
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Breakout (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Style: light, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, realistic ...
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Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: mexico, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: psychological, suspenseful, bad ending, intense, serious ...
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Three (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The final installment in director Lucas Belvaux's trilogy follows Pascal, a cop who sees a return to credibility in the capture of escaped convict Bruno--who in turn is harbored by Pascal's morphine-addicted wife Agnes. Pascal's ...
Style: contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, bleak ...
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The Road Killers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
Style: road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
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100%
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Zero Tolerance (1994)
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, exciting, tense ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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Time: 80s, year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Rebellion (2009)
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, tense, captivating, psychological ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hide (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Argentina
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A modern day Bonnie and Clyde - with a twist - that follows two lovers down a path of destruction, mayhem, and murder as they live in a world where it is acceptable to take whatever they want with murderous consequences.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot: lovers on the run, partner, criminal heroes, on the road, vengeance, love and romance, confined, haunted by the past, twists and turns, violence, serial killer, murderous pair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Rockaway (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
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La Fuga (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: fugitives, prison, criminal heroes, starting over, on the run, couples, society, couple relations, prison life, chases and races, escape, down on your luck ...
Time: 1920s
Place: latin america, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, gangster, danger, betrayal, rivalry, murder, haunted by the past, starting over, chase, gory, prodigy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england
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