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The Mortician (2011)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
mortician, insomnia, murder, haunted by the past, redemption, danger, social decay, emotionless, corpse, black, life is a bitch, society, child in peril, hopes, dealing with death, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, gangster, violent content, boy, graphic violence, deadly, world, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, tense and suspenseful films with plots about danger, murder, violent content, life is a bitch, graphic violence, deadly and haunted by the past mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Mortician: Blame (2010), Traceless (2010), On the Inside (2011), Lie with Me (2004), Snow in Paradise (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 89 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
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tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Story:
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