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Rough Cut (2008)
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Rough Cut (2008)
Original name: 영화는 영화다
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When another actor leaves the set due to Su-tas violent ways, the production is on the verge of shutting down. Su-ta asks Gang-pae, whom he met by chance, to play alongside him in the movie in order to save the production.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: filmmaking, rivalry, paparazzi, celebrity culture, tough heroes, gang, criminal's revenge, mafia, triad, asian, asian gangster, gangster, heroes, hotshot hero, media sensation, violent content, movie star, graphic violence, gangster boss, movie actor, film within a film, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: south korea, korea
Keyword: gangsters, korean

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting and rough films with plots about gangster, rivalry, gang, criminal heroes, dishonesty, mafia and violent content mostly in Crime, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Rough Cut: A Dirty Carnival (2006), No.3 (1997), Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007), Gangnam Blues (2015), Singham Returns (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Dirty Carnival (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss ...
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Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: seoul, korea, asia, south korea
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No.3 (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, heroic ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Gangnam Blues (2015)
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A "gangster noir" set in the 1970s, when Gangnam, Seoul goes under development. Political powers and darker organizations collide as they seek to grab control of the influential and exclusive area.
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Singham Returns (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while ...
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Plot: heroes, gangster, cop as target, fighting crime, dishonesty, love and romance, law enforcement, good versus evil, society, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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The Divine Move (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Professional baduk (go) player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
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Special ID (2013)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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