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Legatee (2012)
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Legatee (2012)
Original name: Бригада: Наследник
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Ivan is a typical modern young man of 18. His father disappeared 10 years ago. Trying to shake off the pursuing enemies of their father, Belov's wife and daughter changed their names and settled in the United States. But Alexander Belov's blood still runs in Ivan's veins. He wants to prove his financial independence to his mother and gets involved in a dubious stock market speculation. The operation fails and Ivan and his friends are faced with a huge debt. To solve this problem Ivan heads to Russia in order to try selling a small part of his father's multi-million heritage, but keeps this venture a secret from his mother. His friends Phil, Sydney and Kelly join him in this undertaking. The new rescue plan turned out to be even more dangerous than the prior speculative venture. The main characters get into areal maelstrom of betrayals, pursuits, family secrets and their disclosures and showdowns with both the mob and the Russian secret services...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: betrayal, daring rescue, forced into action, family relations, chase, chases and races, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, dishonesty, youth, parents and children, disorder, adolescence vs adulthood, violent content, master criminal, car chase, graphic violence, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: russia
Keyword: russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about danger, chases and races, violent content, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement and chase mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Legatee: Dead Drop (2013), Breakout (2013), Open City (2008), Billa (2007), Eye for an Eye (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dead Drop (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, betrayal, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, master criminal, working undercover, revenge, car chase, spy, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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Breakout (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parents and children, rescue, chase, danger, siblings relations, wilderness, witnessing a crime, murder, death, family relations, youth, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Final Contract: Death on Delivery (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: David Glover is a young, American man who is working as a courier at his uncle's company, "Berling Express". David is attracted to a female co-worker by the name of Jenny, who also happens to have feelings for him. During one of his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: chase, mistaken identity, on the run, chases and races, life turned upside down, frame up, disorder, dishonesty, danger, hopes, profanity, wanted ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 6.2
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Open City (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jo Dae-yeong is a police officer investigating a pickpocket ring with ties to the Yakuza. One day he rescues Baek Jang-mi from danger, only to discover that she is the boss of the gang he has been tracking.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, police detective, rescue, femme fatale, police investigation, dishonesty, master criminal, heroes, redemption, law enforcement, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Billa (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: law enforcement, rivalry, working undercover, twists and turns, danger, disorder, hidden identity, criminal heroes, master criminal, chases and races, gangster, switching roles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, malaysia
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Eye for an Eye (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, one last case, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, frame up, mind game, law enforcement, chases and races, violent content, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 3.2
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Deep Gold 3D (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Amy Sanchez (Bebe Pham) is a champion free diver who breaks a crucial free diving record. Her boyfriend, Tony dela Cruz (Jack Prinya), an Air Force Pilot, mysteriously disappears along with his plane that carries gold worth millions of dollars that ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: conspiracy, air force, government, gold, tropical island, escapades, cons and scams, family relations, chase, chases and races, dishonesty, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Inside Out (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, chases and races, tough heroes, starting over, danger, woman in danger, heroes, forced into action, hopes, wrestling, violent content, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Silent Partner (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot: politics, cia, investigation, undercover, law enforcement, state affairs, political corruption, dishonesty, spy, criminal heroes, chases and races, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 5.1
 405
Rapid Fire (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
Style: tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: crime gone awry, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, bank, danger, swat, suburbs, car chase, chases and races, disorder, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Suicide (2014)
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, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: forced into action, family in danger, save the day, escapades, blackmail, psychotic, lawyer, loan shark, violent content, strong female presence, danger, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Hitman's Run (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that has a list ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: fbi, witness protection, witnessing a crime, danger, criminal heroes, woman in danger, crime boss, husband wife relationship, one man army, buddy, die hard, assassin ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot: police investigation, tough law enforcer, danger, law enforcement, chase, gangster, police procedural, organized crime, nordic, swedish, criminal, urban ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Road to Juarez (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Crossfire (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Johan Falk: Leo Gaut (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
Story: A car explodes outside a primary school where GSI's Chief Patrick Agrell has just left his children.The event reconnects Johan Falk to Leo Gaut, a former criminal restaurant owner Johan put behind bars a decade ago.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Harrigan (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
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Time: year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Live! (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, contemplative ...
Plot: moral dilemma, criminal heroes, rescue, danger, odd couple, on the run, pursuit, hunter, profanity, woods, partner, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
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Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: russia, london, scotland yard
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79%
When the Cobra Strikes (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. When he arrives to the United States to finalize what appeared to be a simple transaction he is soon ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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78%
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Kidnap (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
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Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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78%
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Triple Threat (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ex-assassin, Dina Lo Bianca, receives an offer she cannot refuse, thrusting her back into the world of hired guns, espionage and surveillance. With the help of her young sexy protégé and Dina's new straight-laced love interest, the femme ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: espionage, murder, secret agent, rivalry, mysterious character, undercover, femme fatale, betrayal, danger, dishonesty, chases and races, government agency ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot: gangster, starting over, vengeance, gang, twists and turns, rivalry, betrayal, parents and children, cons and scams, nudity, mafia, voyeur ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Speed (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Action / Foreign / Suspense - Sandeep Malhotra comes to London to convince his girlfriend to give him another chance. Meanwhile, Siddharth, an undercover MI5 agent, receives a CD, which contains the recording of his kidnapped wife, Richa, and is ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Beyond the Trophy (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman in danger, love triangle, obsession, dangerous attraction, gangster, working undercover, undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, love and romance ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Safehouse (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot: rescue, special agent, law enforcement, intrigue, danger, chases and races, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, revenge, kidnapping, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Road of No Return (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Road of no Return follows the final nine days in the lives of four atypical hit men who are secretly brought together in a covert operation to fight the drug trafficking epidemic in the country.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, undercover, danger, introspection, race against time, politics, law enforcement, anti hero, heroes, rivalry, orphan, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Tell (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: life turned upside down, rivalry, danger, on the run, going straight, dishonesty, violent content, sexual content, profanity, criminal heroes, chases and races, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 3.9
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Skate Or Die (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jérôme and Benjamin are two young skateboarders whose carefree existence is turned upside down when they witness the murder of a drug dealer. Rumbled by the assassins they manage to escape. Taking refuge in a police station they then discover that ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: witnessing a crime, chase, on the run, youth, police corruption, skateboard, danger, race against time, hunt down, skater, violent content, young heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Treasure Raiders (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Michael, an American professor teaching history at Moscow University, finances his passion for treasure hunting with competitive street racing. His racing nemesis Wolf becomes his ally as they both embark on a quest to search for a famous ancient ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: treasure hunt, obsessive quest, uninhibited rivalry, chases and races, danger, treasure hunter, martial arts, street racing, explorer, hunter, treasure, lost world ...
Place: russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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