Movies like Monster 2014

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Monster (2014)
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Monster (2014)
Original name: 몬스터
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Bok-Soon (Kim Go-eun-I) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Bok-Soon may not be the brightest girl but what she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in uncontrollable rage. She’s infamously known as the “psycho bitch” in her neighborhood. Bok-Soon’s relatively peaceful life with her sister is disrupted when they cross paths with a serial killer named Tae-Soo (Lee Min-ki). Tae-Soo kills Bok-Soon’s sister because she may have stumbled upon the truth of his murderous lifestyle. Bok-Soon’s rage consumes her completely, leading her to plot her revenge on Tae Soo.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, realistic, psychotronic
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, vengeance, police investigation, murder, rivalry, asian prostitute, hitman, law enforcement, contests and competitions, assassination, criminal heroes, gangster, deadly, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Keyword: korean, gangsters

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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 deadly, murder, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, vengeance and serial killer mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Monster: The Prodigy (2005), Crosshairs (2013), The Calling (2014), Absolute Deception (2013), Bad Country (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Prodigy (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: "The Prodigy" tells the story of small-time enforcer Truman Fisher's vicious conflict with a sadistic assassin who has chosen the unwilling Truman to be his successor. The assassin, who goes by the alias Rains and whose exploits have ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, gang, danger, police investigation, rivalry, psychopath, murder, assassin, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas
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Crosshairs (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, hitman, assassin, sex trafficking, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, estrangement, prostitution, cover up, deadly, girls with guns
Time: 21st century
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The Calling (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak, powerful ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, riddles and clues, law enforcement, danger, society, murder, investigation, snow, winter, murder investigation, catholic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal, british columbia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Absolute Deception (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, manhunt, undercover, investigation, special agent, danger, chases and races, law enforcement, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, australia, hong kong, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bad Country (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style: rough, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, murder, investigation, police, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, snitch, informant, swamp, deep south ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: southern usa, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Blood Crime (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For burned-out Seattle cop Daniel Pruitt, a camping trip turns hellish when his wife, Jessica, is savagely attacked in the forest. En route to the hospital, the Pruitts collide with a semi, and Jessica identifies the driver as her assailant. ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, police investigation, murder, law enforcement, life is a bitch, small town, mistaken identity, nypd, violent content, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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1st to Die (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.
Style: rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark ...
Plot: serial killer, mind game, murder, who done it, partners against crime, master criminal, partner, wedding, psychopath, terminal illness, reluctant partners, fall in love ...
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Devil's Teardrop (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, special agent, law enforcement, danger, murder, rivalry, swat team, armed forces, die hard, criminal heroes, psychopath, fbi agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Perfect Prey (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A former Texas Ranger is recruited by a Houston police captain to assist a homicide detective in the search for an elusive serial killer who collects antique dolls.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough
Plot: serial killer, psychologist, texas ranger, serial murder, psychopath, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, obsession, danger, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 466
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
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Killers 2: The Beast (2002)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, scary, rough ...
Plot: mental institution, criminal heroes, danger, gangster, dangerous animal, drug dealing, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, doctor, female fighter ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Reflections (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Europol Agent Tom Brindle is called to Barcelona, Spain, to track down the notorious serial killer known as Pygmalion. A set of fingerprints lead to a young, volatile soldier, Marco Soler. Agent Brindle arrests Marco and intensely interrogates him, ...
Style: scary, serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, twins, murder, siblings relations, police investigation, manhunt, dishonesty, law enforcement, police detective, danger, rivalry, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, barcelona
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43%
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Pavement (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, police investigator Buckley Clarke reluctantly joins forces with Sam. The brass are convinced this ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, vengeance, animal life, amateur detective, obsessive quest, police investigation, danger, psychopath, law enforcement, haunted by the past ...
Place: south africa, usa, san francisco, alaska, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Mask of the Ninja (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In a heavily wooded private estate in the Malibu Hills, towering above the tumbling Pacific, millionaire CEO Kenji Takeo and his daughter, Miko, prepare for the arrival from Japan of Takeo's wife, Kumiko. But the calm of Solstice Canyon is ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, police investigation, gangster, curses spells and rituals, ghost, murder, law enforcement, gory ...
Place: usa, california
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43%
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Body Armour (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience ...
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
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Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Fatal Instinct (2014)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A police detective follows a trail of evidence that eventually seems to lead to his trusted partner's ex-con brother who he helped put in prison years ago.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Plot: false accusation, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, serial killer, femme fatale, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, who done it, murder, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.6
 273
Killer Reality (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hayley, a producer on the hit reality show LOVE EVER AFTER, unwillingly falls for The Bachelor on this marriage elimination series. Things become complicated very quickly, especially when one of the female contestants turns up dead. That's when ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, psychopath, contests and competitions, media, rivalry, uncover truth, media satire, fall in love, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Dossier K. (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Style: tense, serious, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, vengeance, fighting crime, police detective, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, murder, gangster, mob boss, violent content, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, antwerp, albania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Johnny Moore, leader of the Moore gang, a group of professional hitmen, has been having his four thugs knock off several businessmen in the area. Finally, he decides to have them kill the prosecutor who is hot on his trail. After a few failed ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious
Plot: assassination, murder, gang, mind game, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, master criminal, uninhibited rivalry, police detective, hitman, prison life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Conflict of Interest (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gideon rules the down and dirty side of town. From the docks where he runs an export business in stolen cars, to the heavy metal club where he can turn a little extra cash on hot women and cool drugs. Everyone loves Gideon, especially his posse of ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: heavy metal, nightclub, car crash, gangster, vengeance, law enforcement, dishonesty, investigation, rivalry, police detective, kidnapping, false accusation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 315
The Bad Son (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The women in a Seattle serial killer's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead - from his girlfriend to his mother-in-law to his second wife. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, mother daughter conflict, mother son relationship, dishonesty, life is a bitch, injustice, parents and children, law enforcement, danger, murder, domineering mother, rebellious daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.9
 323
Unveiled (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Using the natural beauty and mystique of Marrakech, Morocco as a backdrop, Stephanie uses herself as bait to discover the sadistic murderer of her childhood friend. C.I.A. agents Peter Masters and Jeremy Avery lead her on an erotic and intriguing ...
Style: independent film, psychological, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, killing spree, eroticism, special agent, rivalry, dishonesty, buddies, vengeance, law enforcement, intrigue, danger, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: morocco, africa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Twisted Justice (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug ...
Style: independent film, futuristic, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, monster, illegal drugs, dystopia, psychopath, police corruption, chase, criminal heroes, dishonesty, mad scientist, danger, chases and races ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Diplomatic Immunity (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A military career man, distraught over the murder of his daughter and the subsequent release of her killer who is protected by 'diplomatic immunity,' resigns from the service to pursue the psychopath. No one will help him - and no one can ...
Style: independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female nudity, cia, underwater, murder, rape, dominatrix, rivalry, good versus evil, vengeance, psychopath, law enforcement, heroes ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: paraguay, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Doing Hard Time (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, murder, criminal heroes, vengeance, vigilantism, prison life, confined, redemption, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Last Riders (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biker, gang, bike, gangster, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, law enforcement, revenge, police, death of family, deadly
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Tracks of a Killer (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style: independent film, psychological, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: snow, psycho, psychopath, rescue, chases and races, danger, rivalry, confined, uninhibited rivalry, captivity, kidnapping, woman in danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Grim Sleeper (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, danger, journalism, murder, riddles and clues, stalking, law enforcement, biopic, partners against crime, twins, murderous pair ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hit List (1989)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, organized crime, mafia, missing person, disorder, vengeance, rescue, investigation, mistaken identity, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.4
 5K
Killers (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Mr. Nomura is an eerily handsome, sharply dressed, sociopathic serial killer who preys on the women of Tokyo. In Jakarta, a world-weary journalist named Bayu finds himself unexpectedly falling into vigilantism after brutally killing two sadistic ...
Style: tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, rivalry, murder, uninhibited rivalry, strong violent content, violence, yakuza, asian, danger, death, violent ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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41%
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