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Bypass (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, crime drama, emotional, tension, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
youth, juvenile delinquency, family relations, parents and children, society, urban, working class, survival, poverty, desperation, teenage protagonist, coming of age, moral ambiguity, character study, morality, street life, grief, social realism, stolen goods, anti hero, hopelessness, young adult, intimate, down on your luck, terminal illness ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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Most similar movies to Bypass
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and suspenseful films with plots about moral ambiguity, life is a bitch, family relations, urban, working class, survival and society mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Bypass: When Darkness Falls (2006), The Gasoline Thieves (2019), About Sunny (2011), Unknown Soldier (2004), Virgin 2 (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.
Style:
captivating, emotional, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, family problems, domestic disturbance, youth, domestic abuse, family drama, resilience, survival, courage, female empowerment ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lalo is a fourteen year old teenager who, from an naive approach, gets involved in the underground world of the gas theft mafia while he's trying to make money to buy a gift for Ana and win her heart.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, survival, risk, innocence lost, criminal, money problems, juvenile delinquency, troubled youth, threat, teenage life, in love, struggle for survival ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
poverty, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, society, working class, parents and children, family problems, down on your luck, single mother, youth, homeless, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Character triumphs over adversity and temptation when a young African-American man is unexpectedly thrust onto the streets of Harlem.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching, crime drama ...
Plot:
soldier, moral dilemma, youth, gang, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, society, dealing with death, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, new york
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story:
A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
violence, female friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, family problems, money problems, juvenile delinquency, social problems, society, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
85%
273
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
russian roulette, game of death, suicide, life is a bitch, mind game, destiny, down on your luck, danger, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, character study, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In a society like ours, you have only two choices—to be a victim or a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, disturbing, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, social decay, woman in danger, workplace situations, political corruption, life is a bitch, workplace, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, workplace intrigue, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
85%
392
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Brothers Yaki and Shaul live with their parents in Petah Tikva, a satellite town of Tel Aviv. Yaki is doing military service. As for all other 18-year-old Israelis, this means he is allowed to carry a gun. This weapon gives the brothers the power to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
family problems, kidnapping, family relations, unemployment, society, working class, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, soldier, youth, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Samantha Anthony is a teenage girl who has been forced to deal with situations, which have made her wise far beyond her years. She's had to watch her mother spiral out-of-control while addicted to the drug meth. Lost a baby brother to CPS as a ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, independent film, intense, dark ...
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, mother and daughter, revenge, trauma, guilt, grief, moral ambiguity, teenage protagonist, ethical dilemma, loss, loss of innocence ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A regular family living in the outskirts of Lisbon sees the serenity of their lives shaken beyond any remedy within a week.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
anal rape, female pubic hair, family relations, family life, single parent, juvenile delinquency, family problems, hopes, life is a bitch, working class, aunt nephew relationship, mother daughter conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican teenager whose dreams of becoming a soccer star are disrupted when his mother dies. He's smuggled across the border with the promise of a better life but is instead sold to a sweatshop in downtown LA.
Style:
realistic, tense, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
soccer, human trafficking, coming of age, illegal immigration, border crossing, social injustice, child labor, slave trade, life is a bitch, child, resilience, trauma ...
Place:
los angeles, mexico
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
83%
119
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, friendship, hopes, domestic violence, loyalty, love, teenager, life is a bitch, abuse, best friend, destiny, violent father ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jean-Jacques spent 9 years in prison for robbery. When he comes out, he finds the neighborhood where he grew up but things have changed ... The country is in crisis, the young people are holding the business and his old friends are urging him to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
going straight, starting over, hopes, life is a bitch, gang, urban ghetto, father son relationship, danger, poverty, street life, social commentary, realism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Just as Moses was found in the river Nile, an infant is rescued from a river, and adopted by Miraj, Karim and Sajib in turns over the years, only to be abandoned at the various stages of his life. From innocence to becoming a gangster, the ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, emotional, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
river, male protagonist, orphan, adoption, identity, coming of age, abandonment, loss of innocence, street life, moral ambiguity, gangster, survival ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a ...
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, serious, teen ...
Plot:
friendship, leaving home, youth, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, family problems, secret place, parents and children, teenage life, dysfunctional family, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
82%
776
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
social issues, villager, changing lives, social relations, social problems, society, village life, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, male protagonist, crisis, mature ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of Detroit's underworld, 17000 Block tells the story of Buck, a young man trapped in the middle of a street family rivalry - he is coerced, by his unscrupulous Uncle Eddie, to pull a robbery. When the job goes bad Buck ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
street life, moral ambiguity, urban decay, on the run, robbery, survival, tragedy, coercion, crime family, poverty, violent, coming of age ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
detroit, midwest
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
boxer, gangster, haunted by the past, danger, parents and children, athlete and trainer, escape from reality, family problems, starting over, boxing, rivalry, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Frank is a police officer who loses his family in a tragedy. In desperation he turns to crime and makes a living as a hitman for the mob.
Style:
crime drama, dark, neo noir, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
hitman, violence, assassin, loss of family, mature, moral ambiguity, grief, murder, anti hero, character study, lonely, revenge ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As a mother, in principle, you do not rob banks. But these days, it can be a solution for the future of your home, and not to give up on your dreams. Playing the thieves can quickly become dangerous and bad encounters can turn into a love story ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, psychological, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
family relations, society, unemployment, parents and children, down on your luck, family in crisis, bank robbery, plan, danger, bankruptcy, moral dilemma, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden. A unique and moving story freely based on Åsa ...
Style:
touching, bleak, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, parents and children, life turned upside down, single parent, disorder, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, youth, parents, children, addiction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
search and rescue, father son relationship, missing person, lost, mountain, rescue mission, father, rescue, tragic event, squad, family relations, manhunt ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Sri Lanka
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a year abroad Estelle returns home to collect her husband's share of the loot from a major robbery.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
danger, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, couples, rivalry, family drama, female protagonist, organized crime, underworld, getting home, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
life, desperation, suicide attempt, problem, game, escapades, threat, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, suicide, fatalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
81%
85
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
homelessness, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, family relations, misfit, unemployment, social misfits, society, family problems, poverty, hardship, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
80%
632
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
State secrets, sincere convictions, ecstatic crowds, a regal lifestyle, prying journalists, suspicious disappearances: what goes on behind the scenes in the halls of power or the daily life of a President.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
head of state, ambition, intern, fall in love, idealism, parents and children, state affairs, family relations, hopes, politics, society, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A loner American computer hacker is brought to Russia to commit bank fraud, only to find a family and love in the incomprehensible, violent, and chaotic Moscow underworld.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, love affair, chases and races, fall in love, rivalry, dishonesty, on the run, hacking, underworld, danger, organized crime ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 16-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's criminal business. This is a task he's not ready ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, dark, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
small town, youth, coming of age, working class, teenager, moral ambiguity, family drama, loss of innocence, social realism, character study, legacy, poverty ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
80%
864
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, hopes, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, family relations, husband wife relationship, drug smuggling, everyday life, family drama, society, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
80%
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