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The Jammed (2007)
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The Jammed (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: sex trafficking, human trafficking, missing person, deportation, prostitute, sexual abuse, manipulation, social decay, gangster, immigrant, kidnapping, danger, slavery, life is a bitch, society, down on your luck, woman in danger, criminal heroes, rape, female nudity, hostage, sex scene, suicide, brothel, stolen money ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: australia, melbourne
Keyword: gangsters, melbourne australia

Most similar movies to The Jammed

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about life is a bitch, danger, society, kidnapping, rivalry, violent content and woman in danger mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Jammed: Sex Traffic (2004), Blame (2010), Roulette (2012), Blood of My Blood (2007), Trafficked (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sex Traffic (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 189 min.
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Story: Boston based Kernwell Industries is an American defense contractor. One of those contracts is to deploy 3,000 peacekeepers to the International Peacekeeping Coalition's work in the Balkans. Because of the near epidemic problem of sex ...
Style: bleak, thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, serious ...
Plot: human trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual abuse, prostitute, pimp, woman in danger, society, life is a bitch, stripper, kidnapping, slavery, human rights ...
Time: 21st century
Place: former yugoslavia, europe, england, eastern europe
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Blame (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, assassination attempt, haunted by the past, injustice, rivalry, danger, vigilante, revenge, teacher student relationship, suicide, postman, isolated house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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43%
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Roulette (2012)
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, serious, psychological, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: russian roulette, suicide, mind game, life is a bitch, destiny, down on your luck, game of death, danger, woman in danger, group, deadly, unreliable narrator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Blood of My Blood (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Mexican boy smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father - only to have his identity stolen upon arrival by an impostor who seeks to steal the fathers' fortune.
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: family relations, starting over, estrangement, parents and children, hopes, on the road, criminal heroes, mexican immigrant, boy, coming of age, border, immigrant ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Trafficked (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
Style: disturbing, realistic, rough, serious, crime drama
Audience: chick flick
Plot: human trafficking, slavery, sex slavery, forced labor, woman in danger, abduction, captivity, sex trafficking, forced prostitution, freedom, female friendship, life is a bitch ...
Place: northern california, new delhi, nigeria, houston texas
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37%
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Justice (2014)
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, disturbing, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot: woman in danger, social decay, moral dilemma, danger, workplace, rivalry, life is a bitch, dishonesty, workplace situations, political corruption, workplace intrigue, down on your luck ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Mortician (2011)
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 ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot: mortician, murder, haunted by the past, redemption, danger, emotionless, social decay, corpse, black, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Eden (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The true story of Chong Kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate.
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: human trafficking, kidnapping, prostitution, sex trafficking, rape, slavery, teenage life, life is a bitch, pimp, sex slave, prostitute, captivity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994, 21st century
Place: new mexico, nevada, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, investigation, moral dilemma, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, parents and children, single parent, reporter, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Fatal Secrets (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: "BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: danger, dishonesty, rivalry, secret, couple relations, uncover truth, maniac, murder, best friend, violent content, profanity, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Coffin Rock (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman unable to conceive a child with her husband, despite years of trying, makes the drunken mistake of sleeping with a young stranger. The stranger then goes to terrifying lengths to prove his paternity.
Style: suspense, tense, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens
Plot: pregnancy, stalking, obsession, danger, infidelity, couples, small town, husband wife relationship, suspicion, stalker, age-gap relationship, house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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30%
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Croatia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Iva and Maria, a young lesbian pair, rent a favorable, nice dwelling in a less good area of Zagreb, Croatia. But unfortunately, included in the rent are the neighbors, the neighbors from hell. The curious landlady, foreigners flogging nationalists, ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, lgbt cinema, suspense ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, woman in danger, society, life is a bitch, family problems, injustice, couples, lgbtq, lesbian sex, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: croatia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.3
 4K
Wolf (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A young boxer is making a name for himself inside the ring. Outside the ring, he is sucked into a world of crime. He becomes increasingly entangled in his own ambition.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, bleak, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kickboxing, rise to the top, moral dilemma, social decay, immigrant, ambition, society, boxing, danger, martial arts, gang, organized crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Holy Ghost People (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: religions or cults, missing person, uncover truth, rescue, clergy, woman in danger, danger, religion, religious fanaticism, siblings, religious fanatic, brainwashing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Court of Lonely Royals (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of disaffected twenty-somethings occupy a dystopic, hyper-urban Australia. They spend their time eating udon noodles, listening to Swedish pop music and committing mass executions for the police.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, suspense
Plot: society, vengeance, life is a bitch, prostitute, danger, rivalry, estrangement, destiny, hitman, dystopia, dystopian future, gang bang ...
Time: future
Place: hong kong, asia
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28%
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Cargo (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the ...
Style: disturbing, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: human trafficking, sex slavery, kidnapping, society, life is a bitch, on the road, rape, brutality, abduction, russian immigrant, trick, model ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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27%
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Stolen (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy that only the fate of children inspires. This is a story that touches all our lives. And it's ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: human trafficking, uncover truth, society, law enforcement, confined, police detective, danger, investigation, urban, rescue, captivity, child in peril ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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26%
 6.3
 2K
Fear Me Not (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig - without telling his family. Because of dangerous side effects, the trial is subsequently abandoned but Michael ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Plot: mental illness, family problems, dysfunctional family, estrangement, death in the family, couples, midlife crisis, losing-it hero, love and romance, doctors and patients, life is a bitch, illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia
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26%
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Endgame (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak. A helpless pawn in one of Norris's ...
Style: disturbing, serious, tense, rough, erotic ...
Plot: hustler, gay, sexual abuse, psychopath, social decay, haunted by the past, lgbt, gangster, life is a bitch, law enforcement, destiny, false accusation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Traffickers (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After his best friend dies in an unexpected accident, black market dealer Young-gyu decides to wash his hands off his illegal activities and start a new life with his girlfriend Yu-ri. But his dream stalls when he learns that Yu-ri needs money for ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: nothing goes right, danger, gang, ship, disorder, kidnapping, human trafficking, violent content, female nudity, molestation, organ harvesting
Time: 21st century
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25%
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Perez. (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through ...
Style: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: lawyer, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, blackmail, legal, protection, camorra, child in peril, manipulation, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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24 Days (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Style: disturbing, realistic, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot: investigation, family in crisis, missing child, family problems, life is a bitch, abduction, ransom, judaism, israeli, kidnapping, police, confined
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Wasted on the Young (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vengeance, youth, teenage life, rivalry, teenage love, social relations, family relations, murder, social network, danger, coming of age, bullying ...
Time: y2k, year 2010, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Fishing Without Nets (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Kenya, Somalia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: pirate, piracy, moral dilemma, hijacking, surrender, danger, confined, escape, rivalry, international relations, violent content, hostage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, somalia
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24%
Infinite Justice (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style: realistic, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: hostage, captivity, politics, terrorism, journalism, prison, confined, rebellion, danger, kidnapping, state affairs, media ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pakistan, usa
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Smuggler (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, heavy ...
Plot: gang, smuggler, rivalry, yakuza, down on your luck, life is a bitch, danger, society, gay, disorder, dangerous animal, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
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24%
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Baby Sellers (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: babies and infants, adoption, immigrant, legal action, society, life is a bitch, kidnapping, orphanage, spy, undercover agent, abduction, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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24%
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The Fold (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: obsession, friendship, society, immigrant, under the surface, clergy, life is a bitch, female protagonist, dangerous attraction, danger, grief, folklore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Dinner Club (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Karen (32) and Michel (36) move with their daughter to an exclusive residential area. She soon finds a new close circle of friends: the women of the Dinner Club, and their husbands. But when two of the Club members commit suicide under suspicious ...
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, investigation, uncover truth, best friend, danger, society, suburbs, twists and turns, deception, friendship, jealousy, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Avalon (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: nightclub, life turned upside down, unlikely criminals, siblings relations, down on your luck, society, nightlife, disorder, nothing goes right, family business, european, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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23%
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