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20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending (2014)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the people living below our feet, she finds out that there is more to be afraid of than the dark. A mysterious figure, living beyond the reach of the law, has declared war on the outside world that threatens to tear apart the fragile underground society living in the tunnels and maybe even the city above it.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fake documentary
Plot:
gang, rivalry, danger, police, tunnel, secret place, murder, violence, homeless, found footage, misfit, social misfits, imaginary, culture clash, wrestler, teenager, subway tunnel, film within a film, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and tense films with plots about danger, murder, rivalry, deadly, vengeance, violence and violent content mostly in Thriller, Horror and Crime genres. Some movies like 20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending: The Devil's in the Details (2013), Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008), American Romance (2016), The Devil's Dominoes (2008), Fatal Justice (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, bleak, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
508
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, danger, woman in danger, violence, male female relationship, police detective, murder, seduction, revenge, drifter, homeless, psychotic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
venice beach california
Similarity:
27%
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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 ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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598
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jessica and Dave along with three other young couples are kidnapped in Griffith Park by unseen Abductors and must fight to escape certain death only to discover the world will never be the same.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
danger, captivity, confined, kidnapping, abduction, survival, violence, murder, wrestling, kidnapped, escape, female nudity ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
804
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
422
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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530
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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