Movies like Blue Iguana

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Blue Iguana (2018)
 5.6
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Blue Iguana (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their anger and hostility makes them serious criminals. Love happens in the strangest of places.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, entertaining, action comedy, absurd, double entendre
Plot: freedom, diamond, escapades, gunfight, new life, ex convict, parole, cons and scams, true love, jewel theft, bank robbery, bank robber, bank, robbery, woman with a gun, diamond theft, heist, lawyer, violent death, sarcasm, fight, money, police officer, food, violence ...
Place: new york, london

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Most similar movies to Blue Iguana

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out black comedy, suspense, surprise ending and exciting films with plots about shot to death, violence, shot in the chest, pistol, murder, death and held at gunpoint mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Blue Iguana: Cleanskin (2012), Guns Akimbo (2019), All Things To All Men (2013), 7 Seconds (2005), The Contract (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.2
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Cleanskin (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, manhunt, spy, undercover, fighting crime, conspiracy, danger, rivalry, society, secret service agent, undercover agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.3
 69K
Guns Akimbo (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. Miles must fight heavily armed Nix and also save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, funny, action comedy ...
Plot: game of death, survival, hacker, game, struggle for survival, violence, one against many, chase, female warrior, drug, fight, heroes ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
All Things To All Men (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, cons and scams, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
He Who Dares: Downing Street Siege (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The sequel to Paul Tanter's "He Who Dares" will continue to follow the Special Air Service (SAS) anti–hijacking counter–terrorism team. In the thriller, Christopher Lowe finds himself summoned to 10 Downing Street to be ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: revenge, one against many, gunfight, assassination attempt, fight, machismo, terrorism, british, combat, politician, police, prime minister ...
Place: london, tower bridge london, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Movie in collections
 4.8
 8K
7 Seconds (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, disorder, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, daring rescue, gangster, chases and races, female warrior, death, murder, fight ...
Place: bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 3.0
 240
The Contract (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two worlds collide when a wealthy hedge fund trader returns home to find squatters have occupied his country house.
Style: absurd, psychotronic, surprise ending, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: on the run, exploitation, crime boss, organized crime, criminal, gangster, murder, conspiracy, urban setting, violence, money, chase ...
Place: london, big ben london, tower bridge london
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.5
 39K
Heist (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, clever, tricky, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, robbery, twists and turns, blackmail, gunfight, surveillance, gold, bank robber, stolen gold, bank robbery, organized crime, violence ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.5
 17K
Momentum (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, female protagonist, female assassin, heist, conspiracy, tough girl, hand to hand combat, female killer, one woman army, woman with a gun, bank, robbery ...
Place: cape town south africa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, talky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dark humor, dog, psychopath, screenwriter, serial killer, gangster, crime gone awry, strong violent content, gunfight, murder, mob boss, weirdo ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 1963, year 1954, year 1975 ...
Place: los angeles, california, united kingdom, america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style: entertaining, captivating, satirical, humorous, action comedy ...
Plot: agent, cia, teamwork, cia agent, secret mission, spy, undercover, secret agent, fight, special agent, satire, fighting crime ...
Time: 2020s
Place: london, madrid, los angeles, morocco, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.1
 204K
Wrath of Man (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style: suspense, humorous, action thriller, hood, crime drama ...
Plot: revenge, heist, crime boss, lone hero, fighting crime, security guard, working undercover, robbery, criminal gang, gang, father son relationship, fight ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.6
 10K
Precious Cargo (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, humorous, action adventure ...
Plot: gang, diamond, female warrior, betrayal, danger, chase, assassination attempt, heist gone wrong, criminal, diamonds, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 3.1
 1K
He Who Dares (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, soldier, daring rescue, danger, escapades, confined, law enforcement, fear, money, chase, psychopath ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.9
 2K
Gen-X Cops (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, undercover, tough cop, police investigation, save the day, tough law enforcer, female martial artist, partners against crime, martial arts, kung fu, cop, bad guy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.3
 88K
Blue Streak (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to ...
Style: funny, exciting, detective, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, robbery, african american, law enforcement, farce, police station, police officer, safecracker, impersonating a police officer, police, chase, bank robbery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Bravo, Virtuoso! (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Armenia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Alik, 25, has been raised by his grandfather, conductor of a renowned classical orchestra in post-Soviet Armenia where cultural institutions are failing and oligarchs allied with the mafia hold power. Alik, a clarinetist, is the virtuoso in this ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspense, suspenseful, crying
Plot: classical music, mistaken identity, hitman, musician, murder, manipulative woman, suspect, criminal, seeing dead people, stolen money, hired killer, contract killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
 31K
The Big Hit (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hitman, assassin, video store, gunfight, twists and turns, cons and scams, danger, hostage, violence, woman in danger, violent ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
 50K
Free Fire (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A crime drama set in 1970s Boston, about a gun sale which goes wrong.
Style: dark comedy, suspense, black comedy, tense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: warehouse, chase, brutality, murder, violence, revenge, blood, gang, arms dealer, gangster, fear, deception ...
Time: 70s, year 2017
Place: boston, ireland, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 7K
The Hot Rock (1972)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
Style: humorous, talky, suspense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: heist, robbery, bank robbery, storytelling, revenge, organized crime, police corruption, crime gone awry, museum, jewel thief, criminal heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Asian Connection (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot: drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, police, violence, organized crime, death, crime boss, betrayal, arms dealer ...
Place: bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Hit Producer (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Katelin Ballantine, a struggling movie producer in search of an investor, reluctantly follows the promise of money into Dublin's drug underworld where she witnesses a botched murder attempt. Forced to finish the job, she is blackmailed into ...
Style: surprise ending, suspenseful, suspense, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot: film producer, organized crime, family in danger, film industry, female protagonist, violence, double life, murder, betrayal, crime boss, danger, chase ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.0
 123K
Den of Thieves (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, bank robbery, police brutality, tough guy, strip club, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, investigation, fbi, divorce ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Style: buddy comedy, action comedy, captivating, tense, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: hitman, chase, on the run, killer, two man army, bodyguard, tough guy, assassin, criminal, one against many, protection, car chase ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, netherlands, london, buckingham palace, manchester ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
 5.2
 23K
Empire State (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis (Hemsworth), settles for a security guard job with the EMPIRE STATE Armored Truck Company. He makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, Eddie ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: armored car robbery, robbery, armored truck, unlikely criminals, heist, chases and races, chase, embezzlement, police officer, police academy, employee employee relationship, money ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new orleans, bronx new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 4K
The Big 4 (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A by-the-book female detective teams up with four down-on-their-luck assassins to investigate her father's murder.
Style: psychological, satirical, captivating, semi serious, action comedy ...
Plot: martial arts, assassin, murder, investigation, target, criminal, gang, gangster, fight, satire, escapades, threat ...
Time: 2020s
Place: indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.9
 4K
B. Monkey (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ...
Style: neo noir, black comedy, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Plot: teacher, sex, nudity, love, violence, gangster, hospital, storytelling, drinking, addiction, betrayal, british ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: london, paris france, england, united kingdom, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.7
 13K
Bait (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get ...
Style: humorous, intense, exciting, semi serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: black, rivalry, nothing goes right, going straight, crime gone awry, bait, law enforcement, prison, betrayal, urban, chase, race against time ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.6
 158K
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: heist, robbery, twists and turns, thief, caper, swat team, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, perfect crime, betrayal ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, witty, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, dark humor, organized crime, twists and turns, crime gone awry, disorder, gang, nothing goes right, debt, violent, friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.4
 38K
Thief (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style: neo noir, cerebral, cult classic, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, safecracker, mafia, organized crime, heist, character study, criminal, bank robber, great ending, betrayal, bank, hustler ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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