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Pressed (2011)
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Pressed (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Brian, (Luke Goss, DEATH RACE 2, HELLBOY II) is desperately trying to seek a "quick fix" business deal that will put him back on top financially after being let go from his executive position at one of the top investment firms. Brian decides to go "all in", investing the rest of his savings into a short-term drug deal that would allow him to preserve his high-end life style. When two recluse teenagers unknowingly intercept the illicit drug money hidden in the back seat of a car, Brian’s deal is botched. He soon finds himself in a desperate situation as he owes a merciless drug lord the missing money. At the same time the teenagers learn that they've stolen from the wrong people. What follows is a twisted tale of greed, deceit, murder and wealth. In this Crime-thriller, three relationships collide in a fantastic saga where only one will get out alive.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, drug dealing, gangster, crime, crimes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about dishonesty, cons and scams, criminal heroes, rivalry, disorder, crime gone awry and gangster mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Pressed: Finder's Fee (2001), Federal Protection (2002), Shooters (2002), Detour (1998), Backflash (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Finder's Fee (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After finding a wallet in the street tepper calls the owner in order to return it. After making the call he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add to things his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: gambling, poker, lottery, dishonesty, cons and scams, casino, twists and turns, con artists, african american, gambler, wedding ring, cheating ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Federal Protection (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: "Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, dishonesty, hidden identity, social decay, master criminal, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, assassination attempt, disorder, fish out of water ...
Place: usa, chicago, arkansas
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Shooters (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds ...
Style: rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cons and scams, going straight, gangster, criminal heroes, drug dealing, life is a bitch, law enforcement, addiction, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, drug abuse, rivalry ...
Place: england, london
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54%
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Detour (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: on the run, warehouse, mob boss, gangster, gang, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, going straight, law enforcement, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
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53%
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Backflash (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, crime gone awry, cons and scams, on the run, odd couple, danger, gangster, partner, rivalry, on the road, criminal heroes, disorder ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, kidnapping, drug dealing, on the run, dishonesty, danger, drug abuse, chemistry, farm, confined, cons and scams, forced into action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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419 (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a New York City actor loses everything to an internet scam based in South Africa, his two best friends take him to Cape Town to track down the scammer. With the help of a charismatic local, their search begins promisingly, leading them into ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: found footage, cons and scams, dishonesty, criminal, danger, hostage, friend, money, scam, girlfriend
Time: 21st century
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Coast Mafia (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story: Shin, a good family friend and business partner of the DeLeon family, assumes his role as head of the Coast Mafia.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: gangster, criminal heroes, family business, murder, money, mob
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Lookalike (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two crooks looking out for a drug lord's love interest scramble to find a look-alike after she dies unexpectedly.
Style: suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspense
Plot: drug lord, fall in love, cons and scams, false identity, love and romance, mute or deaf, dishonesty, physical appearance, basketball, lookalikes, death, love
Time: 21st century
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Road to Juarez (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mexico, new mexico
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Tell (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: life turned upside down, rivalry, danger, on the run, going straight, dishonesty, violent content, sexual content, profanity, criminal heroes, chases and races, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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47%
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BlackMale (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, siblings relations, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, voyeurism, lesbian, female nudity, sex ...
Time: 90s
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Guilty by Association (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Place: usa, washington d.c., los angeles
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46%
Mr. White Mr. Black (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
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Swerve (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
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Place: australia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, on the run, cons and scams, drug dealing, rivalry, betrayal, vengeance, criminal heroes, chases and races, prison, partner, law enforcement ...
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44%
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Wild Seven (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, criminal's revenge, frame up, vengeance, cons and scams, going straight, brutality, false accusation, life is a bitch, hooligan, escape, goofy hero ...
Place: arizona, usa
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44%
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Sultans of the South (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
Story: La historia comienza con un robo que se realiza en la Ciudad de MĂ©xico. La banda formada por Carlos, Leonardo, MĂłnica y Leserio habĂ­an pactado viajar a Argentina para lavar el dinero. Al llegar a Buenos Aires se encuentran en una guerra de mafias ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: crime gone awry, bank robbery, dishonesty, disorder, criminal heroes, violence, escape, violent content, heist, caper, shootout, mobster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, mexico
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Dead Drop (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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The Bag Man (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A criminal waits in a seedy motel and waits for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motel, twists and turns, cons and scams, disorder, crime boss, crime gone awry, dishonesty, danger, mind game, corrupt cop, hitman, mobster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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43%
Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life - some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, exciting ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Robbers Ace and Scratch are caught in the act of robbing a casino vault and are caught after a long chase by the owner of the casino, who chooses not to send them to jail but instead hires them on as security consultants. The current head of ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Hand Gun (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female psychopath, heist, estrangement, power relations, disorder, family relations, siblings relations, riddles and clues, criminal heroes, on the run, treasure hunt, crime gone awry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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42%
The Last Hit Man (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: hitman, rivalry, family relations, danger, partner, parents and children, terminal illness, killer, save the day, murder, assassin, contract killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Night Run (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Netherlands, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dennis is a taxi driver trying to start out his own company. One day, he gets the opportunity to buy a scarce and expensive but lucrative license.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough
Plot: taxi, family relations, rivalry, cons and scams, dishonesty, once in a lifetime opportunity, siblings relations, taxi driver
Time: 21st century
Place: amsterdam, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Once a Thief (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong ...
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, gangster, renegade, rivalry, manhunt, haunted by the past, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, master criminal, going straight, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 3.3
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Decisions (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: crime gone awry, urban ghetto, disorder, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Hard Easy (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal's revenge, gang, unlikely criminals, heist, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.9
 615
Spanish Judges (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, heist, mentally challenged, murder ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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