Movies like Marlene
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Marlene (2020)
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Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Frank is a contract killer working for a large Styrian crime syndicate. When he is given the task of abducting a girl named Marlene and delivering her to the syndicate, everything changes for Frank. He falls in love with Marlene and disobeys his superiors, who in turn take matters into their own hands and abduct Marlene themselves. Now Frank has to battle the blunt forces of the syndicate in order to save Marlene.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, chase, enemy, compassion, disobeying orders, revenge, fight, heroes, mercenary, assassin, murder, tough guy, gunfight, gunslinger, graphic violence, father daughter relationship, organized crime, vengeance, shooting, male female relationship, danger, assignment, lone wolves, one against many, showdown ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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Most similar movies to Marlene
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about heroes, gunfight, danger, rivalry, murder, martial arts and showdown mostly in Action, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Marlene: The Invincible (2008), The Killing Machine (2010), Raging Phoenix (2009), Repeater (2022), Outside the Law (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Yegor is a Russian special agent on a mission to Malta to catch Mikhail Shering fugitive. According to special services, Mikhail was in possession of documents of interest to both the government and the Russian mafia. Therefore, difficulties in ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
betrayal, lone hero, one man army, one against many, danger, runaway, fight scenes, organized crime, daring rescue, machismo, mixed martial arts, espionage ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
malta, colombia, eastern europe, russia
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Trained KGB assassin, EDWARD GENN (code name ICARUS), worked years ago as a sleeper agent in America. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, he quickly found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, secret identity, tough heroes, confined, danger, special agent, professional killer, murder, tough guy, hitman, female nudity, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, vancouver, british columbia, hong kong
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84%
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female wrestler, fight, gang, rivalry, vengeance, kidnapping, danger, righting the wronged, confined, kung fu, kickass women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
80%
373
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A hired hitman is in the crosshairs when rival contract killers come gunning for him. For hired hitman John Smith, his directive is straightforward: seek, locate, and terminate. But rival assassins have him in their sights as they track and target ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
corruption, hitman, gunfight, assassin, violence, killing, battles, gang war, gang, street gang, murder, murderer ...
Place:
mexico, colombia
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, working undercover, undercover, danger, vengeance, secret agent, murder, government agency, heroes, starting over, martial artist ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
usa, florida, colombia
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style:
action thriller, sexy, stylized, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
car chase, chase, tough guy, one man army, lone hero, tough heroes, escapades, car, transportation, martial arts, fight scenes, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
france, nice france, saint tropez, cannes, europe ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They'll never see him coming... It's Personal. It's War. A blinded ex special agent is given his sight back by a special serum in order for him to stop a nuke that's hidden somewhere in the city. Things are just starting to ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough girl, tough guy, secret agent, tough heroes, terrorism, manhunt, chases and races, race against time, vengeance, danger, law enforcement, undercover ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The "Bloods" are the most intimidating and violent gang in the city. A lawless city... where gangs rule the streets... The vicious and blood thirsty murderer Slater is their leader. The city is his domain... he rules! There are those who ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, murder, rivalry, good versus evil, master warrior, tough heroes, chaos, danger, escapades, underground fighting, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, fast, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear threat, one man army, chase, secret agent, tough heroes, daring rescue, law enforcement, state affairs, save the day, danger, government agency ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., chicago, pentagon
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Netherlands, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a ...
Style:
entertaining, serious, exciting, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, assassin, one man army, chase, masked man, ninjitsu, fight scenes, karate, military, master warrior, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Romance
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Agent John Keller goes undercover into the tough prison known as Fuego Penal to find out about the corpses of prisoners disappearing without a trace. There he gets involved in a dangerous tournament arranged by a man named Justin Caesar, where the ...
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, martial arts, underground fighting, tough heroes, fistfight, boxer, boxing, heroes, undercover, tournament, working undercover, prison life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Michael Hero, a powerful CEO, seeks vengeance for the murder of his grandson by offering a one-million-dollar bounty for the assassination of his grandson's accidental killers, attracting the world's leading assassins to the task at hand.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, harsh, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, hitman, gunfight, murder, bounty, assassin, grandson, shooting, murderer, killer, revenge killing, handgun ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot:
terrorist, murder, one against many, tough guy, revenge, fight, terrorism, gunfight, manhunt, kung fu, kickboxing, combat ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
An IAS aspirant, who lands in Chennai to fulfill his mother's wish, gets into trouble with a local councillor and his men, leading to a power struggle.
Style:
intense, serious, harsh, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, corruption, power struggle, justice, corrupt system, conflict, gunfight, chase, fight scenes, badass, organized crime ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, world war, heroes, one man army, violent content, jungle, heroic mission, captivity, military, soldier, daring rescue ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Legendary hitman Vet Jones never expected to accept another mission. But when his son fails to assassinate an important target, and a powerful crime boss gives Jones an ultimatum - finish the job or his son dies - Jones has no choice but to accept. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master warrior, family relations, parents and children, hitman, disorder, violent content, heroes, on the run, tough heroes, danger, martial arts, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one against many, vigilante, alcoholic, urban setting, vigilantism, gang, heroes, manipulation, law enforcement, rivalry, save the day, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
334
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out for Yui, the daughter of his deceased father's brother Majima Yoshiki. One day, a gang feud ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, assassin, gangster, martial arts, school, fight scenes, badass, lone hero, vengeance, crime boss, professional killer, chase ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
48%
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11K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, martial arts, vengeance, tough heroes, drifter, heroes, hostility, buddies, lone wolves, vigilantism, gang, biker ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, touching, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways of the ninja.
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, cannon, ninja magic, martial artist, tai chi, superhero, master warrior, chase, heroes, kidnapping, violent content ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
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:
hitman, assassin, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, murder, gunfight, violent content, heroes, vengeance, profanity, shootout ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
One cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae, a Gurkha soldier left to guard a British military outpost, when Captain Noah Brandt arrives looking for refuge from a group of rogue special ops and a cell of ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
war, soldier, gunfight, danger, murder, military officer, combat, fight scenes, violence, heroism, chase, brutality ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan, europe
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, gangster, brutality, murder, videotaped sex, vengeance, lone wolves, assassin, killer, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Singapore
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An assassin is hired to kill the men responsible for kidnapping an important man's son. With every death, the killer gets closer to the last kidnapper's name... his own.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, danger, dishonesty, chess, assassin, violence, professional killer, killer, professional, criminal, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, singapore
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, terrorist, terrorist plot, danger, heroes, daring rescue, one man army, rescue, love interest, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mercenaries, Ben & Vince, are assigned to destroy a stolen military arms cache held by a group of terrorists.
Style:
perverse, cliffhanger, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, terrorist, revenge, father daughter relationship, wrestler, wrestling, military, betrayal, soldier, bar fight, terrorism, strong violent content ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
43%
336
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story centers on the Chinese Special Police Unit, from their hard training to their first mission.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat, endurance, swat team, training, drug dealing, bandit, gang of outlaws, death, tough law enforcer, murder, war on drugs, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
Style:
neo noir, talky, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, violent, vigilantism, vigilante, organized crime, violence, bullying, vengeance, arms dealer, assassin, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious and highly successful hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. After beginning a relationship with a noodle vendor, she decides to travel to South Korea to complete one last job. Unfortunately, the dead ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
contract killer, female assassin, chase, assassination, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, gang, survival, betrayal, gory, frame up, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, cambodia, korea, asia, seoul
Similarity:
42%
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