Movies like Santana

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Santana (2020)
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Santana (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa, Angola
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two brothers — one a narcotics agent and the other a general — finally discover the identity of the drug lord who murdered their parents decades ago. They may kill each other before capturing the bad guys.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense
Plot: drug lord, revenge, police officer, brother vs brother, brother brother relationship, justice, rivalry, danger, price of justice, violence, friendship, death, murder, family relations, chase, society, bad guy, hostage, killing, war, deadly, crimes, kill
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: africa, south africa, cape town south africa
Keyword: south african

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about murder, violence, society, chase, death, rivalry and revenge mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Santana: Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019), Villain (2020), Hatton Garden: The Heist (2016), Solovey-Razboynik (2012), Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vinaya Vidheya Rama (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Ram is one among the five orphaned boys in Visakhapatnam, adopted by a doctor who ensures them a roof to live under, with dignity. Ram goes to any extent to protect his family and he's a handful for the baddie to handle in a time of crisis. How ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, exciting, tense, suspense
Plot: partners against crime, chase, fighting crime, human trafficking, organized crime, escapades, brutality, life is a bitch, youth, friendship, danger, society ...
Place: india
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Villain (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, rivalry, police, murder, debt, society, violence, escapades, family relations, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place: london
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Hatton Garden: The Heist (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Following the lead up to one of the biggest robberies of the century, Hatton Garden The Heist watches the journey of Brian Reader, John Collins, Terry Perkins, Daniel Jones and the mysterious Basil throughout the audacious heist.
Style: captivating, suspense, unusual plot structure, exciting, tense ...
Plot: heist, robbery, questioned by police, police arrest, criminal gang, true crime, british, police interrogation, jewel theft, criminal heroes, partner, hostage ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: london
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100%
Solovey-Razboynik (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The story of the daring romance Solovyov Sevastyanov G., ctupivshem by the call of blood on the path of the valiant Russian robbery. And while the security forces led by a secret agent trying to close H7 gang Nightingale the Robber, he, with his ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating
Plot: highwayman, crime fighter, justice, robbery, corruption, vengeance, heroes, danger, dishonesty, escapades, society, rivalry ...
Place: russia
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Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Style: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, death, rivalry, brother brother relationship, family relations, murder, mob boss, criminal heroes, family business, society, brutality, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Narx (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, crime drama ...
Plot: drug dealer, undercover cop, corruption, murder, police, police detective, investigation, chase, youth, police officer, death, revenge ...
Place: new york
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36%
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Pistolera (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When ruthless drug lord Raffaello murders the family of the little girl named Angel in a gangland hid in Spain, he makes one fatal mistake : Letting her live. Thus Raffaello sets in motion a bloody chain of events in this gritty street tale of ...
Style: exciting, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: drug lord, vengeance, murder, danger, gangster, death, battles, drug dealer, violence, society, obsession, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.9
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Black King (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A film about peer pressure.
Style: exciting, tense, psychological, suspense, independent film
Plot: young love, drug, youth gang, violence, love, party, death, youth, summer, gang, society, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Rhino (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot: meth lab, violence, crime boss, death, vengeance, murder, criminal heroes, revenge, society, rivalry, illegal drugs, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Blood out of Blood (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, murder, criminal heroes, heroes, crime family, parents and children, family relations, death, rivalry, violence, gang war, power struggle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poland
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Hannah's Law (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, female protagonist, female gunfighter, female fighter, heroes, family relations, on the run, rivalry, chase, society, death ...
Time: 1860s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Revenge (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 135 min.
Story: When Artem Kolchin, Denis Nikiforov, arrives in the U.S. to fight for the championship, he soon finds himself fighting for his life after he sends a young, aggressive boxer, who provokes him into sparring, into a coma and ultimately killing him. ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: boxing, revenge, rivalry, hopes, violence, murder, brutality, dialogue, love and romance, family relations, life philosophy, fight scenes ...
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from ...
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: heist, bank, coma, gang, death, plan gone wrong, memories, heroes, society, heist gone wrong, flashback sequence, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Black Luck (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
Style: bloody, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot: mafia, hitman, torture, brother brother relationship, revenge, fight scenes, blood, violence, society, organized crime, rivalry, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Les Formidables (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Desperate to discover who framed him for murder, criminal Su-hyun escapes from police custody and crosses path with cop Sung-woo. After realizing they have a mutual enemy, the two form an unlikely alliance and together go looking for payback.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, hostage, frame up, hospital, law enforcement, chase, righting the wronged, rivalry, confined, investigation, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Turning Point 2 (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Laughing is judged guilty of murdering gang lord Michael So and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Locked up behind bars, he meets the seemingly benign inmate Fok Tin Yam, a university professor in criminal psychology who is jailed for drug ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense
Plot: escapades, youth, survival, friendship between men, life sentence, imprisonment, prison life, justice, violence, destiny, murder, freedom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Toro (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, fight, police, mob boss, niece, chase, heroes, crime family, society, criminal heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 241
Cartel War (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: working undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, revenge, male female relationship, police, murder, friendship, war on drugs, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)
Genre: Crime
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Ren has finally succeeded his boss as the head of the North Fort Gang. For so long, his ambitions had been held back; now, he can realize them. But the ruthless Jian returns with his own gang. Though Ren and Jian were once like brothers, Ren's ...
Style: suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: gangster, mafia, family business, murder, friendship, chase, betrayal, pride and honor, violence, gang war, death, brutality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taipei
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31%
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Thalaivaa (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story: A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large ...
Style: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating ...
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The Profesional (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in London in a time when being a contract killer is a legal profession, a camera crew film the reclusive, enigmatic hit man, Eli Shepard, as he undertakes one hit. The deeper both they and the audience delve into Eli's callous and brutal ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, visually appealing
Plot: murder, puzzle, assassin, loner, hitman, contract, death, gangster, violence, criminal, society, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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31%
Kuruthi Kalam (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 27 min.
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Story: Two rival gangs with a history of violence rule the roost in Chennai. An upright youngster, Vijay, is pulled into their never-ending power play and has to give up his hopes of becoming a police officer when he resorts to violence.
Style: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: criminal, gang member, friendship between men, heroes, youth, danger, friendship, murder, love, death, humiliation, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Ipseity (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After losing his memory in a traumatic accident, a government agent, Ian Tesh, must reconnect with his family and track down a criminal who is infiltrating the government intelligence agency.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, tense
Plot: memory, conspiracy, family relations, husband wife relationship, partner, coworker, serial murder, police investigation, testimony, partners against crime, murderer, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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For the Emperor (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner ...
Style: exciting, tense, contemplative, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: baseball player, greed, murder, gang war, casino, gangster, criminal heroes, heroes, pride and honor, vengeance, revenge, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
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Johan Falk: Slutet (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's ...
Style: psychological, tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
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Tainted (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last assignment to escape the Russian mob and earn his freedom.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, disturbing
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30%
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Pericle (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A failed porn actor, working as an enforcer for a mafia kingpin, finds himself confronted with an all-out turf war after an errand goes drastically wrong. Going on the run is his only option.
Style: suspense, touching, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: mafia, murder, organized crime, crime boss, mob boss, death, rivalry, gang war, betrayal, society, chase, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Boost (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest boost, he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: criminal syndicate, car thief, violence, gangster, mafia, pride and honor, brutality, mob boss, killings, organized crime, chase, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.9
 7K
Krack (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Pothuraju Veera Shankar is a hot-headed circle inspector from Andhra who doesn’t like to hear the word ‘background’. Wherever he is appointed in the state, he brings all the notorious gundas to their knees with his signature policing style. ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, exciting, disturbing
Plot: police, investigation, prison, testimony, investigator, corpse, death, vengeance, law enforcement, murder investigation, evidence, suspicion ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Conquest Of Siberia (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story is set at the times of Peter the Great’s reforms. At those times when an emerging empire was wreaking havoc on provincial medievalism. The times were the melting pot of everything – of beliefs and of nations. The history of Russian ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: culture clash, friendship, death, betrayal, dishonesty, vengeance, love, murder, hopes, rivalry, adaptation, redemption ...
Time: 18th century
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