Movies like Maria 2019
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Maria (2019)
3K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel discovers she is alive, the hunter becomes the hunted as she fights to get revenge on those who took her new life away from her.
Style:
exciting, tense, brutal, captivating
Plot:
one woman army, drug cartel, sniper, torture, hitman, female secret agent, revenge, murder, betrayal, chase, anger, vengeance, danger, female protagonist, murderer, violence, death, gunfight, shooting, one man army, female nudity, female agent, female spy, martial arts, assassin ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
the philippines
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Most similar movies to Maria
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, exciting, tense and suspenseful films with plots about murder, revenge, violence, vengeance, assassin, death and hitman mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Maria: Headshot (2016), Colombiana (2011), Haywire (2011), A Score to Settle (2019), Sayen (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
17K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Singapore
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.
Style:
brutal, intense, action thriller, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, violent, fight, extreme violence, hitman, revenge, brutality, violence, gangster, master warrior, vengeance, killing ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, indonesia
Similarity:
100%
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by ...
Style:
talky, brutal, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, one woman army, assassin, spy, kick-butt women, mercenary, espionage, rescue, chases and races, revenge, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., europe, usa, san diego california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.
Style:
suspense, brutal, tense, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
brutality, insomnia, revenge, injustice, life is a bitch, twists and turns, violence, danger, murder, corruption, justice, death ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
1K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sayen is hunting down the men who murdered her grandmother. Using her training and knowledge of nature, she is able to turn the tables on them, learning of a conspiracy from a corporation that threatens her people's ancestral lands.
Style:
captivating, action thriller, suspenseful, action drama, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, corporate conspiracy, corporation, conspiracy, manhunt, female protagonist, murderer, murder, secret, hunting, murder investigation, vengeance ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground ...
Style:
captivating, tense, intense, suspense
Plot:
female fight, martial arts tournament, female protagonist, martial arts, revenge, fight, human spirit, mentor, danger, determination, mentor protege relationship, brutality ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's ...
Style:
tense, harsh, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, gunfight, dark hero, killer, police detective, assassin, heroic bloodshed, fall in love, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, hong kong, china, asia, macau ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
Style:
disturbing, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, crime boss, organized crime, gangster, violence, mafia, gunfight, brutality, hitman, survival, murder, danger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, jeju island
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A hotel room shootout between two assassins kicks off a long night where bodies fall like dominoes, as we follow a chain of crooked cops, gangsters, hitmen, a femme Fatale and an ex-mercenary through a relay of murder, betrayal, revenge and ...
Style:
brutal, exciting, bloody, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, hotel, professional killer, murderer, friendship, brutality, organized crime, twists and turns, police corruption, corpse, cruelty ...
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A hit man on the run and a woman with a secret try to evade teams of assassins headed by the lethal and relentless Mr. Gray.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
hitman, assassin, secret, on the run, fight scenes, secret identity, murder, death, chase, revenge, society, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, human trafficking, female protagonist, one woman army, sniper, unlikely friendships, battles, criminal's revenge, female vigilante, criminal, murderer ...
Place:
eastern europe, minnesota
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
female killer, female protagonist, female assassin, woman fights a man, revenge, murder, martial arts, assassin, secret identity, female secret agent, yakuza, badass female lead ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
south korea, east asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Plot:
female vigilante, sister, vengeance, female protagonist, revenge, rape, female soldier, female warrior, soldier, vigilantism, war veteran, army ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, marseille, paris france, nice france, france
Similarity:
21%
68K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
woman with a gun, one woman army, assassin, female agent, female assassin, female spy, female killer, strong female lead, contract killing, female warrior, espionage, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
swat team, cia agent, hostage, betrayal, fbi, martial arts, mercenary, professional killer, false accusation, conspiracy, murderer, gunfight ...
Similarity:
20%
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, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
fight scenes, blood, torture, mafia, revenge, brother brother relationship, hitman, violence, mob boss, crime boss, heroes, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female spy, killer, female killer, female warrior, espionage, female martial artist, tough girl, murder, contract killer, death penalty ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, california, europe, venice ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop, it's too late to walk away. ...
Style:
brutal, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
kickboxing, vigilantism, professional killer, torture, one against many, murderer, race against time, criminal's revenge, anger, machismo, tough guy, interrogation ...
Place:
bangkok thailand
Similarity:
19%
76K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female assassin, murder, assassin, strong female lead, vengeance, revenge, woman, murderer, female protagonist, female killer, yakuza, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist ...
Style:
cult classic, action adventure, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, murder, assassin, tough guy, killer, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, torture, payback, violent, villain ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, holland, latin america, central america
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Style:
brutal, exciting, independent film, neo noir, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, female warrior, female protagonist, female vigilante, female assassin, justice, dark heroine, revenge killing, one woman army, corruption, mercilessness ...
Time:
year 2017, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
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, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, death, family relations, rivalry, brother brother relationship, gang war, family business, society, brutality, youth, pride and honor, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
18%
496
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, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug lord, death, vengeance, murder, danger, gangster, battles, chase, obsession, violence, criminal, drug dealer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, violence, sword duel, samurai, assassin, sword fight, murder, brutality, vigilante, vengeance, master warrior, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
18%
32
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Story:
Following the kidnap of his ten year old daughter in Jakarta, Professor Anthony Collins is forced to recover an ancient artifact as a ransom for her life. His path is entangled with a young artist, called Rianti, whose premonitions of people before ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, psychological, touching, suspense
Plot:
revenge, murder, love, professor, chase, agent, police, corruption, death, car chase, violence, assassin ...
Place:
indonesia, asia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A seemingly cold-blooded hitman is assigned to befriend a call girl, but all hell breaks loose when he is assigned to kill her.
Style:
psychological, exciting, serious, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
double life, hitman, martial arts, fight, recluse, love, femme fatale, killing spree, vigilante, revenge, deception, attraction ...
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An assassin hunts and tortures his old predecessor in the basement of his European home, only to reveal the lies and corruption of their international hitman agency by taking a journey through the manipulations of the old man's past.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, crime drama, intense ...
Plot:
hitman, assassin, revenge, conspiracy, betrayal, love, murder, corruption, interrogation, spy thriller, torture, violent ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Manit (Jon Foo) witnessed the murder of his parents when he was just 10 years old. The killers shot him in the head, but he miraculously survived. However, the damage to his brain left him unable to experience regular human emotions. A martial arts ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, martial arts training, danger, master warrior, murder, revenge, violent content, profanity, chases and races, boy, karate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
Similarity:
17%
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