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Dark Web: Cicada 3301 (2021)
3K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Genius hacker Connor discovers Cicada 3301, an online treasure hunt that could be a recruiting tool for a secret society. Soon Conner, art-expert friend Avi, and secretive librarian Gwen are dashing from graffiti sites to ancient libraries to uncover real-world clues. But they must outrun aggressive NSA agents, also hot on the trail of Cicada, who want the glory for themselves.
Style:
intellectual, enigmatic, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, weird
Plot:
cybercrime, intelligence, computers and web, genius, computer hacker, computer cracker, computer nerd, puzzle, conundrum, computer, secret, unsolved mystery, decision, computer expert, hacker, male nudity, treasure hunt, hacking, riddles and clues, prison, abduction, security guard, bartender, masturbation, flirting ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense and captivating films with plots about hacker, computer hacker, computer, chase, betrayal, computer cracker and pistol mostly in Thriller, Action and Comedy genres. Some movies like Dark Web: Cicada 3301: Gamer (2009), Who Am I (2014), Stalk (2019), Terminal Entry (1987), The Throwaways (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
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Place:
usa
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47%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
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47%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller ...
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Time:
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Similarity:
47%
12K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
203K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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201K
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Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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thrilling, captivating, tense
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Style:
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