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Bad Karma (2012)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is a new man determined to lead an honest life. Drake is a charming psycho intent on vengeance. Sometimes, old friends can carry some extreme baggage. And for one of them, coming to terms with the past is going to be murder. Vanessa Gray and Andy McPhee co-star in this taut action/drama about good intentions, dark secrets and the harsh consequences of BAD KARMA.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, murder, criminal, vengeance, frame up, going straight, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, husband wife relationship, ex convict, robbery, drug use, rivalry, violent content, female nudity, job, bare breasts, surveillance camera, nudity, drug, dishonesty, graphic violence, nude, gun, moustache ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, danger and violent content mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Bad Karma: The Devil's in the Details (2013), Chameleon (1995), Tough Luck (2003), The Contract (1999), Stealing Candy (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule chess.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
drug dealing, danger, rivalry, chases and races, strong violent content, drug cartel, race against time
Time:
21st century
Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
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100%
507
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, special agent, secret agent, violent content, law enforcement, master criminal, drug dealing, couple relations, partners against crime, dealing with death, chases and races, government agency ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, murder, betrayal, crime gone awry, frame up, gangster, criminal heroes, law enforcement, femme fatale, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, cons and scams ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, alabama
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna has a bad week. Her boss is a pain to her, as is the grocery store clerk. Her friend was bad to her, her husband couldn't take his eyes off a waitress, and her babysitter annoyed her. One night at the local pub, she tells a man about her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
contract killing, contract killer, murder, danger, vengeance, mysterious character, brutality, violence, fight, nudity, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Three ex-cons kidnap a famous movie star and force her to film a sex tape live on the internet for a paying audience.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexploitation film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sexploitation, woman in danger, hostage, femme fatale, criminal's revenge, confined, movie star, criminal heroes, danger, crime gone awry, computers and web, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The beautiful Lauren gets married with an older man. She is unexpectedly confronted with her ex, an escaped criminal.
Style:
sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, femme fatale, betrayal, dishonesty, jail, power relations, frame up, female nudity, bank robber, watching sex, striptease, attempted rape ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Between 11:50 and 12:00 noon, a crime is commited. In the same ten minute period, we follow the lives of the ten people, all connected to this crime. As we see each person's point of view, we are propelled closer and closer to the truth of what ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, kinky sex, female assassin, vengeance, crime gone awry, couples, disorder, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
420
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, dishonesty, crime gone awry, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, lesbian, sex, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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510
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An airport affair of a business man turns into a nightmare when it turns out that the woman is married to a dangerous jewelry dealer.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, infidelity, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, femme fatale, love affair, frame up, husband wife relationship, nudity, erotica, airport ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
voyeurism, murder, undercover, danger, frame up, dishonesty, life turned upside down, woman in danger, protagonist as suspect, strong sexual content, deaf, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
289
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style:
rough, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, vengeance, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, skinny dipping, nudity, profanity, couples, clergy, sexual relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neglectful mother overhears her husband on the telephone at their workplace talking with their babysitter. She discovers they are having an affair and are going to have a baby. She concocts an evil plan to win back her husband and remove the girl ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psycho, nanny, murder, infidelity, psychopath, couples, family relations, family problems, babies and infants, criminal heroes, danger, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, buddies, blind ambition, dishonesty, betrayal, murder, friendship, restaurant, dark humor, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a world filled with love and deception, the truth is always bittersweet.
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, betrayal, unlikely partners, law enforcement, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, wrongfully committed, frame up, woman, male female relationship, bare chested male ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, partner, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, danger, car accident, car, son, revenge, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
chase, on the run, danger, mysterious character, rivalry, suburbs, revenge, murder, pursuit, chases and races, vengeance, unlikely partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
25%
909
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman's lifelong pursuit of lost family diamonds is interrupted by the appearance of two escaped convicts.
Style:
sexy, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
adventurer, desert, treasure hunt, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, escapades, frame up, chase, fugitives, greed, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
25%
Genre: 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, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, going straight, life is a bitch, drug dealing, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, addiction, law enforcement, gangster, drug abuse, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
25%
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570
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Anna Carter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she sees her final three months as an opportunity to enact some vigilante justice. Racing her deteriorating health and trying to stay one step ahead of the police, Carter furiously tracks down ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, doctors and patients, injustice, terminal illness, vigilante, fighting crime, murder, danger, strong female lead, female fight, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The feature weaves an intricate tale about childhood best-friends that have an unusually strong bond and a more intriguing secret. Both young men are on the right path to promising futures, a first round NFL draft pick, and a talented art major on a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, best friend, betrayal, vengeance, rivalry, intrigue, murder, dishonesty, ambition, obsession, interracial, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, sibling rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, violence, mafia, gang, violent content, rivalry, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
24%
1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, mental illness, mentally unstable, vengeance, criminal's revenge, violence spree, sexual content, murder, strip club, nightclub, crime boss, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, cons and scams, danger, dishonesty, crime gone awry, murderous pair, rivalry, graphic violence, nudity, violent content, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends whose devotion to each other is tested when one of them is raped, and another one is murdered at a weekend party. Now they are forced to take the law into their own hands.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, moral dilemma, rivalry, murder, life is a bitch, buddies, lifestyle, vigilantism, nightlife, friends, vengeance, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kin Suk-hyun is Korea’s youngest appointed criminal court head judge, very famous for his rational rulings. It is before his court that the case of distinguished mathematics professor Sohn Ki-chul’s murder of his wife is presented. While ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deja vu, psychopath, vengeance, danger, law enforcement, haunted by the past, judge, husband wife relationship, murder, lawyer, threat to kill, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into ...
Style:
independent film, psychological thriller, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
chase, murder, repressed memory, desert, waitress, female nudity, revenge, stripper, vengeance, dishonesty, rivalry, couple relations ...
Time:
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Similarity:
23%
384
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luke, is a grifter who owes a significant debt to the Mexican mob. Set in the gritty underbelly of Gardena, CA Luke has to come up with one final scheme to pay back his debt or his life is at risk. Supported by his two only friends, Courtney and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, dishonesty, looking for sex, criminal's revenge, partner, going straight, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, blind ambition, female masturbation, voyeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Karen is shopping at a convenience store during which a robbery occurs. Her niece is kidnapped and left seriously injured in hospital. When one of the perpetrators is released, Karen decides to go on a murderous trail of revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
rivalry, vigilantism, hospital, store, revenge, murder, abduction, paralysis, investigation, danger, twins, wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hit man receives the assignment to kill a woman. But what seems as another job complicates when he is about to execute her, but does not. He will have to go after those who gave him the contract, for, in his profession, those who do not comply ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, danger, on the run, woman in danger, murder, murder of a nude woman, drug crime, gang, violent content, chases and races, hitman, dead body ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A wealthy, successful, East-Anglian tulip grower, Dad Savage is also something of a godfather in the local criminal fraternity but doesn't trust banks to take care of his money. On recommendation from his son, Sav, Dad hires two of Sav's ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot:
father son relationship, murder, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, heist, godparent, chaos and mayhem, stash, godfather, money ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
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