Movies like The Driftless Area

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The Driftless Area (2015)
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The Driftless Area (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.
Style: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, independent film, weird
Plot: criminal, hometown, money, bag of money, mysterious girl, cat versus mouse, bandit, relationships, gang, crime boss, fall in love, organized crime, in love, love affair, escapades, getting home, male female relationship, criminal gang, change of luck, bartender, woman, duffel bag

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, disturbing and suspense films with plots about bandit, gang, criminal, criminal gang, organized crime, crime boss and gangster mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Driftless Area: The Big Heist (2001), The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2017), South Wind 2: Speed Up (2021), One-Line (2017), Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 185 min.
Story: A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, enigmatic
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, gang, mysterious girl, outlaw gang, organized crime, crime boss, criminal, criminal gang, mafioso, gang leader ...
Place: poland
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The Big Heist (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the 1986 book "The Heist: How a Gang Stole $8,000,000 at Kennedy Airport and Lived to Regret It", by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings, this TV movie tells the story about the 1978 Lufthansa Heist at JFK Airport in New York - the ...
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Plot: robbery, mafia, organized crime, gangster, heist, criminal gang, problem, bandit, burglar, one last chance, gang, outlaw gang ...
Place: new york
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The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On her 60th birthday, the proud owner of a Los Angeles strip club, finds herself in hot water over a twenty-five year old debt to the mob, leading her on a downward spiral of violence and revenge through the underbelly of Los Angeles.
Style: neo noir, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot: problem, criminal underworld, strip club, mafia, female protagonist, mafioso, revenge, organized crime, mob hit, gang, bandit, criminal gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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El Padrino II: Border Intrusion (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: No overview yet.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: drug, gang, drug dealer, crime boss, drug smuggling, criminal, drug lord, bandit, organized crime, criminal gang, outlaw, world
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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South Wind 2: Speed Up (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
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One-Line (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A group of professional con artists scam poor, unsuspecting citizens with fraudulent bank loans. The scams go well for a while, but then they begin to distrust each other.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: bank, deception, credit card fraud, criminal, con artists, heist, bandit, money, burglar, robbery, stolen money, criminal gang ...
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Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The story takes place in the 1960’s on the impoverished Cape Flats in South Africa. Four boys form a teenage gang to protect themselves from bullying and rape and almost as soon as their childhood pact is declared do they begin the downward spiral ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, independent film
Plot: jail, criminal, criminal gang, juvenile delinquency, outlaw gang, gang member, gang, crime boss, love affair, life is a bitch, romancing a criminal, tragic love ...
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Last of the Wolves (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: yakuza, fighting crime, gangster, police detective, organized crime, mafioso, criminal gang, criminal, gang, mob hit, mafia, bandit ...
Place: japan, hiroshima japan
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Paydirt (2020)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A parolee teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: organized crime, parole, sheriff, gang, criminal, bandit, crooked sheriff, escapades, money, crime boss, crew, criminal gang ...
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The Rise of the Krays (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Follows the early years of two unknown 18 year old amateur boxers who quickly fought their way to becoming the most feared and respected villains in all of London. Told through the eyes of a close friend that survived them, we see them rise to ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: criminal, mafia, gangster, bandit, crime boss, brother brother relationship, mafioso, brothers, outlaw gang, gang leader, organized crime, twin brother ...
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Luck of the Draw (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witnesses a 3 way shootout between 2 groups of criminals and the cops over a suitcase containing perfect ...
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82%
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Flinch (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, neo noir
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Limbo (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Ana, a young compliance manager, discovers unusually high bills among her company's records, she can't imagine what an avalanche her research will set off. Not only does she cross paths with an aging small-time crook and a Viennese ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
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Family Game (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Arsenaults, a close-knit family who profit from illegal hunting, have ruled the roost for several generations in Témiscouata, Quebec. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio ...
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, suspenseful
Plot: hunter, family secret, eccentric family, hunting, partners in crime, criminal, bandit, organized crime, gang, lifestyle, criminal gang, poacher ...
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Power Book IV: Force (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
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Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
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Duration: 111 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Red Mercury (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Estonia, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
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Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
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Not With His Wife (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Story: Forensic accountant Monica Bolland tracks down white-collar criminals, but when her husband Josh, an undercover agent for the FBI, is killed, she goes undercover herself to find his murderer. She gets a bookkeeping job with a criminal cartel but her ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
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She's Just a Shadow (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A crime family becomes entangled in a vicious gang war while a serial killer cuts a swath through Tokyo.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Chouf (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young, recently-released and unpredictable ex-con with bad luck, and a sexy, listless girl-next-door with a troubled family, become trapped in a downward spiral of crime and obsessive love, as they try to ditch their dead-end town for a better ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing
Plot: ex convict, male female relationship, love story, criminal, social misfits, girl next door, family problems, life is a bitch, tragic love, trap, neighbor neighbor relationship, love affair ...
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Syndicate Smasher (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Butterfly (2011)
Genre: Crime
Country: Colombia
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Story: A beautiful money washer and its agent, who must capture it, fall in love.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, telenovela
Plot: money, couple relations, love affair, in love, theft, love interest, relationships, male female relationship, escapades, stolen money, criminal, fall in love ...
Place: colombia
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Sons of Rizk (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
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Place: egypt
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-felon joins an Israeli crime syndicate in Brooklyn.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: ex convict, russian mafia, fight, organized crime, gang war, gangster, gang, power struggle, fight for supremacy, parole, outlaw gang, mob hit ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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76%
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Strike One (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Juan Garcia is a boy on the threshold of manhood living in a gang-controlled neighborhood. His role models could not be further apart: his older sister Angie, a single mom, struggling to gain a foothold in the white corporate world and his uncle ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: coming of age, gang, criminal gang, street gang, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems, gang member, gang war, bandit, life is a bitch, teenage life, grownups ...
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