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7 Years (2016)
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Original name: 7 años
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The drama is centered on four friends and business partners who in one evening are forced to find a way to save their company and themselves. The impossible decision they face is agreeing on who will be the one to sacrifice their freedom to save the others from personal and financial demise. It is a race against time that will put their friendship and sanity to the test. Who will take the fall?
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, hispanic, thinking, weird
Plot:
four friends, sacrifice, stranded, moral ambiguity, partners in crime, plea bargain, ethical dilemma, friendship, criminal, friends, crime investigation, organized crime, responsibility, group of friends, relationship problems, moral dilemma, insurance fraud, fraud, negotiation, loyalty, corporate crime, character study, betrayal, claustrophobia, manipulation ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and intense films with plots about moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal, character study, ethical dilemma, moral dilemma and guilt mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres. Some movies like 7 Years: Hesitation Wound (2023), Secret Society (2021), Celia's Lives (2006), The Past Is a Foreign Land (2008), Hate Songs (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 84 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Duration: 101 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
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Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 61 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 95 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
argentina
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Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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suspense, captivating, sincere, melancholic, tense ...
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Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
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Place:
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