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Deadly Stranger (1988)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote, Texas/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.
Style:
independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
undercover, labor, border patrol, misfit, life is a bitch, society, working undercover, law enforcement, labor union, dishonesty, workplace situations, nudity, immigrant, police officer, border, extortion, farm, nude, crime, nudity (full frontal - brief), adventure, crimes, immigrants
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico, texas
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about dishonesty, deadly, law enforcement, life is a bitch, murder, danger and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Deadly Stranger: Slipping Into Darkness (1988), Chameleon (1995), Last Seen at Angkor (2006), Freeway (1988), Avenger (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
taiwan, chicago, asia
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60%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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58%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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57%
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Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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546
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Place:
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suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
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Story:
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Story:
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boys' night
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Story:
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Story:
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