Movies like 7 Boxes
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7 Boxes (2012)
7K
Original name: 7 cajas
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Paraguay, Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Víctor receives an unusual proposal, to carry 7 boxes of unknown content through the Market Number 4 but things get complicated along the way.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, hispanic, mindfuck, fast
Plot:
chase, danger, gang, chases and races, teenage life, petty criminal, twists and turns, youth, little boy, teenage boy, teenager, boy, tourism, robbery, latinos, social injustice, coming of age, mobster, heat wave, urban, money raising, violent content, money, police, running ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
paraguay, latin america
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Most similar movies to 7 Boxes
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about danger, chases and races, murder, gang, graphic violence, violent content and chase mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like 7 Boxes: Trash (2014), Sin Nombre (2009), Moving Target (1988), Together Brothers (1974), Ugly (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
24K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Style:
road movie, touching, sentimental, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
poverty, children, slum, favela, mischievous children, young heroes, coming of age, friends, corruption, child in peril, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil, south america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today’s Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom. The stories of a girl living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and two teen gang members, for whom ...
Style:
road movie, serious, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
gang, immigrant, u.s. mexico border, street gang, juvenile delinquency, gang member, social problems, family reunited, mexican drug cartel, illegal immigrant, rape, death ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico, south america, central america, mexico city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
summer camp, dead boy, police, murder, gang, musician, teenage life, twists and turns, missing person, on the run, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, boston
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44%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
blaxploitation, black, urban, little boy, pimp, doll, murder, partner, gangster, urban ghetto, police detective, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
43%
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25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A team of the best cops in Mumbai is dispatched to find a girl who has gone missing from her father's car. As the hunt for the kidnapper begins, fingers suspiciously point to closer home.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
missing child, parents and children, danger, life is a bitch, couple relations, renaissance, investigation, ex husband ex wife relationship, plot twist, cosa nostra, child, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
Style:
suspense, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, rivalry, ego clash, criminal's revenge, violent content, youth, hooligan, british gangster, urban, danger, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When two best friends go missing during Spring Break, their mothers do everything they can to find them, while realizing that their different parenting styles may have led to the disappearances.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
missing child, resort, investigation, parents and children, missing person, best friend, danger, kidnapped, high school student, spring break, high school friends, dance club ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, paris france, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, twisted, hispanic ...
Plot:
murder, vengeance, vigilantism, slum, militia, coming of age, isolation, danger, confined, teenage boy, violence, little boy ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
42%
129K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, robbery, drug lord, caper, gunfight, conspiracy, criminal heroes, brutality, dishonesty, danger, mafia, ship captain ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
south america, usa, new orleans, boston
Similarity:
41%
169K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style:
serious, cerebral, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
robbery, twists and turns, fall in love, criminal's revenge, catholic, danger, criminal heroes, criminal, organized crime, crime boss, hitman, church ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
boston, new york, brooklyn new york city, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
40%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
vengeance, gang, girl gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social decay, gang leader, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, rivalry, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
male nudity, robbery, prison life, confined, vigilantism, vengeance, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, chase, urban, prison, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on a true story- A group of robbers broke into a house at night with the intention of committing robbery. The house was inhabited by two young girls and a disabled child and their mother. Not getting the desired money, the robbers started ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, danger, criminal, bandit, family relations, rivalry, youth, friends, society, gang, vengeance ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Like every day, Marcelo gathers her children on the floor of his ex-wife. As each day play "to see who gets there first" them down the stairs, him in the elevator, a diversion that your ex-partner does not like. But when one day Marcelo ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, missing child, apartment building, elevator, family relations, chases and races, parents and children, lawyer, divorced parents, kidnapping, vanished man, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, small town, youth, teenage life, social relations, drug, police, harvest, couples, teenager, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sri Lanka, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, law enforcement, danger, terrorist plot, threat, chase, chases and races, race against time, die hard, graphic violence, tourism ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
asia, sri lanka
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, Malaysia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After their newly adopted daughter goes missing in a small town, Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
missing child, couples, couple relations, uncover truth, investigation, kidnapping, daughter, adoption, cons and scams, chases and races, family problems, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When her brother disappears during a brief travel layover in Mexico, Mitch begins a desperate search that will eventually lead the young divorcee into the capital city's most notorious neighborhood. But even with the aid of the American ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, kidnapping, brother sister relationship, danger, desperation, corruption, loss, evidence, family tragedy, photography, gang leader ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, serious, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, buddies, ultimatum, robbery, british gangster, loan, ghetto, badass, violence, chases and races, friends ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, rise and fall, family business, family relations, unfulfillment, ambition, danger, organized crime, mafia, society, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
39%
363
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseilles to get back together with Katia, his former girlfriend. But ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
gang, danger, family relations, parents and children, mafia, murder, father son relationship, lawyer, reprisal, rivalry, black, violent content ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Elizabeth Chase is busy remodeling her new home with her lawyer husband, Paul and daughter, McKenzie. To make sure it's finished before a charity event they're hosting, the couple hire a contractor, Javier, to help. However Elizabeth ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stalking, family in danger, obsession, danger, dishonesty, violent content, strong female presence, couples, vengeance, chases and races, woman in danger, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
835
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, gangster, heist, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal heroes, chase, chases and races, law enforcement, gang, siege, marriage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
heist, train, slum, favela, railway, social injustice, mobster, criminal heroes, chases and races, crime gone awry, gang, danger ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
manhunt, criminal, partner, twists and turns, police corruption, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, murder, drug dealer, police detective, violent content, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
39%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Style:
tense, neo noir, art house, road movie, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
kick-butt women, chase, gangster, mafia, mobster, women, femme fatale, feminism, hotel, organized crime, murder, mob hit ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, bronx new york city, usa, pittsburgh ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a man faces surmounting bills for his dying son's hospital stay, he enters into an agreement to sell his body for organ transplants to pay the bills. However, when he is advised that the doctors want to claim his organs immediately, he ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, on the run, race against time, chase, rivalry, fugitives, danger, self sacrifice, father son relationship, terminator, star wars, organ transplant ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While playing outside one day, nine-year-old Michele discovers Filippo, who is chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. Michele witnesses town baddie Felice nearby and suspects something bad is happening. Michele is unsure whom he should tell ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
childhood, kidnapping, boy, coming of age, rescue, friendship, father son relationship, uncover truth, children, captivity, life is a bitch, bullying ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, year 1978, 21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, milan italy, europe, brazil ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and blamed for the crime. Following the trial, Mitch's worst fears ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
legal, serial killer, life turned upside down, district attorney, hotshot lawyer, murder, false accusation, twists and turns, profanity, law, winter, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, gang war, revenge, waitress, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, couples, woman in danger, murder, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
brighton, england, britain, europe
Similarity:
39%
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