Movies like Tainted 2020
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Tainted (2020)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-con with ties to the Russian mob and Aryan brotherhood yearns to escape his past life of violence but ultimately decides to undertake one last assignment to escape the Russian mob and earn his freedom.
Style:
suspense, dark, intense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, crime drama, grim, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, criminal underworld, betrayal, vengeance, mafia, russian mafia, organized crime, danger, ex convict, bloodbath, violent, gangster, violence, death, chase, escapades, rivalry, society, gang war, criminal's revenge, power relations, prison, revenge, gang, retribution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Most similar movies to Tainted
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and dark films with plots about revenge, violence, betrayal, murder, gangster, urban and organized crime mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Tainted: Mister Dissolute (2009), Sons of the Neon Night (2025), Payback (2021), Black Widow (2019), Alleged Gangster (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?
Style:
detective, dark, noir, psychological, crime thriller ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, law enforcement, revenge, murder, violence, corruption, investigation, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, partnership, hitman, vengeance ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
chinese mafia, drug crime, drug, criminal, danger, criminal underworld, gangster, drug dealing, battles, criminal's revenge, youth, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
100%
10K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mike Markovich, a young stockbroker at a Mob-controlled Wall Street firm, is betrayed and imprisoned for six years. When he is released, his deadly quest for vengeance begins.
Style:
captivating, tense, dark, noir, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, prison, criminal, criminal's revenge, vengeance, betrayal, bandit, mafioso, criminal gang, outlaw gang, mafia, gang ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Black Widow is not dead ... Drug Queen Carmen van Walraven is hiding in Canada and leads an anonymous life there. One evening a colleague is harassed and Carmen helps her. In self-defense, she kills the perpetrator, is arrested and extradited to ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
business, drug, gangster, dea, vengeance, violence, criminal heroes, illegal drugs, death, society, criminal, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mobster Rudy Wright rises to the top of the Los Angeles underworld.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, revenge, crime boss, betrayal, escapades, criminal heroes, pride and honor, society, brutality, gang war, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An underworld kingpin's past catches up with him when he returns to London, igniting an explosive chain of events which ends in revenge and murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, crime drama, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, violence, underworld, gangster, danger, murderer, death, chase, heroes, graphic violence, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, ...
Style:
suspense, brutal, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, killing, gang war, mob boss, greed, escapades, heroes, family business, criminal heroes, betrayal, pride and honor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver
Similarity:
30%
1K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Mob hitman Max meets up with his partner, Seth, who is the right hand man to La's crime boss, Pinero. At the meeting Seth tells Max that he has a contract to kill Max's younger brother, Vince, who has killed Pinero's most prized ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
hitman, killer, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, brothers, murder, runaway, risk, murderer, criminal, problem, escape attempt ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man confesses his sins and unveils the ugly truth of his life; he is killing for the same mobster that killed his father. Will Vinny Dapello follow his father's footsteps in the organized crime family? Or sacrifice his soul to save his life?
Style:
psychological, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
mobster, mafia, confession, organized crime, bandit, gang, criminal, moral dilemma, criminal underworld, redemption, revenge, guilt ...
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Jonah is a hitman by trade and a man on a mission of revenge. But things go horribly wrong whilst trying to escape the police.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, fast paced, grim ...
Plot:
escape, hitman, revenge, cat and mouse, manhunt, violence, chase, fugitive, police, anti hero, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
27%
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, crime drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, underworld, gang, breaking the law, crime boss, bandit, money problems, criminal underworld, criminal gang, money, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thriller - Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. - Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
witness protection, gangster, redemption, on the run, chases and races, danger, murder, violence, crime family, organized crime, loyalty, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Essex has been the central hub for many famous criminal activities. For generations Essex Boys have ruled the streets of Essex and East London in their underworld empires. Many people thought this ended in a Range Rover in 1995. They were wrong... ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, exciting, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, revenge, life, underworld, mafia, death, crime boss, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
france, britain
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
He's looking for a way out of the city. But his only escape is through a woman looking for revenge.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, risk, vengeance, male female relationship, criminal's revenge, urban decay, urban, moral ambiguity, street life, corruption, underworld ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pakistan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When local heavy and ex-boxer Tom Sheridan (Ian Pirie) agrees to hire his strip club out to lifelong friend and colleague Ian Levine (Michael Mckell) he soon discovers the private party involves child prostitution and trafficking, catering for ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, crime drama, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, criminal's revenge, rivalry, dishonesty, underworld, violence, human trafficking, mature, danger, murder, retribution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder ...
Style:
tense, dark, crime drama, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, gangster, organized crime, underworld, violence, drug, criminal gang, gang war, criminal, bandit, life is a bitch, urban setting ...
Place:
busan, korea
Similarity:
25%
868
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, murderer, killing, jail, partners in crime, criminal, killing spree, serial murder, murder, forensics, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
After the death of his wife, Mafia Boss ( James Cell) meets with his team to find out who killed his wife , he finds out that she was killed by Sebastian Renaud a re-known club owner and a rival mafia boss, he goes in for the kill and kidnaps ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, mafia, murder, mob boss, organized crime, violence, vengeance, rivalry, gangster, retribution, underworld, crime family ...
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
24%
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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:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the shadow of the Range Rover murders, drugs, violence and revenge continue to reign in a criminal underworld even darker and deadlier than before as a new generation of Essex Boys begin to carve their bloody mark.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting
Plot:
murder, gangster, death, society, betrayal, revenge, escapades, criminal's revenge, battles, chase, criminal underworld, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Four men are each looking for a way out. Their fates collide one night.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, gangster, family business, destiny, revenge, youth, crime boss, organized crime, murder, mercilessness, vengeance, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, family relations, drug abuse, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, cosa nostra, brothers, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
outlaw, anti hero, criminal underworld, violent, revenge, survival, gangster, violence, power struggle, showdown, moral ambiguity, protector ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
mafia, crime family, crime boss, power struggle, rivalry, friends, society, family relations, heroes, violence, death, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The King is a gangster story set in Warsaw in 1937.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
polish history, criminal underworld, gangster, betrayal, friendship, battles, criminal's revenge, chase, gang, society, violence, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping arrest in Prague, Czech mobster Radim "Kácko" Kraviec flees first to Seychelles and then to South Africa where he continues with his criminal endeavours. However, his illicit activities cannot go unnoticed forever.
Style:
crime drama, tense, dark, suspenseful, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, criminal underworld, escape, crime boss, fugitive, violence, power struggle, investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, outlaw ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Shivarudra Lingaiah, an MLA candidate, who along with Dheeraj, is awaiting to extract vengeance upon Prabhakar by killing his Daughter Nithya. She arrives at Bangalore to Talagavara to visit her late mother's grave and is kidnapped by ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
protection, rescue, protector, revenge, fight, criminal, hitman, gangster, organized crime, murder, battles, violent ...
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To Topple An Empire is the story of Aidan Clarke (Sean Patrick Flaherty) as he is brought in front of crime boss, Vincent Donnelly (Art Lynch). Through a series of flashbacks, Aidan tells Vincent how he alone has taken out key members of his ...
Style:
tension, intense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
deception, lie, flashback, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, underworld, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A loner American computer hacker is brought to Russia to commit bank fraud, only to find a family and love in the incomprehensible, violent, and chaotic Moscow underworld.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
gangster, criminal heroes, love affair, chases and races, fall in love, rivalry, dishonesty, on the run, hacking, underworld, danger, organized crime ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A hardened debt-collector goes on a 24-hour rampage through London in an attempt to avenge the brutal attack on his teenage daughter.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, debt collector, criminal gang, sociopath, teenage daughter, hitman, contract killer, daughter, manhunt, retribution, father daughter relationship, assault ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
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