Movies like Lou
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Lou (2022)
38K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their past.
Style:
spoof, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, ambiguous ending, psychotronic ...
Plot:
loner, woman, sociopath, danger, female protagonist, secret, kidnapped daughter, race against time, attempted murder, tragic past, one woman army, child kidnapping, child abduction, mysterious disappearance, confronting the past, troubled past, fight, tough girl, island, forest, water, old man, vengeance, storm, rain ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington state
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Most similar movies to Lou
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, surprise ending, f word and independent film films with plots about violence, murder, deception, escape, pistol, brutality and brawl mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Lou: Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021), Ava (2020), Force of Nature (2020), Kate (2021), The Courier (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert determined to protecting him - and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. Download : ...
Style:
perverse, captivating, suspense, cult classic, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female lead, murder witness, runaway, forest fire, female warrior, survival, home invasion, murder, wilderness, fire brigade, assassin ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
montana, florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
woman with a gun, one woman army, assassin, female agent, female assassin, female spy, female killer, strong female lead, contract killing, female warrior, espionage, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a disgraced cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting, visually appealing ...
Plot:
natural disaster, art theft, cop, police, robbery, race against time, police investigation, fight scenes, police raid, good versus evil, hunt down, reluctant hero ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
42%
76K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female assassin, murder, assassin, strong female lead, vengeance, revenge, woman, murderer, female protagonist, female killer, yakuza, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan, osaka japan
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, black comedy ...
Plot:
one woman army, female warrior, police, danger, survival, gunfight, crime boss, chase, bomb, messenger, trap, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Romania, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader — while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and ...
Style:
perverse, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, heroes, embassy, safecracker, danger, fistfight, infantry, gang, combat, criminal, fight, rescue ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
new york, bucharest, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot:
countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, bomb squad, criminal, brutality, violence ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
assassin, conspiracy, mother and daughter, danger, fight, daughter, female protagonist, hitman, female killer, killer, murderer, ex special forces ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
illinois, cincinnati ohio, havana cuba, alaska
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, extortion, revenge, rivalry, murder, chase, loner, twists and turns, police officer, computer cracker, one man army ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, las vegas, louisiana, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female soldier, female warrior, terrorist plot, terrorism, female protagonist, mission, terrorist attack, military, terrorist, soldier, military base, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
manhattan new york city, pacific ocean, alaska, russia, new york ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bounty hunter named Atticus Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, exciting, semi serious, brutal ...
Plot:
anti heroine, female warrior, survival, post apocalypse, fight, dystopia, criminal, female protagonist, dystopian future, strong female lead, sniper, distopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
montana
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, gang, death of wife, tough heroes, rivalry, murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2011, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, british columbia, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, fight, kung fu, park ranger, kung fu classic, kickboxer, yakuza, woman fights a man, competition, woods, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, murder, brutality, violence, betrayal, gunfight, fight, deception, death, martial arts, marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
british columbia
Similarity:
30%
18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style:
tense, suspense, perverse, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, violence, female assassin, female protagonist, conspiracy, tough girl, woman with a gun, female killer, hand to hand combat, one woman army, robbery, bank ...
Place:
cape town south africa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, UK, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cyber-criminals and corrupt government officials - both in Sweden and in the United States - whom are only known as The Spider Society.
Style:
suspense, realistic, captivating, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
computer hacker, programmer, hacker, terrorist, journalist, chess, father daughter relationship, computer cracker, home invasion, motorcycle, assassin, profanity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
Movie in collections
171K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA, Spain, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
mercenary, ex special forces, revenge, assassin, heroes, exploration, violent, female warrior, abusive husband, security, supernatural, rescue mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
georgia, austria, vienna, armenia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, perverse, disturbing ...
Plot:
convict, murder, police, revenge, rapist, confined, sole survivor, person on fire, prisoner, accidental death, all male cast, survival ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
30%
144K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Iceland
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
car, elevator, carsploitation, sniper, revenge, fast car, punched in the face, shootout, home invasion, good versus evil, driving lesson, terrorist ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
portugal, naples italy, italy, brazil, london ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, martial arts, jungle warfare, martial artist, brutality, paranoia, female warrior, manhunt, muscleman, jungle, kickboxer, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
29%
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888
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, manhunt, danger, chase, laboratory, kidnapping, murder, rivalry, heroes, escapades, violence spree ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
17K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, tough guy, child in peril, martial arts, danger, tough heroes, daring rescue, missing child, organized crime, father son relationship, police detective, murder ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, eastern europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, brutality, murder, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, tough guy, fbi agent, chase ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, hood, thrilling ...
Plot:
hitman, sword fight, murder, female warrior, vengeance, revenge, gang, criminal gang, showdown, criminal, killer, bandit ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, female warrior, daughter, justice, fight, private investigation, loss of wife, loss of mother, murder, investigation, family relations ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
29%
39K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, smart, dark comedy ...
Plot:
strong female lead, female vigilante, anger management, female assassin, cia, female protagonist, murder, murder mystery, anger issues, revenge, cia agent, female warrior ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Style:
spy action, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spy, ex cia agent, agent, espionage, target, chase, fight, explosions, high speed chase, woman with a gun, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, italy, senegal, alps, iceland ...
Similarity:
29%
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