Movies like The Runner 2021
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The Runner (2021)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After being busted for drug possession, Aiden, a troubled teenager, is forced by the cops to go undercover and risk his life to bring down a dangerous drug kingpin.
Style:
tense, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, dark, noir
Plot:
drug traffic, undercover, teenager, gang, drug lord, criminal underworld, illegal drugs, bandit, criminal, undercover agent, drug dealer, organized crime, drug dealing, working undercover, outlaw gang, drug, violence, double life, urban, moral dilemma, gang violence, drug bust, sting operation, moral ambiguity, betrayal ...
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Most similar movies to The Runner
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, captivating and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal, organized crime, corruption, revenge and investigation mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Runner: Yellow Gangs (2022), Black Ice (2001), All Souls (2023), Lenny Blue (2002), Deuces (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
When a drug deal goes wrong, it catches the attention of both the law and the criminal world. What follows is utter mayhem that will link the fate of three gangs, an unscrupulous cop, a greedy monster, and a street-smart stringer.
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, intense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gang, organized crime, chase, mexican standoff, criminal, corruption, drug deal, police corruption, drug traffic, drug dealer, drug lord, bandit ...
Place:
india
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
There are many vicious cases in Haizhou, and the suspects are collected by Liu Mei, the general manager of Haizhou Building, which is owned by Haizhou Pharmaceutical Group. Wang Jingwen, who specializes in the aesthetics of the public security ...
Style:
suspense, detective, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, drug crime, drug, drug lord, drug dealer, drug traffic, criminal gang, organized crime, criminal, bandit, crime investigation, drug dealing ...
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934
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young confidential informant is sent on a dangerous undercover operation. It's a no-holds-barred look at the vulnerable foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, young criminals who are pressured to work for the police.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
war on drugs, drug traffic, undercover, mission, undercover agent, police, police officer, working undercover, police detective, secret mission, drug, drug cartel ...
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51%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police investigation, police, police officer, gang, gang war, criminal gang, drug traffic, drug dealing, police detective, fighting crime, drug dealer, bandit ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Assigned to go undercover to take down an impenetrable crime ring, a detective finds himself falling under the sway of it's enigmatic leader.
Style:
tense, hood, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, urban, black, undercover, covert operation, working undercover, criminal gang, criminal, gang, intrigue, undercover agent, master criminal ...
Similarity:
49%
3K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.
Style:
intense, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
undercover, covert operation, drug crime, heroin addiction, drug traffic, corruption, manipulation, investigation, deception, double life, moral ambiguity, police procedural ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
49%
681
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Some journeys are measured by what you sacrifice to get there
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
crime boss, criminal gang, organized crime, criminal, undercover, problem, working undercover, gang war, sting operation, bandit, police officer, outlaw gang ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.
Style:
crime drama, detective, tense, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, redemption, organized crime, undercover, ethical dilemma, law enforcement, moral ambiguity, covert operation, corruption, violence, city, investigation ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Drama about a former police officer who's framed for murder and a young boy who attempts to help him clear his name.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
ex cop, police corruption, drug cartel, justice, accusation, drug, drug traffic, drug dealing, teamwork, corruption, criminal, framed for murder ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Tale of a Pusher. The Tale of a Pusher follows C-Lay, Q, and Kat as they descend into the dangerous world and lifestyle of being Los Angeles coke dealers. The Streets weren't safe before, but now they've all but put targets on their ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, tense, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
street life, drug traffic, criminal underworld, cocaine, illegal drugs, drug dealer, violence, gang violence, urban, rise and fall, moral ambiguity, downfall ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
CID officer Tong gets himself entangled with a gang of killers from mainland China, who are out killing criminals to rob them of their money, and using an ideological basis to justify the killings as protecting mainland China from the criminal scum ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, robbery, police procedural, vigilantism, law enforcement, bandit, armed robbery, outlaw gang, fighting crime, police, gang, burglar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
48%
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:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Despite trying to leave behind his life of crime, Danny reluctantly teams with naïve rich kid Liam and wildcard drug dealer Kit Viper. A botched robbery leaves them in possession of a mysterious supernatural artifact with immense potential.
Style:
suspenseful, mystical, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
drug dealer, supernatural, artifact, mysticism, criminal, drug lord, supernatural power, escapades, organized crime, magical object, drug dealing, drug ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Petar Maras, the Belgrade drug lord, is in conflict with Red, the powerful state curator of the Serbian criminal world.
Style:
tense, crime drama, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, drug lord, russian mafia, criminal, underworld, power struggle, agent, special agent, female agent, undercover agent, criminal underworld ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
belgrade, balkan
Similarity:
47%
413
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, undercover, organized crime, drug dealer, recruit, undercover agent, mob boss, secret mission, drug lord, covert operation, danger, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The head of the Reykjavík police department's internal affairs unit decides to use his investigation into a corrupt police lieutenant to take down a major criminal organization.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, rough, brutal, serious ...
Plot:
police corruption, drug, power struggle, drug smuggling, covert operation, drug lord, bandit, drug cartel, corrupt cop, fight for supremacy, drug dealing, drug traffic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
47%
274
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ana, a young compliance manager, discovers unusually high bills among her company's records, she can't imagine what an avalanche her research will set off. Not only does she cross paths with an aging small-time crook and a Viennese ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, money laundering, money problems, bandit, criminal gang, con artists, gangster, crime investigation, cons and scams, criminal, gang, organized crime ...
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gangster, male nudity, criminal, brother, fishing, problem, financial problem, money problems, threat, organized crime, brothers, criminal syndicate ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A getaway driver finds himself in harm's way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money leading to a debt over his head.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, noir, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
underworld, bandit, heist, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, betrayal, isolation, escape, survival, violence, anti hero, chase ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After getting mixed up with a dangerous crime syndicate, an undercover cop wakes up to discover he is missing his partner, his wife, and three days of his life.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
undercover, memory loss, amnesia, organized crime, criminal syndicate, undercover agent, mysterious disappearance, criminal gang, life & death, working undercover, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime drama, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug lord, drug, fbi investigation, criminal gang, crime boss, criminal, drug smuggling, drug dealer, bandit, gang, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
46%
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:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico, Argentina, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Isabel and her family take possession of her mother’s villa in rural Mexico where they reconnect with their long-time domestic worker Maria. But things have never been the same since Isabel’s mother left. Once so well looked after, the house is ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, violence, missing person, organized crime, drug traffic, mysterious disappearance, divorce, vanished man, undercover, drug dealing, breakup ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
drug dealer, dealer, criminal, illegal drugs, one last job, going straight, gang, drug deal, race against time, bandit, deal, desperation ...
Similarity:
46%
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:
45%
63
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
GRIMY is the story of an undercover officer named Rogers. (Maurandis Berger) He is the only one who can get in close enough to these criminals that terrorize neighborhoods with drugs and violence. He is often assigned to neighborhoods that he grew ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, dark, intense ...
Plot:
undercover, gang, police, drug, rivalry, outlaw, drug dealer, danger, undercover agent, criminal, real life, informant ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
656
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
When a boatload of cannabis belonging to Moroccan drug lord El Feo is hijacked, the robbery has repercussions stretching across three countries.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, marijuana, drug traffic, organized crime, drug lord, criminal, cannabis, drug dealer, gangster, drug, illegal drugs, drug dealing ...
Place:
europe, morocco
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Rowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recouping the money that Finn lost.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, desperation, gang violence, drug deal, protective parent, gang war, crime boss, threat, drug traffic, life is a bitch, drug smuggling ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the night of their tenth anniversary, corporate lawyer Michael Barnes' wife is brutally murdered. Labelled the prime suspect by Detectives Jack Burns and Amy Cobb, Barnes must try to clear his name before it's too late... Along the way, ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspense, intense, detective ...
Plot:
murder, lesbian sex, false accusation, falsely accused, betrayal, investigation, moral ambiguity, desperation, mistrust, moral dilemma, conspiracy, revenge ...
Similarity:
45%
156
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001. The story centers on two New York City Police Department detectives Mooney and Trout working with the FBI to solve a murder with ties ...
Style:
tense, detective, crime drama, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, fbi, nypd, police detective, police, justice, criminal, law enforcement, legal, police procedural, murder investigation, investigation ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
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