Movies and TV shows like The Cliff 2012
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The Cliff (2012)
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Original name: Uçurum
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The young Doctor Eva leaves her home Moldova to work in Istanbul, together with her sister Felicia. Due to inadvertency they land in the hands of a gang of prostitution but somehow Eva manages to escape and tries to save her sister. Adam, Pinar, Arif and Ulas who become friends to Eva, help her to save Felicia and thus start a fight against the prostitution ring. The serie's title symbolicaly refers to people's life taking place at a cliff's edge.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, crime thriller, emotional, dark, suspenseful, intercultural, intense
Plot:
organized crime, illegal prostitution, prostitution, brothel, human trafficking, forced prostitution, prostitute, women, life is a bitch, trap, social problems, fighting crime, street prostitution, trapped, sisters, rescue mission, survival, gang violence, social realism, friendship, corruption, desperation, redemption, trauma, rescue attempt ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
istanbul turkey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, tense, suspense and captivating films and TV series with plots about moral ambiguity, urban, investigation, betrayal, revenge, corruption and survival mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Cliff: Red Light (2020), Game of Hunting (2017), The 410 (2019), Hello Forever (2013), Street Birds (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 50 min.
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Duration: 78 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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64%
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Country: Colombia
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
korea
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56%
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Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 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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Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Japan
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Style:
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TV show
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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TV show
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