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West of Liberty (2019)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 261 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the novel by Thomas Engström, a former Stasi double agent is asked by his old CIA contact to work one more case.
Style:
psychological, tense, sincere, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
violence, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, adaptation, police, friendship, murder, destiny, brutality, corruption, debt, rivalry, society, life philosophy, disorder, spy, agent, deadly, crimes
Time:
2010s
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Most similar movies to West of Liberty
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out disturbing, tense, psychological and suspense films and TV series with plots about danger, society, murder, rivalry, friendship, police and escapades mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like West of Liberty: Stateless (2020), Dignity (2019), The Corrupted (2019), Suits (2018), Villain (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 53 min.
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Story:
Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — are stuck in an immigration detention ...
Style:
sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tear jerker
Plot:
disorder, adaptation, escapades, dishonesty, culture clash, society, danger, life philosophy, destiny, rivalry, brutality, life is a bitch ...
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429
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, Chile
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The Germanic cult 'Colonia Dignidad' abused children, tortured and killed prisoners in its secret compound. Now, with Chilean dictator Pinochet gone, Leo Ramírez, a young federal prosecutor, must bring its leader Paul Schaefer to justice.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, dishonesty, police investigation, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, murder, corruption, friendship, betrayal, graphic violence, death ...
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81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, society, murder, friendship, danger, escapades, rivalry, small town, police, life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2012, year 2002
Similarity:
81%
879
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Choi Kyung Seo is a legendary lawyer at the top law firm in South Korea. He has charisma and an attractive appearance. He hires Go Yeon Woo as a rookie lawyer for the law firm. Go Yeon Woo has excellent memory.
Style:
suspense, dorama, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
adaptation, lawyer, law firm, escapades, rivalry, corruption, life is a bitch, justice, society, disorder, greed, life philosophy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, danger, violence, society, police, debt, murder, family relations, escapades, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The protagonist of the story, Ercüment Çözer rebels against disrespect and rudeness that we tend to avoid, ignore and eventually forget. Ercüment Çözer is a sociopath obsessed with the idea of respect. However, this time, he is not alone on ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological, suspense
Plot:
vigilante, violence, murder, businessman, corruption, serial killer, revenge, who done it, police investigation, danger, partner, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means ...
Style:
tense, captivating, sincere, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
power struggle, society, life is a bitch, danger, escapades, rivalry, disorder, murder, fight, friendship, heroes, brutality ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, France, Poland, Lithuania, Finland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In turn-of-the-21st-century Moscow, an innocent trade plunges Swedish investment banker, Tom Blixen, into a battle with millionaires, politicians, oligarchs and their private armies.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot:
propaganda, business, politician, police, murder, finance, intrigue, danger, rivalry, society, investment banker, russophobia ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 21st century
Place:
eastern europe, moscow russia
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of three friends are inextricably changed when one of them unwittingly invites a malevolent stranger into their world. A tangle of lies and laughter collides with a stalker's chilling obsession in this contemporary adaptation of ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological, psychological thriller
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, danger, obsession, family relations, love and romance, rivalry, escapades, marriage, society, adaptation, couples, youth ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
A hyper-noir story that follows a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, sets out to take revenge against her brother and his bombastic gang of gear-heads.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, bloody, disturbing ...
Plot:
gang leader, female warrior, gang, revenge, vengeance, murder, brutality, danger, adaptation, violence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 306 min.
TV show
Story:
A fictionalised look into the human tragedy of riot police and police brutality in Spain.
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
police, swat, conflict, murder, urban setting, female protagonist, corruption, riot, investigation, police investigation, partner, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
virus, totalitarian state, pregnant woman, curfew, competition, driver, life is a bitch, escapades, adaptation, danger, rivalry, hopes ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dutiful Liverpool beat cop discovers what he is truly capable of after his partner is brutally murdered in a targeted attack by a local gang.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
police, rivalry, loss of friend, life turned upside down, law enforcement, vigilantism, revenge, murder, investigation, danger, friendship, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, liverpool
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends. Inspired by real events.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, mafia, police investigation, dishonesty, danger, adaptation, escapades, rivalry, society, undercover agent, espionage, nudity ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A doctor searching frantically for her missing baby daughter finds herself tangled in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious cops and dark secrets.
Style:
disturbing, tense, heartbreaking, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, police, hospital, doctor, mother love, desperation, tragedy, loss of son, kidnapping, manipulation, fighting the system ...
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61%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Stubborn and determined detective Valeria Ferro endeavors to solve the challenging puzzle behind crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice. All as she struggles with her own demons and the phantoms of ...
Style:
detective, rough, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
violence, dishonesty, corruption, justice, undercover, hopes, danger, police, murder, society, disorder, investigation ...
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
The Black Family a once powerful respected family has lost power in the city of Jacksonville.11 years has past and now the city is controlled by 4 family's.Young Antonio must return to the city and reclaim the Black family's respect and ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, enigmatic, disturbing
Plot:
rivalry, vengeance, danger, organized crime, revenge, dishonesty, murder, betrayal, death, violence, friendship, culture clash ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Asiye is young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in a small beauty salon. She lives in a poor neighborhood with her family and wants to get married as soon as possible in order to get rid of her step mothers evil tongue. When she learns ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
murder, mafia, revenge, greed, friendship, love, mob boss, gang war, death, crime boss, mercilessness, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, psychological, medical drama ...
Plot:
fire department, lgbtq, lgbt, rescue, family relations, friendship, father son relationship, destiny, firefighter, gay, society, medical ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
Style:
tense, crime drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, police, loyalty, family bonds, brotherhood, moral dilemma, danger, violence, murder, brutality, adaptation, life is a bitch ...
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Who and What is “A Good Man”? This is the central question in this original drama series from Konstantin Bogomolov, agent provocateur of Russian cinema. Based on a true story, inspired by the capture of Russia’s most prolific and brutal serial ...
Style:
enigmatic, suspenseful, detective, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, investigation, maniac, danger, brutality, female detective, small town, police officer, death, society ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A Welsh community devastated by tragedy is forced to confront difficult truths amid the search for justice.
Style:
sincere, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
tragedy, bereavement, society, parents and children, dishonesty, life is a bitch, adaptation, friendship, fight, youth, destiny, danger ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When Andrea, a damage regulator from Benthos Oil, is sent out to Rig 45 two days before Christmas to investigate a fatal accident, the rig is hit by a hurricane and all communications lost. Soon, the crew realize that the accident is in fact a ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, tension, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
oil rig, murder, investigation, danger, betrayal, survival, isolation, catastrophe, riddles and clues, disorder, adaptation, police investigation ...
Similarity:
59%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Moscow, present day. The city of big money, passion, gorgeous women and wealthy men, receptions and dangerous intrigue. Dasha, an art historian from the province, who came to the capital, dreams of a new, better life, but a mysterious and cruel ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, thought provoking, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
ambitious woman, rivalry, female nudity, danger, dishonesty, society, model, betrayal, heroine, love triangle, lifestyle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, crime thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, murder, death of daughter, police, obsession, vengeance, forensic, danger, life is a bitch, disorder, forensics, police procedural ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
The tale of "Mansour Abu Heiba" - the self-righteous patriarch of Abu Heiba family - from upper Egypt, one of the 5 largest organized crime dynasties in the world; the pioneers of arms trafficking and monuments merchandising in the Middle ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, killing, betrayal, chase, crime boss, death, vengeance, family business, mercilessness, rivalry, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Chicago lawyer embraces his undying faith when his teenage son is accused of murdering a classmate.
Style:
captivating, exciting, rough, suspense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
father son relationship, society, murder, rivalry, death, hopes, parents and children, violence, vengeance, friendship, heroes, redemption ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Park Jung-Woo is a prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. One day, he wakes up and finds himself in locked up at the police station. He has temporary amnesia. Park Jung-Woo is falsely accused and is sentenced to death. He ...
Style:
bleak, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prosecutor, murder, amnesiac, prisoner, memory loss, memory, prison, twins, adaptation, dishonesty, disorder, corruption ...
Place:
korea
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
democracy, korean history, political corruption, police brutality, protest, historical event, cover up, military dictatorship, disorder, police, police investigation, brutality ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, investigation, police academy, partner, rivalry, murder, partners against crime, uncover truth, death, chase, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
55%
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