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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tech noir, suspenseful, witty, stylized, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, caper, safe, voyeur, home invasion, robbery, police, surveillance camera, gang, heist, ex convict, wiretap, released from prison, safecracker, one last job, perfect crime, mafia, jewel theft, old man, african american, gay slur, ambush, old woman, panic, arrest ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and neo noir films with plots about chase, murder, gangster, gang, police investigation, heist and held at gunpoint mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Anderson Tapes: The Getaway (1972), The Burglars (1971), The Stone Killer (1973), Thief (1981), Entrapment (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
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: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship by which they planned their escape; a police chief pursues Azad while he waits for the next ship to ...
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: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
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: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
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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Duration: 91 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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: USA
Duration: 70 min.
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: USA, Germany, UK
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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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Similarity:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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: USA
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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: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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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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Similarity:
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Country: USA, UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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