Movies like Assassin(s)
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Assassin(s) (1997)
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max, young and passionless thief to be his successor.
Style:
psychological, clever, serious, realistic, witty, disturbing, cynical, sitcom, anime, weird
Audience:
adult
Plot:
professional killer, hitman, killer, professional, assassin, hallucination, dead prostitute, school shooting, film industry, adult film industry, contract killer, arthouse horror, apprentice, media, youth, elderly, aging, criminal heroes, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood, media satire, power relations, violent content, sex, teenager ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Most similar movies to Assassin(s)
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and psychological films with plots about murder, deadly, violence, death, killer, hitman and gangster mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Assassin(s): Hate (1995), See How They Fall (1994), Max & Jeremie (1992), The Magician (2005), Little Odessa (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
223K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said -- a Jew, African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social ...
Style:
bleak, art house, disturbing, cult classic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
racism, rebel, poverty, skinhead, youth, ghetto, brutality, police brutality, friendship, rebellion, urban ghetto life, misfit ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, middle east, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Two years before, Marx, an old gambler, met Frederic, a young man that does not look very smart and started to ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
amateur detective, lgbt, vengeance, law enforcement, vigilantism, danger, friendship, rivalry, dark humor, obsessive quest, murder, midlife crisis ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough
Plot:
professional killer, killer, gangster, criminal heroes, danger, hitman, retiring, violent content, swimming pool, immaturity, police brutality, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the dealings of a Melbourne-based hitman Ray as seen through the eyes of his ex-neighbour and friend Max, an Italian film student. Max and his camera witness Ray's work life as it unfolds from day to day, giving an insight into a ...
Style:
humorous, witty, semi serious, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hitman, found footage, danger, dark humor, murder, witnessing a crime, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, professional killer, killer, underworld, professional ...
Time:
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Place:
australia
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Style:
cult classic, art house, philosophical, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
loneliness, loner, african american, mafia, hitman, samurai, hip hop, honor, friendship, martial arts, assassin, professional killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, japan ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film follows the personal relationship between a father and his two sons, one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.
Style:
erotic, bleak, disturbing, neo noir, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, hitman, immigrant, winter, jewish mob, russian mafia, sex scene, redemption, gangster, killer, making love, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, israel, usa, brooklyn new york city, tokyo ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, psychological, bleak, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, pedophile, murder, brutality, sexual predator, serial killer, sex with a priest, altar boy, youth, pedophilia, psychopath, serial child killer ...
Time:
year 1962, year 1976, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, danger, murder, professional killer, assassin, investigation, dishonesty, rescue, betrayal, seduction, african american, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
columbus ohio, pennsylvania
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Colombia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
World-weary arthur Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a ...
Style:
meditative, thought provoking, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
gay, murder, man boy relationship, poverty, vengeance, gang, lgbt, homosexual, drug dealing, teenage life, fall in love, love affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colombia, los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria, Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, serious, art house ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
murder, psychopath, obsession, video store, society, atrocity, killer child, child murders a child, human nature, introspection, found footage, extreme ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
austria, egypt, germany, bosnia, europe ...
Similarity:
25%
53K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, depressing ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang war, mafia, camorra, gangster, death, danger, organized crime, italian mafia, gang, power, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, europe, venice, miami ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A look inside a tragedy through the eyes of a survivor. Based on actual events, April Showers is about picking up the pieces in the direct aftermath of school violence
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, life turned upside down, teenage life, society, life is a bitch, high school, youth, social relations, bullying, violent content, serial killer, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
life is a bitch, violence, danger, life philosophy, dishonesty, criminal heroes, corruption, police corruption, society, tough heroes, injustice, brutality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
school shooting, serial killer, high school, killing spree, captive, held captive, killer, hostage, vengeance, school, power relations, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fritz Haarmann, who has killed at least 27 boys, is questioned by a psychology professor in order to find out whether he is sane and can be held responsible for his crimes. During this interrogation Haarmann reveals his motives and his killing ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, psychopath, investigation, society, courtroom drama, confined, killer, cannibalism, gay, transsexual, dismemberment, serial killer ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hong Kong nihilism. December 22, a street quarrel leads to the death of a gang leader's son. Next day, he seeks revenge on his brother, a rival boss. He calls on Liu, a fixer, to import a hit man from the mainland. Lai Fu, a tough and youthful ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gangster, organized crime, gang war, murder, mob boss, rivalry, gang, law enforcement, christmas, revenge, manhunt ...
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught.
Style:
neo noir, detective, sexy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
loner, hitman, assassination, chase, professional killer, lone wolves, gangster, surveillance, police investigation, murder, assassin, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, intense, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, school shooting, psychological trauma, goth girl, murder, friendship, youth, teenage life, hopes, isolation, secret, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
22%
1K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Bonnie and Hillary are two young lost souls who meet one day and discover that they get along. They talk about their lives and run around and and keep getting really excited. Their day escalates into an eruption of violence and rage that can only be ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, queer horror, controversial, contemplative ...
Plot:
murder, friendship, coming of age, evil child, prison, juvenile detention, interrogation, teenage girl, bad kids, bad girl, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy ...
Time:
year 1994, 20th century, 90s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Cyprus, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground boss Leonidas took him under his wing. One day during a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life. Stratos never forgot this. A free man now, ...
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tunnel, danger, forced into action, redemption, save the day, chaos, obsession, professional killer, police officer, hired killer, bakery, master criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
greece, europe, athens greece
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the paroled man attempts to find ...
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, philosophical, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, prison, friendship, ex convict, robbery, justice, gang, going straight, haunted by the past, human nature, rehabilitation, parole ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
21%
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613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, writers, serial killer, contract killer, assassin, police detective, vengeance, psychopath, danger, writer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, 70s
Place:
texas, california, oregon, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
14-year old Erik gets sent to live with his older brother, Henry, during the summer as his mother is dying in cancer. Henry starts dating Ewa, who is married to Berra. A few days after Ewa shows up battered and bruised from an altercation with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinny dipping, unsolved crime, friendship, power relations, family problems, who done it, youth, coming of age, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, vacation, teenager ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
147
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Jean-Pierre is a hit man in Paris. He wants to stop; an incentive is reconnecting to Michelle, a childhood friend. He's ready to commit himself to her, but she has her own secrets: she sells bomb components to thugs. He hears rumors of a ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, exciting
Plot:
retribution, criminal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hitman, killer, mercenary, murder, professional killer, swashbuckler, couple relations, couples, save the day ...
Similarity:
20%
2.4M
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, witty, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
dark humor, gunfight, violence, hitman, gangster, organized crime, overdose, storytelling, violent, professional killer, multiple storylines, foul language ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, southern california, america, britain ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his ...
Style:
non-linear, talky, witty, clever, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, assassin, killer, dark humor, murder, professional killer, gangster, professional, contract killer, couples, disorder, friends ...
Time:
80s, year 1998
Place:
chicago, usa, london
Similarity:
20%
357K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most ...
Style:
clever, realistic, thought provoking, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
business, corruption, arms dealer, arms dealing, smuggling, success, millionaire, greed, gunrunner, notoriety, cynic, cold war ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 80s, 20th century, year 2001 ...
Place:
bolivia, africa, liberia, sierra leone, new york ...
Similarity:
20%
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