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The Righteous Thief (2009)
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Original name: 홍길동의 후예
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Hong Mu-Hyeok is a quiet high school music teacher with a secret. His family descends from the notorious Hong Gil-Dong, a Robin Hood styled thief. He has targeted Lee Jeong-Min, a ruthless ...
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tension, emotional, mysterious, intense ...
Plot:
heist, forbidden love, rich and poor, corruption, fighting crime, bandit, thief, relationships, criminal, crime boss, conspiracy, fall in love, in love, family secret, family problems, corrupt businessman, justice, vigilante, power struggle, secret identity, moral ambiguity, crime family, ethical dilemma, revenge, investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seoul, east asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and dark films with plots about revenge, corruption, urban, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal and criminal mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Righteous Thief: Tomb of the River (2021), Public Enemy Returns (2008), Bear Hunting (2007), Satyam (2008), Gentleman (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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73%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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382
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A cop, doesn't believe in finishing criminals in fake encounters but in a judicial way. A powerful politician hires an assassin to get rid of his competitors.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
61%
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407
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, twisted ...
Plot:
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Place:
south korea
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58%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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56%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, tension, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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55%
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Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
milan italy
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51%
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film centers around a juror on a high-profile case who is blackmailed into fixing the verdict after his daughter is kidnapped.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, blackmail, jury, justice, legal action, bandit, courtroom drama, abduction, crime boss, kidnapped daughter, manipulative person, kidnapped child ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
One stormy night,ADD(the Agency for Defense Development)is robbed of Korea's top secret files. The MND(Ministry of National Defense)tries to investigate the case, but it appears to be unsolvable. In search of a CD-ROM containing the secret ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
50%
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Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: South Korea, China
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
south korea, seoul, east asia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
Style:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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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:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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