Movies like The Painter
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The Painter (2024)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted by a relentless killer and a rogue black ops program, he must rely on skills he thought he left behind in a high-stakes game of survival.
Style:
tense, realistic, thrilling, suspenseful, fast paced, twisted, noir, neo noir
Plot:
black ops, mystery woman, killer, agent, murderer, murder, fbi agent, special agent, spy, conspiracy, survival, assassin, betrayal, espionage, male protagonist, cat and mouse, secret past, government corruption, revenge, investigation, ruse, urban, identity, moral ambiguity, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Painter
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, dark, noir and suspenseful films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, betrayal, urban, conspiracy, cat and mouse and investigation mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Painter: High Ground (2025), Section 8 (2022), Rainbow Drive (1990), Black Warrant (2022), Killer Image (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.
Style:
tense, action packed, crime thriller, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
cartel, sheriff, confrontation, law enforcement, violent, fight scenes, justice, moral ambiguity, corruption, showdown, power struggle, desperation ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ex soldier, revenge, murder, special agent, vigilante, vengeance, criminal's revenge, ex convict, criminal, murder investigation, released from prison, mission ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.
Style:
crime thriller, detective, suspense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, police procedural, investigation, hollywood, homicide, cover up, murder mystery, law enforcement, conspiracy, evidence, urban, crime scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A semi-retired special ops assassin and a DEA agent cross paths on separate missions to stop a cyber terrorist organization that has built a dangerous machine threatening to attack the power grid and bring catastrophe to the world.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
terrorist, special ops, agent, terrorism, father son relationship, hitman, special agent, murderer, entity, criminal organization, espionage, hacking ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Max Oliver learns his photographer brother has been killed, he suspects it was no random murder. And when he finds his brothers' last photos of a powerful senator and a prostitute, Max gets a clear picture of a deadly political cover-up. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, intense, grim ...
Plot:
senator, murder, photographer, conspiracy, cover up, murder mystery, danger, corrupt politician, cold blooded killer, political corruption, investigation, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When an ex-CIA agent discovers his family have been kidnapped he sets out to rescue them, only to discover they are being held hostage and won't be released unless he carries out a mission to assassinate the President. He must use his advanced ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
assassination of president, conspiracy, spy, espionage, family in danger, hostage, kidnapping, assassination, frame up, special agent, scapegoat, assassination plot ...
Similarity:
60%
412
Genre: Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Park Ranger Pablo Silva remakes his life in his new destination, a forgotten and troubled place that few want to go to, the Pereyra Iraola Park. Soon, under an apparent tranquility, he discovers a network of poachers, traffc and hoaxes. His old ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
poaching, survival, park ranger, nature, hunter, peril, stranded, poacher, mysterious character, characters in danger, murder, criminal ...
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When Luna’s family is killed in cold blood on a mountain vacation, she barely escapes, and has to discover she’s been living a lie: her dad was a Russian secret agent, and her family was just a front. Luna has the opportunity to flee the ...
Style:
action thriller, tense, suspense, dark, fast paced ...
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, cold blooded murder, female protagonist, retribution, family tragedy, female vigilante, escape, vigilante, double life, conspiracy, trauma ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
danger, false accusation, murder, femme fatale, life turned upside down, dishonesty, on the run, protagonist as suspect, falsely accused, deception, fugitive, seduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Greed results in murder in the tumultuous world of Internet stocks.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, fast paced, dark, noir ...
Plot:
murder, stock market, greed, corporate greed, insider trading, deception, corruption, betrayal, conspiracy, office politics, moral ambiguity, ambition ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the death of a co-worker, a young woman working for a private airline learns the owner's secret and becomes the next target.
Style:
tense, suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, flight attendant, female protagonist, death, secret, airline, woman in danger, secrets, murder mystery, murderer, threat, dark secret ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Annie marries Jack Westford, a cop when they met. Six years later Jack is now working as a security guard in a bank and feels that he was unfairly fired from the force. He also appears to be no longer interested in Annie and has an affair with ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, twisted, dark ...
Plot:
frame up, faked death, revenge, infidelity, false accusation, deception, betrayal, investigation, female protagonist, conspiracy, domestic drama, marital strife ...
Time:
year 1994
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Emma, the lucky recipient of a recent heart transplant, sets out to find the identity of her donor only to learn that it was her estranged cousin, who may have been murdered.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
heart transplant, cousin, murder investigation, female protagonist, murder, murderer, organ transplant, transplant, investigation, organ donation, murder mystery, crime solving ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
contract killer, hitman, hired killer, killer, assassin, assassination, killing, murder, manhunt, murderer, cat versus mouse, female killer ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A trusting detective is drawn into an elaborate murder plot by a beautiful femme fatale.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, psychological, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, deception, femme fatale, intrigue, police investigation, police detective, secret, crime investigation, homicide detective, uncover truth, female protagonist ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Returning from Afghanistan, Jessica, a Spec OPS Marine, finds herself in a war she never imagined and discovers middle America suburbia has changed when her thirteen year old sister, Aimee, is abducted by sex traffickers.
Style:
action thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
human trafficking, abduction, female protagonist, sister, vigilante, organized crime, slave trader, slave trade, fighting crime, kidnapped woman, life is a bitch, kidnapped ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
To pay for college, Business major Trina goes live with her unique dating website Let's Date. Let's Date becomes a huge success, though Trina soon learns that her site is being misused as a prostitution hub and shuts it down. When one of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, tense ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, college, online dating, dating show, murderer, secret, murder investigation, murder mystery, danger, college campus, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Paul Randall finds his mother murdered one day, he himself comes under suspicion.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, grim, detective ...
Plot:
protection, bodyguard, murder, investigation, assassin, family tragedy, paranoia, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, betrayal, male protagonist, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Bill Sullivan spends the last night of Mr. Phil's Bar hanging out with his friends, drinking, sex and murder ensue. Last call takes on a whole new meaning.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, bar fight, drinking, nightclub, murderer, problem, escapades, danger, night, violence, nightlife, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
46%
625
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A woman being terrorized by a stalker hires and develops a relationship with a handsome private detective, not realizing he'd become her deadly avenging angel.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
stalker, private detective, revenge, female protagonist, relationships, stalking, relationship problems, male female relationship, life is a bitch, terror, problem, psycho terror ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya herself becomes a target and must quickly learn the skills of her father.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, noir, intense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, betrayal, espionage, spy thriller, family secret, surveillance, cat and mouse, assassin, double life, moral ambiguity, reluctant hero, ruse ...
Similarity:
45%
894
Genre: Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A grieving mother lures her daughter's killer into her smart home in order to take revenge, becoming involved in a distorted game where life and death are at stake.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tension, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, trap, murder, cat versus mouse, killing, deathtrap, avenge, problem, murderer, intrigue, mind game ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
murder, ex convict, investigation, secret, who done it, uncover truth, murderer, murder mystery, crime solving, homicide detective, sleuth, murder investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, political thriller, fast paced, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, ira, spy, covert operation, conspiracy, rescue mission, british intelligence, betrayal, neo nazi, violent, cat and mouse, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Dina, a girl assassin, works with Keng ,who is betrayed by his organisation. Keng meets Charlie,and develops a special connection with him. Before dying, Keng makes Charlie the new 'Gray Fox Guardian.'
Style:
suspenseful, action thriller, tense, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, katana, killer, martial arts, sword, fight, female killer, murderer, hitman, conspiracy, teenage protagonist ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has to place his trust in the hands of a smart but volatile female cop, Sam Cross. The secret they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, cover-up, murder, stalking, killing, serial murder, murder mystery, pursuit, secret, murderer, killing spree, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tension, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, police procedural, corruption, conspiracy, homicide detective, police investigation, murder investigation, policewoman, police detective, crime investigation, forensics ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After exposing police corruption, a journalist is drawn into an underground world of violent vigilantism.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, crime thriller, dark ...
Plot:
police corruption, investigative reporter, investigation, vigilante, problem, investigative journalism, secret, corruption, private investigation, corrupt sheriff, intrigue, corrupt cop ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Caleb, a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee, discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb's head.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, harsh, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, chase, revenge, bounty hunter, hitman, murder, killing, death of father, fighting crime, family relations, friendship, gunfight ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An alone and wounded spy is on the hunt for members of a dark agency he used to work for, White Crow. This will push his skills to their limit, and maybe uncover a dark and sinister conspiracy that could change the world as we know it.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, psychological, twisted ...
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, spy thriller, secret organization, rogue agent, espionage, cat and mouse, betrayal, investigation, paranoia, revenge, surveillance ...
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38%
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