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Death Game (2001)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young black man is a growing basketball star in his school. The Mob decides to initiate him and manage him. He likes the presents, money and girls, but his coach does not. When things go too far, only his coach can do what must be done.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, dark, intense, crime drama, emotional
Plot:
coach, basketball, money, basketball player, athlete and trainer, price of fame, basketball coach, athlete's life, life is a bitch, social problems, black man, moral dilemma, gangster, betrayal, corruption, organized crime, high school life, coercion, street life, manipulation, danger, temptation, ambition, greed, high school ...
Time:
contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark, suspense, tense and intense films with plots about revenge, betrayal, violence, urban, corruption, moral ambiguity and gangster mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Death Game: Hostile Intentions (1995), White Elephant (2022), Enemy (2021), Call Me King (2017), 7 Colombian Kilos (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The brutal story of betrayal between two partners in the violent business of supplying drugs to Chicago's West Side. Greed and mistrust tear apart their childhood-long friendship.
Style:
dark, intense, grim, crime thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
violence, betrayal, drug traffic, betrayal of trust, greed, friendship, gang, mistrust, loyalty, street life, revenge, confrontation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
chicago, miami
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
67%
63
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
GRIMY is the story of an undercover officer named Rogers. (Maurandis Berger) He is the only one who can get in close enough to these criminals that terrorize neighborhoods with drugs and violence. He is often assigned to neighborhoods that he grew ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
141
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
brothers, family problems, criminal, relationship problems, family life, brother brother relationship, crime boss, satire, marital problem, danger, underworld, organized crime ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters headed by Das attempt to monopolise the meat business in Falaknuma. However, they encounter some unexpected problems, which lead them to the path of crime.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Nepal
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, crime drama, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
55%
1K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The story of a self motivated gangstar under a political God Father and a young lady who is the prisoner of the same politician as his paramour, both fall in love and want to escape from their intolerable situation.
Style:
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Plot:
escape, political corruption, corrupt politician, gangster, forbidden love, urban, violence, male protagonist, street life, corruption, power struggle, underworld ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
55%
256
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Four brothers Ibra, Elzan, Amar, and Ical attempting to collect money for their father's medical bills. Always in stalemate, the brothers eventually took a very reckless decision.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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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50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
43%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 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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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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350
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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