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Boiling Point (1993)
7K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, lawyer, psychopath, criminal, crime boss, robbery, nightclub, debt, manhunt, motel, ex convict, showdown, one last job, crime spree, master criminal, working undercover, loss of partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, rough and serious films with plots about gun, violence, police, murder, pistol, law enforcement and gunfight mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Boiling Point: Sabotage (2014), Raw Deal (1986), Rapid Fire (1992), Deadly Target (1994), Never Die Alone (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 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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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, France
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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Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA, Japan
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Story:
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Duration: 92 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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
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Time:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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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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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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vengeance, vigilante, revenge, drug cartel, justice, vigilantism, drug, lone hero, brutality, hitman, partner, gang ...
Time:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Time:
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 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:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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