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Blood for Dust (2023)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some financial relief for his struggling family, Cliff agrees to partner with Ricky, to commit cross-state drug and gun deliveries for a mid-level American cartel boss John. When a simple exchange turns into a bloodbath after Ricky kills everyone in a territory grab, the pair find themselves in a pressure cooker situation where unlikely drug dealer Cliff must fight as hard as he can to stay alive.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot:
past, intrigue, problem, secret, dark past, gay, winter, violence, criminal, arms dealer, motel, traveling salesman, strip club, bag of money, drug deal, shootout, family relations, drowning, drug crime, award
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
montana, canada, netherlands, idaho, england, australia, germany ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, captivating, psychological and thrilling films with plots about problem, criminal, violence, revenge, gang, betrayal and moral ambiguity mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Blood for Dust: Adagio (2023), Incarcerated (2023), Furies (2022), Black Seconds (2006), The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
rome italy
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After being incarcerated, a woman enacts an elaborate plan of revenge on the ruthless female drug lord responsible for her family’s demise.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 109 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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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
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Story:
Helga Joner's daughter Ida leaves home bound for the local shop riding a yellow bicycle and wearing a red cycle helmet. Helga is shown to be an over-anxious mother who worries excessively about her daughter. She even resorts to calculating the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
70%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wisper, a successful bar owner, comes home to find his wife and children murdered. As the only black man in a white neighborhood, the police consider him a prime suspect, and Wisper is forced to try to solve the crime on his own.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, crime drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
internet, threat, problem, death threat, secret, madness, hate, capitalism, character study, chase, scam, assistant ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Philippines, Hungary, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
GRS operative Jake Alexander and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong billionaire.
Style:
rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on a real event, this is the spectacular escape of seven prisoners in 1991 from the Villa Devoto prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the process of digging a tunnel to escape, they make a bizarre and frightening discovery just as they are ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
buenos aires argentina
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Russell Hatch, an Interpol operative who takes on the role of father figure to Jayden, the son of an informant killed in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, Hatch finds himself protecting Jayden and his grandfather from a group of merciless ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, serious, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
gambling, gambler, poker player, risk, friends, game, old friend, card playing, money, portrait, guru, artwork ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 144 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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641
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While on vacation in rural Wisconsin, five friends seek refuge in a lone building after their vehicle crashes in a vicious snowstorm. With no cell service, the group splits up to find help but when they reunite, one of them is found dead.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
friends, murder, vacation, fleeing, murder investigation, murder mystery, group of friends, murderer, criminal, secret, fear, isolation ...
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59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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13K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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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Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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938
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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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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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, China, Switzerland, UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, bleak, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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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Story:
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Style:
action thriller, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
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