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List of crooked businessman movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.
Style:
buddy comedy, crying, detective, f word
Plot:
male nudity, abducted woman, police station, party, governor, coke, rain, crime boss, punched in the face, chinese new year, child psychologist, hit and run ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oklahoma, honolulu hawaii, hawaii
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, monster, sea monster, creature feature, ship, ocean, tentacle, killer animal, creature, ghost ship, bermuda triangle, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bolivia, asia, china, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sniper, cia agent, intelligence agency, murder suspect, father son relationship, killer, fight for justice, manhunt, assassin, struggle for survival, murder, father ...
Place:
central america, california, montana, san francisco, vancouver ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, cynical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
private detective, private investigator, book, bookstore, amateur detective, criminal heroes, gang, partners against crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, chase, arms dealing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teen Alex Taylor and his older brother Jack live in L.A. where Jack is a personal fitness trainer. Jack had an affair with Mitzi Price, a very powerful business man's wife. Her husband, Laszlo Price, then blackmails Jack into going to New York ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, love and romance, prostitute, family relations, siblings relations, seduction, rock, wrestler, insider trading, brother brother relationship, tennis ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, beverly hills, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tram driver Lauri looses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a headwaitress is closed. Too proud, to receive money from the social welfare system, they hardly try to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and ...
Style:
dark comedy, realistic, touching, uplifting, inspirational ...
Plot:
food, unemployment, labor, working class, suffering, psychology, social injustice, loser, gourmet, employment, minimalism, entertainment ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
europe, helsinki finland, finland, spain, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Style:
feel good, light, surreal, visually stunning, satirical ...
Plot:
success, suicide, business, corruption, dark humor, secretary, industry, christmas, journalism, newspaper, psychiatrist, greed ...
Time:
1950s, year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng (Jimmy Wang Yu) from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the ...
Style:
grindhouse, perverse, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, car chase, 007, car, bee, dojo, police, corruption, gangster, chase, drug dealing, undercover ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, australia, asia, sydney australia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, bounty hunter, vigilante, hitman, female warrior, female assassin, female killer, dystopian future, danger, society, desert, shaolin ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Style:
cult classic, scenic, romantic, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, bodyguard, hired killer, witness, chinese army, professional killer, wuxia, kung fu, chase, businessman, unrequited love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
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147K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
twins, road trip, buddy, contract killer, killer, male virgin, fish out of water, partner, family relations, on the road, brothers, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, houston texas ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero (Brosnan) wages an all out war.
Style:
cult classic, political, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
small town, debt collector, gangster, blood, betrayal, violent, violence, brutality, greed, chase, environmental, death ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, california, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
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209K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s
Style:
adult animation, intense, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
superhero, double life, danger, superman, mad scientist, secret identity, cloning, crime wave, comic book, superpower, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
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157K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
heist, safecracker, robbery, fbi, skyscraper, perfect crime, thanksgiving, working class, thief, bank robbery, revenge, corrupt businessman ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style:
tense, epic, action packed, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, batman, heroes, vigilante, secret identity, tragic hero, organized crime, moral dilemma, psychopath, master criminal, revenge, corruption ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, north america, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Style:
neo noir, action thriller, surreal, erotic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
femme fatale, sex scene, time machine, distopia, kick-butt women, vengeance, heroes, violent, torture, burned alive, female assassin, superhero ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
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461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
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1.2M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Style:
exciting, witty, saga, clever, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, technology, prodigy, weapon system, billionaire, tony stark character, self sacrifice, inventor, flying, terrorism, treason ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, usa, america, iraq, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group ...
Style:
suspense, gothic, stylized, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, afterlife, supernatural, electric chair, vengeance, vigilante, tragic hero, murder, brutality, violence, murder mystery, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
salt lake city utah
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, ...
Style:
sexy, action thriller, action adventure, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
espionage, agent, lone hero, secret agent, secret service, chase, gunfight, spy, violence, cia, good versus evil, car chase ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
spain, sydney australia, australia, oceania
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, one man army, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex scene, hitman, prison, sexual favor, anti hero, making love, heist, chase, betrayal, murder, lust ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
el paso texas, texas, latin america, sonora, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
An old flame of Bruce Wayne's strolls into town, re-heating up the romance between the two. At the same time, a mass murderer with an axe for one hand begins systematically eliminating Gotham's crime bosses. Due to the person's dark ...
Style:
neo noir, adult animation, atmospheric, intense, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, batman, organized crime, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, secret identity, betrayal, joker, justice, fighting crime, old love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A couple of two-bit thieving brothers try and keep a promise to their dying father: stick together and become successful outlaws. Bambino reluctantly agrees to show younger Trinity the ropes, but their gentle demeanors tend to diminish their haul by ...
Style:
spaghetti western, spoof, funny, euro western, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wild west, bounty hunter, poker, mistaken identity, native american, bar fight, brawl, federal agent, card trick, restaurant, punched in the face, settler ...
Time:
year 1971, 19th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.
Plot:
media, emptiness, crooked businessman, murder, tragic event, sex, friend, flash forward, jealousy, police interrogation, teenage girl, police station ...
Time:
80s
Place:
finland, stockholm sweden, helsinki finland, eastern europe
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