Best movies like Autumn
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Plot Summary:
Jean-Pierre is a hit man in Paris. He wants to stop; an incentive is reconnecting to Michelle, a childhood friend. He's ready to commit himself to her, but she has her own secrets: she sells bomb components to thugs. He hears rumors of a missing briefcase, which he finds in Michelle's flat. He asks no questions, and soon both of them are in trouble with Jean-Pierre's ex-employer and with her bomb buyers. Two other characters complicate the maneuvering: Jean-Pierre's best friend, who's always losing money on the ponies, and the ex-employer's new contract killer, a seemingly fragile woman. Is there any way that Jean-Pierre can protect Michelle and escape with his life? Written by.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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Salvo (2013)
Plot Summary:
A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate a man, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. Salvo tries to close those disturbing eyes, staring at him yet unseeing. Something impossible happens. Rita's eyes see for the first time. Salvo decides to spare her life. From then on, these two beings, both haunted by the world they belong to, are linked together forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
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The Contract (2006)
Plot Summary:
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, cliffhanger, clever, action thriller, road movie, unusual plot structure
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Treat Me Like Fire (2018)
Plot Summary:
Revolves around the relationship between a gambling addict and a young woman who falls madly in love with him and will stop at nothing to win his heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, sentimental, captivating, realistic
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Gone with the Pope (2010)
Plot Summary:
GONE WITH THE POPE stars Duke Mitchell as Paul, a gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the pope and charge "a dollar from every Catholic in the world" as the ransom. Shot in 1975 as KISS THE RING, GONE WITH THE POPE was unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell's death in 1981. Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing rediscovered GONE WITH THE POPE in 1995 and vowed to save it from obscurity. Academy Award-winning film editor Murawski (THE HURT LOCKER, SPIDER-MAN 1,2 & 3) spent 15 years completing GONE WITH THE POPE from the surviving film elements.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, retro, grindhouse, independent film, freeze frame, exciting, contemplative, weird
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Panic (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychological, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, neo noir, dark, stylized, black comedy
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Stratos (2014)
Plot Summary:
At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where underground boss Leonidas took him under his wing. One day during a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life. Stratos never forgot this. A free man now, Stratos works the night shift at a bakery workshop, a far cry from the killing contracts he executes by day. He gives away all his money to spring Leonidas out of prison, funding an escape plan managed by Leo’s brother, Yorgos. The fulfillment of his debt is the only thing that matters to Stratos, everything else is indifferent and he lives detached, surrounded by ghosts and fallacies. The day of the escape, the most important day of his life, is near….
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, Cyprus
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, political, social, bleak, realistic, suspenseful
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Undercover (2015)
Plot Summary:
Young female police officer Nurgül Özdemir lives her life in a rural environment. When she gets asked for an undercover mission in Amsterdam, she grabs the opportunity to get out of the problems this place is giving her. She leaves her homesick father and dependent mother behind in an attempt to find out what she really wants with her life. In Amsterdam Nurgül gets to play a key role in the exposure of a drugdealer and learns what it is to be an undercover agent. During the mission, she finds out the secrets about her long lost brother and discovers the real reason why she was sent to Amsterdam.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating
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Boys Cry (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, realistic
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The Chippendales Murder (2000)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Steve Banjerlee who started a sleazy male strip club for women. Several years later he meets Nick De Noia, a choreographer whom he goes into partnership with to turn his nightclub into a successful high-class business that eventually leads to betrayal and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Agitator (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death fo a prominent crime boss. Devastated by htis turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, crime drama, crying
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Plot Summary:
In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, independent film, rough, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, talky, weird
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The Magician (2005)
Plot Summary:
Following the dealings of a Melbourne-based hitman Ray as seen through the eyes of his ex-neighbour and friend Max, an Italian film student. Max and his camera witness Ray's work life as it unfolds from day to day, giving an insight into a world we rarely see, and at the same time developing an unusual friendship with his subject.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, suspenseful, talky, semi serious, mockumentary, cult classic, clever, offbeat, realistic
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Squatters (2014)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Interview with a Hitman (2012)
Plot Summary:
An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, action thriller, action packed, realistic
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A Lonely Woman (2018)
Plot Summary:
A Lonely Woman is about a docile and shy girl, Annie, (Youlika Skafida) an orphan from Greece who all she wanted was to have parents. After living in an orphanage her first 12 years, an elderly wealthy American couple finally adopts her giving her a new life in the USA. Fifteen happy years later her world flips upside down when a horrible event changes her life forever. Annie slowly transforms into a new persona; Jezebel (her real birth name) a dark and merciless woman with only revenge on her mind to get justice at her own hand. A series of events keep her on a destructive path from which there might be no return. Then she meets Antoine (Beau Yotty), a handsome, sincere man who seems to truly cares for her. Is he her savior who will help her forget her mission of revenge? Or is he the instrument to finish her transformation to the dark side?.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, detective
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Diary of a Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, surprise ending, suspense, cult classic, independent film, bleak
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The Last Hit Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ageing hit man, Harry, has just botched a job and is now the target. His daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too. A young hit man called Billy is sent to take Harry out but they form an uneasy alliance.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Eiffel Tower Mystery (2015)
Plot Summary:
The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend embark on a quest across Paris to solve the mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, historical drama, queer cinema, period drama
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Best Seller (1987)
Plot Summary:
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, realistic, neo noir, offbeat, detective, independent film
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Corniche Kennedy (2016)
Plot Summary:
Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco, Mehdi, Franck, Mélissa, Hamza, Mamaa, Julie : girls and boys dive, take flight, take risks to experience life to the fullest. Suzanne devours them with her eyes from inside her chic villa. Their free bodies, their excess. She wants to be part of them. She will be part of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Little Odessa (1994)
Plot Summary:
The film follows the personal relationship between a father and his two sons, one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: bleak, disturbing, neo noir, erotic, cult classic, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mrs. Serial Killer (2020)
Plot Summary:
When her husband is framed and imprisoned for serial murders, a doting wife must perform a copycat murder, to prove her husband's innocence.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: sexy, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful
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Jack (2015)
Plot Summary:
Delving deep into the soul of one of Austria’s most infamous real-life convicts, Jack is a fascinating, unprejudiced look at the path to redemption and the obstacles that bar the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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The Turning Point (2021)
Plot Summary:
A slacker who does his best to avoid confrontation strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly forces his way into his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, hood
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Backfire (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a botched robbery escalates to homicide, a north Philly gun runner has to escape or outsmart the south Philly Italian mob as they close in for vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Flinch (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir
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Road Dogz (2002)
Plot Summary:
"Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and Raymo (Clifton Collins Jr.) are lifelong friends who have spent their days hanging out and playing basketball. But everything is about to change...when one of them gets involved with a dangerous drug dealer, all their lives are at risk and they must make some life and death decisions.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tragic ending, independent film, hood
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Yardie (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, inspirational, hood, powerful
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Plot Summary:
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, USA, Japan
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: art house, stylized, atmospheric, cult classic, hood, thought provoking, captivating, neo noir, tense, philosophical
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Bird (2020)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with the meaninglessness of her life, Samantha Flores, an unassuming and shy young woman, living in the city of Los Angeles is convinced by a friend, Juliette, a vivacious call-girl, to go out one night posing as her. What was supposed to be a night of fun and excitement for Samantha, turns into a night of sheer terror after she witnesses a brutal murder. Now stranded and wandering aimlessly along a dark road, Samantha crosses paths with Greg Vargas, a reluctant criminal talked into participating in a jewel heist that is occurring nearby. After Greg initially picks her up to get her away from the crime scene, they are suddenly attacked by unknown assailants. After barely escaping with their lives, Greg and Samantha now must not only work together to solve the mystery of who is after them, but also learn to trust each other. The only clues that can help them uncover the secrets of that night are locked away in Samantha's traumatized, fragmented memories, and they are running out.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing