Movies like JCVD

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   Cash Truck

   Strong story similarity

   2004 · 95 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Vigilante, a small armored truck company, is in full crisis mode. Victim of three violent hold-ups in a year, which left no survivors, the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and its employees are extremely worried. Some even suggest a complicity between the robbers and the firm. It is in this difficult context that a man, Alexandre Demarre, one morning presents himself to start his first day of work at Vigilante.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared heist movie style
   • substantial genre overlap

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   The Kid with a Bike

   Strong story similarity

   2011 · 87 min · Drama

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   Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared heist movie style
   • a closely matched era

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   The Second Wind

   Strong story similarity

   2007 · 155 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

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   Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared heist movie style
   • a closely matched era

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   The Crew

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 78 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared genre DNA
   • shared production studio: Canal+

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   The Child

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 96 min · Drama

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   A poor young Belgian mother wants her petty thief of a boyfriend to be gainfully employed to raise their newborn child, but he has other ideas.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: RTBF

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   Mesrine: Killer Instinct

   Similar atmosphere

   2008 · 113 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.

   Why it connects

   • shared heist movie style
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Chaos

   Strong story similarity

   2005 · 106 min · Action · Crime · Drama

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   In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared heist movie style

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   Outside the Law

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 137 min · Action · Drama · History · War

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   After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • shared production studio: RTBF

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   Ein todsicherer Plan

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   2014 · 89 min · Action · Crime · Drama · TV Movie

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   A married self-employed carpenter on the verge of ruin raids the bank that did not extend his credit.

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   • shared heist movie style
   • substantial genre overlap

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    Dobermann

    Strong story similarity

    1997 · 103 min · Action · Crime

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    The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • substantial genre overlap

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