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Model Citizen (2026)

With his memories gone and his past a blur, ex-cop Steven Bay seeks treatment for his amnesia while working on an isolated farm. Instead, he's met with rising hostility, strange surveillance, and instincts he can’t fully control. When the pressure becomes unbearable, Bay begins a desperate hunt for the truth behind his fractured reality.

Directed byTag Mendillo

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    Thieves Highway

    Shared cast

    2025 · 83 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · Western

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    After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared genre DNA
    • a principal cast member
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  2. 02

    The System

    Same studio

    2022 · 97 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: BondIt Media Capital
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  3. 03

    Guns Up

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 92 min · Action · Comedy · Crime

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    When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: BondIt Media Capital
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  4. 04

    The Virtuoso

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 110 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  5. 05

    The Mandela Effect

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 80 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  6. 06

    Red Right Hand

    Genre overlap

    2024 · 111 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and his home.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 07

    All the Devils Are Here

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 87 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    In Cold Light

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 96 min · Crime · Thriller

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    Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Trap House

    Genre overlap

    2025 · 103 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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    An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and top-secret intel to do it.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Die Alone

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 91 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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