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The Second Wind (2007)

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...

Directed byAlain Corneau

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  1. 01

    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • substantial genre overlap
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  2. 02

    JCVD

    Strong story similarity

    2008 · 96 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared heist movie style
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    The Last Deadly Mission

    Shared cast

    2008 · 125 min · Crime · Thriller

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    A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • principal cast overlap
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    Anthony Zimmer

    Strong story similarity

    2005 · 90 min · Crime · Drama · Romance · Thriller

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    François, an ordinary Joe, falls hard for the sublimely beautiful woman who has just picked him up on the train and invited him to spend the weekend with her on the Riviera. But when the lady disappears the next morning and the police drag him in for questioning, François discovers he's been set up to pass for her notorious outlaw husband on the run, Anthony Zimmer. Even though he's been lied to and manipulated, François' life is changed forever and he's ready to give anything - maybe even his life - to hold this mysterious beauty in his arms again.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: paris, france
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  5. 05

    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
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: paris, france
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  6. 06

    The Emperor of Paris

    Strong story similarity

    2018 · 121 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared production studio: Canal+
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  7. 07

    Arsène Lupin

    Strong story similarity

    2004 · 131 min · Action · Adventure · Crime · Mystery · Romance

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    As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: paris, france
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Trivial

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 103 min · Thriller

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    An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
    • shared production studio: Canal+
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  9. 09

    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
    • shared theme: paris, france
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  10. 10

    The Last Tunnel

    Strong story similarity

    2004 · 109 min · Crime · Drama

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    A recently released prisoner reunites his criminal colleagues to pull off one last heist.

    Why it connects

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