Movies like The Enforcer 1976

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The Enforcer (1976)
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The Enforcer (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, detective, retro, sexy, grindhouse, crime drama, perverse, action thriller, mind blowing ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: dirty harry, police, murder, female nudity, tough girl, buddy cop, serial killer, investigation, gangster, cop, kidnapping, violence, police officer, police investigation, revenge, hostage, terrorism, hospital, gunfight, alcatraz, chase, spy, criminal, feminism, bad guy ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa, california, los angeles, united states of america
Keyword: gangsters, buddy movie, reboot, oldies, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, detective and neo noir films with plots about shootout, murder, violence, police, law enforcement, pistol and police officer mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Enforcer: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), Bullitt (1968), The Equalizer (2014), Ticker (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dirty Harry (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style: serious, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, tough law enforcer, urban, investigation, murder, violence, city, urban setting ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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 7.2
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Magnum Force (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, intense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: police corruption, serial killer, vigilante, vigilantism, police, female nudity, police investigation, violent, police detective, murder, machismo, revenge ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
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100%
 7.4
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Bullitt (1968)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, detective, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: car chase, ford mustang, chase, burglary, investigation, police, organized crime, police investigation, violence, murder, police procedural, gangster ...
Time: year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
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, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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100%
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Ticker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, reluctant partners, chase, hostage, save the day, master criminal, daring rescue, police investigation, unlikely partners, confined, danger, investigation ...
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the ...
Style: entertaining, suspense, action packed, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, police, buddy, vigilante, reluctant partners, gangster, gunfight, cop, car chase, explosions, partner, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, grim, tense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: heist, subway, train, murder, runaway train, hostage, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, mayor, criminal ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sudden Impact (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style: neo noir, intense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, vigilante, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 284K
Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 49K
The Dead Pool (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, vigilante, corruption, reporter, prison, mafia, gangster, against the rules ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.9
 29K
The Rookie (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: chase, police investigation, buddy cop, violence, rescue, buddy, car chase, pitbull, brutality, car, reluctant partners, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.5
 14K
Bitch Slap (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three bad girls (a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer and a corporate powerbroker) arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 Million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.
Style: sexy, grindhouse, stylized, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 25K
The Gauntlet (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, hitman, on the road, bus, attempted rape, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona, las vegas, usa
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27%
 5.8
 79K
Cobra (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, intense, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, murder, car chase, one man army, hostage, police investigation, violence, vigilante, tough cop, gang, rivalry, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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26%
 6.6
 172K
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style: entertaining, hilarious, action comedy, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, gangster, fight scenes, partner, police investigation, vigilante, die hard, secret service, cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.3
 188K
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style: entertaining, action packed, suspense, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
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Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, survival, police station, siege, claustrophobia, ambush, street gang, prison, gang, convict, revenge, gangster ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Exit Wounds (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style: stylized, suspense, black comedy, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, chase, police, aikido, martial arts, kidnapping, police investigation, corrupt cop, conspiracy, secret service, justice, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: detroit, usa
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25%
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48 Hrs. (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style: exciting, detective, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot: prison, buddy cop, reluctant partners, cop, tough cop, violence, revenge, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.8
 5K
Kill Switch (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, tough law enforcer, chases and races ...
Place: memphis, usa
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25%
The Protector (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style: perverse, action adventure, retro, crime drama, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, mixed martial arts, gunfight, buddy cop, mitsubishi, combat, kickass, partner, gangster, kidnapping, rescue ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: hong kong, new york, usa, china, asia ...
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24%
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Street Fighters (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, urban, rape and revenge, underground ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons ...
Style: humorous, cult classic, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, buddy cop, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, arms smuggling, heist, car chase, cop, partners against crime, friends, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
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Chaos (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, hostage, gangster, police, heist, vengeance, conspiracy, brutality ...
Time: year 2005
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.3
 22K
Nighthawks (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, harsh, intense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, chase, police officer, master criminal, danger, stewardess, working undercover, fighting crime, murder, police, explosions, violence ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, paris france, manhattan new york city, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by ...
Style: action comedy, detective, suspense, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: police, amusement park, revenge, secret service, gunfight, investigation, cop, black, vengeance, vigilante, die hard, car chase ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Direct Action (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police detective, partner, rivalry, fighting the system, workplace, dishonesty, law enforcement, uncover truth, workplace situations, one man army, hitman ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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