Movies like Murphy's Law 1986

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Murphy's Law (1986)
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Murphy's Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough, grindhouse, enigmatic, cult classic, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, police investigation, vigilantism, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, life is a bitch, danger, juvenile delinquent, female serial killer, partner, cannon, fugitives, violence, death, gunfight, brutality, police corruption, gangster, police officer, heroes, frame up ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: los angeles
Keyword: partners, twilight, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about murder, police, violence, law enforcement, blood, shootout and rivalry mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Murphy's Law: 10 to Midnight (1983), The Fugitive (1993), The Negotiator (1998), Black Moon Rising (1986), Sudden Impact (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, male nudity, murder, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, red light district, serial rape, criminal, vigilantism, psychopath, nudity ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 316K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 154K
The Negotiator (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, police, corruption, police corruption, false accusation, conspiracy, negotiation, frame up, swat, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, fbi, revenge, law enforcement, vengeance, brutality, twists and turns, murder, on the run, crime gone awry, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.6
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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%
 6.3
 10K
Rapid Fire (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: chicago, los angeles, usa, bangkok thailand, beijing china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 66K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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100%
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Striking Distance (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, suspense, intense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police corruption, police, frame up, river, investigation, chase, murder mystery, plot twist, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, year 1991
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style: suspense, serious, cult classic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, police, partner, danger, fighting crime, drug dealing, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Extreme Justice (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, reluctant partners, revenge, gang, buddy cop, nypd, swat team, die hard, revolt, partner, police detective ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
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Cop (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Style: neo noir, detective, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, cop, police corruption, vigilante, investigation, psychopath, killer, blood, police officer, vigilantism, violence ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 16K
The Mechanic (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes ...
Style: exciting, tense, fast paced, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, killer, hired killer, murder, car chase, espionage, revenge, explosions, death, betrayal, assassination ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: naples italy, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style: cult classic, detective, grindhouse, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, violence, hospital, cannon, gang, drug, brutality, gangster, murder, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.8
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Death Wish 3 (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, neo noir, hood, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: violence, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, shootout, woman in jeopardy, gang rape, rape victim, sniper, cannon ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.2
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St. Ives (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Style: retro, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: swimming pool, gunfight, street punk, shootout, chase, heroes, murder, machine gun, writers, dishonesty, master criminal, investigation ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.7
 10K
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
Style: neo noir, suspense, talky, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, organized crime, vengeance, bullying, car chase, violence, assassin, arms dealer, murder, rivalry, danger, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.0
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Death Wish II (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style: detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Army of One (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, shootout, on the run, hostage, chase, one against many, fugitives, organized crime, frame up, criminal heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.1
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Quick (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A female assassin named "Quick" is hired to bring in a Mafia accountant, who is under police protection. Double crossed by the mafia, she takes her hostage to California to retrieve $3M that he took before running. The mafia and ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, hitman, bodyguard, betrayal, chase, mafia, on the run, accountant, murder, corruption, manhunt, danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, los angeles, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
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Shoot to Kill (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, manhunt, on the run, horse, survival, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, vancouver, seattle, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, detective, mind bending, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: desert, motorcycle, motorcycle cop, biker, existentialism, corruption, bike, murder, car chase, gunfight, police investigation, police ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Stone Killer (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style: retro, hood, detective, grindhouse, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, tough guy, war veteran, surveillance, showdown, vigilante, ghetto, cosa nostra, gang, brainwashing, gunfight ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa, vietnam, asia, mojave desert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Movie in collections
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Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.2
 6K
McQ (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, murder, police detective, police corruption, fighting crime, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, investigation, twists and turns, urban, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
Style: fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, buddy cop, murder, trauma, guy, bad guy, nypd, gunfight, hitman, police, mafia, corruption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off the case.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, cop, hitman, murder, gunfight, mafia, murder mystery, bad guy, nypd, guy, church, police detective ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters
Style: suspense, neo noir, slasher, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, psychopath, violence, gangster, sadomasochism, woman in jeopardy, murder, fashion show, fashion, betrayal ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist ...
Style: cult classic, action adventure, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, assassin, tough guy, killer, martial arts, vigilante, serial killer, torture, 007, payback, violent, villain ...
Time: 80s
Place: holland, europe, latin america, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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