Movies like Shoot 'Em Up

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Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
 6.6
 155K
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Style: bloody, sexy, action packed, grindhouse, exciting, fast paced, cult classic, dark comedy, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, dark humor, corruption, anti hero, one man army, assassin, blood, shootout, hitman, rescue, senator, machismo, mexican standoff, home invasion, lone hero, vigilante, gun fu, violence, sex scene, babies and infants, heroes, breast feeding, spy, killer, antisocial behavior ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, united states of america
Keyword: gangsters, partners, reluctant, poster, buddy movie

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Most similar movies to Shoot 'Em Up

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, realistic and dark comedy films with plots about shootout, shot to death, shot in the chest, blood splatter, murder, blood and violence mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Shoot 'Em Up: Crank (2006), Machete (2010), Jack Reacher (2012), The Raid (2011), Live Free or Die Hard (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crank (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
Style: intense, exciting, dark comedy, cult classic, action thriller ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hitman, revenge, vengeance, dark humor, tough heroes, assassin, one man army, lone hero, gory, car chase, cell phone, poison ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, iran, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 6.6
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Machete (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style: parody, brutal, grindhouse, stylized, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: hitman, blood, vigilante, revenge, vengeance, machete, corruption, immigrant, tough heroes, tough guy, sword fight, violent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 363K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style: detective, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 216K
The Raid (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style: brutal, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, fight, swat, survival, trapped, kung fu, gunfight, death, fistfight, warrior, gang, swat team ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: middle east, east asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
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100%
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Style: stylized, entertaining, grindhouse, absurd, surreal ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: tough guy, revenge, violence, one man army, assassin, hitman, lone hero, gangster, gunfight, nudity, mixed martial arts, stripper ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.1
 197K
Desperado (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, action packed, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, lone hero, dark hero, hitman, vigilante, one against many, gangster, gory, musician, badass, gunfight, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 320K
The Transporter (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, sexy, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: car chase, chase, one man army, tough guy, lone hero, martial arts, transportation, tough heroes, fight scenes, escapades, car, smuggling ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: france, nice france, europe, saint tropez, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style: brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, revenge, assassin, lone hero, one man army, one against many, weapons, tough guy, violence, hand to hand combat, dark hero, vengeance ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
From Paris with Love (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, danger, one man army, shootout, twists and turns, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 244K
Rambo (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand to take action. Although he's still haunted by violent ...
Style: brutal, bloody, action packed, grindhouse, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, rambo, violent, lone hero, jungle, warrior, sniper, mercenary, heroes, army, military, survival ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: burma, asia, thailand, arizona, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
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Drive Angry (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with Piper, a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress with a 69 Charger, who's also ...
Style: road movie, cult classic, bloody, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, kidnapping, car chase, sex scene, vigilante, revenge, good versus evil, race against time, fantasy world, satanic cult, gunfight, anti hero ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1950s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, oklahoma, colorado, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 734K
John Wick (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style: stylized, exciting, neo noir, breathtaking, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, vigilante, assassin, gunfight, shooting, lone hero, tough guy, killer, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 60s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
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Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.4
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Black Dynamite (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man ...
Style: parody, spoof, grindhouse, humorous, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: blaxploitation, martial arts, mob boss, exploitation, organized crime, justice, black, drug, kung fu, fighting crime, tough heroes, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2009
Place: usa, washington d.c., california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 382K
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, action packed, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: gunfight, christmas, airplane, fight scenes, airport, one man army, police, hostage, terrorism, lone hero, chase, commando ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: washington d.c., washington state, virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 268K
The A-Team (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot: team, chase, cia, prison escape, anti hero, ex military, conspiracy, mercenary, frame up, vengeance, fight scenes, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: colorado, iran, california, germany, frankfurt germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.5
 24K
Postal (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning ...
Style: humorous, controversial, harsh, cynical, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: violence, satire, gang bang, heist, adultery, lesbian sex, dirty old man, female nudity, group sex, caught having sex, promiscuous woman, misfit ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: new york, arizona, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.6
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Machete Kills (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to ...
Style: absurd, grindhouse, stylized, splatter, brutal ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: machete, lone hero, blood, fight scenes, tough heroes, gory, terrorist plot, one against many, female fighter, revenge, assassin, vigilante ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, texas, austin texas, cuba, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
One in the Chamber (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes, violence spree, chases and races, murder, mob boss, gangster, corruption, mob hit, stalking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.6
 152K
Smokin' Aces (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Style: dark comedy, action packed, clever, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: hitman, assassin, gunfight, gangster, sniper, violent, multiple storylines, disguise, killer, violence, violence spree, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, action comedy, funny, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: stripper, buddy, american football, football, reluctant partners, private detective, murder, corruption, buddy cop, strip club, conspiracy, ex law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.7
 224K
2 Guns (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Style: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover, heist, organized crime, cia, money, working undercover, corruption, foe turned friend, conspiracy, robbery, mafia, investigation ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
 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 ⇓
28%
 6.3
 75K
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the ...
Style: brutal, bloody, exciting, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, assassin, vengeance, kung fu, one man army, revenge, martial artist, one against many, ninja master, sword fight, hand to hand combat ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: china, osaka japan, berlin germany, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.4
 135K
Killer Elite (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, hitman, secret service, mentor, conspiracy, hostage, undercover, rescue, espionage, mercenary, secret agent, assassination ...
Time: year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.5
 6K
Cat Run (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.
Style: exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: female killer, female spy, femme fatale, private detective, on the run, female assassin, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, investigation, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montenegro, usa, lyon, spain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.6
 10K
Precious Cargo (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, humorous, action adventure ...
Plot: gang, diamond, female warrior, betrayal, danger, chase, assassination attempt, heist gone wrong, criminal, diamonds, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style: exciting, entertaining, clever, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night ...
Plot: secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, undercover agent, murder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 1997, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 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 ⇓
28%
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