Movies like Street Corner Justice

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Street Corner Justice (1996)
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Street Corner Justice (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Pittsburgh cop Mike Justus is kicked off the force and moves away to relax in sunny Los Angeles. Unfortunately his dream retirement turns out to be a nightmare and he is forced to deal out his own brand of street corner justice.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, heroes, battles, life is a bitch, master criminal, injustice, vigilantism, rivalry, society, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, good versus evil, lone wolves, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, hotshot hero, tough law enforcer, religions or cults, violent content, revenge, police, violence, murder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, pittsburgh

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Most similar movies to Street Corner Justice

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, deadly, law enforcement, murder, heroes, vengeance and dishonesty mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Street Corner Justice: Vigilante (2008), Hit Team (2001), Buying Time (1988), Private Wars (1993), On the Edge (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vigilante (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Luke is viciously attacked and his fiancée is raped and murdered, he pledges to train himself in deadly hand to hand combat and use it against any wrong doers who dare to cross his path.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: martial arts, murder, vengeance, rivalry, assassination, vigilantism, dishonesty, good versus evil, police corruption, frame up, violence, vigilante ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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95%
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Hit Team (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, fighting crime, gang, partners against crime, danger, rivalry, disability, partner, law enforcement, undercover, paralysis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
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91%
 5.1
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Buying Time (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Written and directed by Mitchell Gabourie in 1989. this action movie delves into the world of horse racing, where cunning crooks can win a fortune in an instant. Coerced by the cops into going undercover, two streetwise kids pose as employees at a ...
Style: independent film, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, good versus evil, retirement home, teenage life, working undercover, army investigation, master criminal, police investigation, tough law enforcer, fighting crime, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 5.0
 177
Private Wars (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, heroes, gang, vigilante, one against many, alcoholic, urban setting, manipulation, rich and poor, against the odds, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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 4.0
 228
On the Edge (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, tough heroes, vigilantism, rivalry, law enforcement, drug dealing, partners against crime, vengeance, urban ghetto, drug dealer, black, crime fighter ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 4.6
 662
Raven (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could ...
Style: suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, murder, working undercover, political conspiracy, criminal's revenge, rivalry, manhunt, vigilantism, soldier, heroes, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Hawk's Vengeance (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Eric Hawke a British Marine, attends the funeral of his policeman brother who he discovers has been attempting to investigate the mysterious kidnappings and murders of a local Asian street gang. The clues seem to point to a rival Nazi white ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, murder, vigilantism, hitman, marine, canuxploitation, violent content, gangster, gang, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Mission of Justice (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Olsen (Brigitte Nielsen) has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend (Tony Burton) is killed by ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vigilantism, rivalry, injustice, tall woman, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, police detective, tough heroes, working undercover, vigilante ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Balance of Power (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, fighter, competition, fight, dojo, murder, violent content, gangster, one man army, good versus evil, master warrior, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, undercover, gang, fighting crime, heist, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 263
City of Fear (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, UK, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When reporter Steve Roberts acts on a call from his good friend, Charlie, urging him to report on a hot scientific story in Bulgaria, he ends up in a world of disappearance, death and deception.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot: amateur detective, gangster, vengeance, drug dealing, dishonesty, journalism, rivalry, intrigue, murder, organized crime, martial arts, doctors and patients ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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 484
Out for Blood (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A lawyer's family is murdered by drug smugglers, and he is beaten and left for dead, but survives although in a coma. When he awakes he only has a partial memory of what happened. In order to find out the real story, he trains with a karate ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lawyer, heroes, drug dealing, martial arts, murder, vigilante, uninhibited rivalry, criminal's revenge, vengeance, fighting crime, dishonesty, society ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Mexican Gangster (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Johnny Sun is a Mexican American with a white mother and Mexican dad. He witnesses his parents murder and gets his revenge years later, leading to a hard life as a gangster in drugs and smuggling. He tries to keep his borther from the life and finds ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, gang, society, urban ghetto, family relations, going straight, murder, smuggling, revenge, brother brother relationship, gangsta ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Shootfighter II (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroes, female fight, boxer, working undercover, ambition, danger, contests and competitions, law enforcement, master warrior, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Doing Hard Time (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, murder, criminal heroes, vengeance, vigilantism, prison life, confined, redemption, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Hard Justice (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun ...
Style: bloody, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, martial arts, prison, government agent, corruption, undercover agent, karate, convict, gunfight, fistfight, special agent, partner ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Submerged (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, race against time, daring rescue, heroes, rivalry, gang, confined, save the day, escapades, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Killing Zone (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Convict is recruited from a chain gang to help capture a Mexican drug lord.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, violent content, nudity, tough heroes, rivalry, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, good versus evil, vengeance, heroes, law enforcement, violence spree ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 3.5
 492
Crooked (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, police investigation, danger, partner, chases and races, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last Riders (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biker, gang, bike, gangster, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, law enforcement, revenge, police, death of family, deadly
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Quiet Cool (1986)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: This actioner is set in a remote, heavily forested area in Northern California where marijuana growers raise their illegal crops and run whole communities with their terrorist tactics and wealth. The tale centers on the efforts of a fearless New ...
Style: independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, one man army, tough guy, drug lord, tough cop, small town, forest, culture clash, rage, strong violent content, partners against crime ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 407
Sasori (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When a band of assassins invade the home of their target Hei Tai they find only his lovely, innocent, bride-to-be, Nami and force upon her a cruel dilemma: either she kills her fiancee’s sister or they kill her fiancee. Trapped, and unable to ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: women's prison, revenge, life turned upside down, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes, confined, life is a bitch, fugitives, martial arts, murder, prison life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 4.6
 148
Without Mercy (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: He' s been betrayed by his country, stripped of his honor and exiled to a foreign land. Now maverick Marine officer Frank Zagarino has found a way to get back what was stolen from him. And he'll get it-no matter what it takes.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: martial arts, ex marine, torture, tough heroes, betrayal, vigilantism, hotshot hero, heroes, fall in love, dishonesty, law enforcement, innocence lost ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, vietnam, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 728
The Expert (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, prison, murder, psychopath, heroes, serial killer, vigilantism, martial artist, kung fu, martial arts, vigilante, death row ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The City Is Mine (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, police, love, prison ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Angel Terminators (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two Hong Kong policewomen (Ida and Hon) take on a Japanese boss who has returned from a seven-year exile to retake his old turf.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, hot chick, strong female lead, female fight, fight, women, cop, gunfight, partner, police detective, estate ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
New World Disorder (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop (McCarthy) are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, dystopian future, computers and web, kidnapping, woman in danger, school, police corruption, danger, dishonesty, confined, chases and races, undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.3
 662
Zero Tolerance (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, violent content, gangster, special agent, hitman, tough heroes, drug dealing, master criminal, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 3.4
 749
Cherry Bomb (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An homage to the action films of the early 1980s, Cherry Bomb follows a young dancer and her quest for revenge against the group of men that brutally assaulted her. Seeing no justice coming from within the system Cherry enlists the help of her ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: gang rape, revenge, rape, police corruption, betrayal, murder, woman in danger, siblings relations, rivalry, dishonesty, strong female presence, rape victim ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.6
 401
The Collectors (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, gangster, violent content, car chase, criminal's revenge, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes, gory, tough heroes, buddies, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new orleans, new york, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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