Movies like Tigershark

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Tigershark (1987)
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Tigershark (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Action movie directed by Emmett Alston.
Style: independent film, cult film
Plot: martial arts, vietnam war, vietnam veteran, jungle, revenge, kidnapping, master warrior, blonde, blind man, helicopter, taxi driver, drug traffic, airport, rooster, child killed, machine gun, fictional country, abuse of power, punch, crossbow, fake injury, vietnam war veteran
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, exciting, suspense and serious films with plots about martial arts, revenge, master warrior, kung fu, heroes, fistfight and machine gun mostly in Action genres. Some movies like Tigershark: Ultimax Force (1987), American Commandos (1985), Jungle Assault (1989), Fireback (1983), Trained To Kill (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 106
Ultimax Force (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The ULTIMAX FORCE, an elite group of Commandos, a force combining the skills of a Ninja warrior with U.S. Commando training, penetrate deep into Vietnamese territory. Their mission - to liberate a POW camp run by a sadistic colonel, who has ...
Style: independent film
Plot: ninja, martial arts, ninja warrior, rescue attempt, pow, execution, river, jungle, radio, flashback, strangulation, chain ...
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
American Commandos (1985)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Chris Mitchum plays Dean Mitchell (I know, quite a stretch), the one gas station attendant you don't wanna mess with. He's a taciturn Vietnam vet who doesn't say very much. When some stupid baddies DO decide to mess with him, they end ...
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, mercenary, nudity, group, drug, rape, revenge, suicide, armored car, commando, fictional war, jungle ...
Time: year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.2
 121
Jungle Assault (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two Vietnam vets with nothing to lose are called back into the bloodiest action of their lives. Their assignment: locate and destroy a terrorist base and bring back a General's daughter alive.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, jungle warfare, female nudity, kidnapping, murder, terrorist, helicopter, jungle, attempted rape, bar fight, daughter, shootout ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.9
 154
Fireback (1983)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jack Kaplan is a US Army Soldier and Weapons Expert liberated by a "rescue team", he returns home to the United States only to find out that his wife Diane has been captured by infatuated gangster Duffy Collins. Kaplan embarks on a mission ...
Plot: ninja, revenge, kidnapping, special forces, sex in a hotel, shootout, katana, machine gun, bare breasts, female nudity, soldier, missing person ...
Place: the philippines, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Trained To Kill (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's blinding revenge.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, vengeance, shootout, criminal, vietnam veteran, helicopter, crime boss, death of father, motorcycle, ex soldier, murder, training ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Mission to Kill (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Story: His activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
Plot: vietnam war, drug, vietnam veteran, green beret, cocaine, sports car, handgun, veteran, pistol, military, psychiatrist, soldier ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Ip Man: The Awakening (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When a young Master Ip stops a kidnapping, he ignites a turf war with a ruthless human trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps one of Ip Man’s close friends, forcing him to face the group’s brutal boxing champion head-on.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: wing chun, martial arts, fighting crime, gangster, master warrior, criminal gang, battles, gang, competitor, bandit, criminal, kidnapping ...
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.6
 599
Karate Warrior (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a champion Karate fighter. After embarrassing Quino near a local tournament, Anthony is beaten up and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: kung fu, karate, martial arts, monk, martial arts tournament, feces, mugging, journalist, fistfight, boy meets girl, robbery, left for dead ...
Place: manila philippines, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 4.8
 856
Kung Fu Killer (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: China is in unrest, as the Republic falls prey to Warlords like Kahn Xin, who holds an entire province hostage to the opium trade—and destroys all who oppose him. Only the revered Wudang monks dare stand in Kahn’s way in order to protect the ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, revenge, kung fu, escapades, medieval, tough heroes, rivalry, race against time, village, chase, love, warlord ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Captured Alive (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Charter pilot Nick Baskin takes 5 strangers on a flight that is shot down. Taken by hillbillies in West Virginia, they are used to help transport toxic waste.
Plot: violence, helicopter, toxic waste, martial arts, female nudity, airport, hillbilly, airplane crash, plane crash, moonshine, shotgun, topless ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.1
 4K
Black Tigers (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.
Style: cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vietnam war, revenge, kung fu, politics, rescue mission, military, rescue, machine gun, conspiracy, one against many, one man army ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles, washington d.c., california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Silent Assassins (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim ...
Style: independent film
Plot: ninja, woman with a gun, violence, death, scientist, agent, kidnapping, revenge, blood, police officer, ambush, sword fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Gambling Syndicate (1975)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
Style: detective
Plot: organized crime, gambling, revenge, convict, martial arts, corruption, gang war, drug traffic, kung fu, gambling house, femme fatale, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.2
 32K
Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, violence, master warrior, sword fight, rivalry, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.0
 768
Blackbelt (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, murder, bodyguard, stalking, vietnam war, investigation, violence against women, vigilantism, criminal heroes, psychopath, gangster ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Sword of Destiny (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The peerless swordsmith, Meng Yezi, suffered the calamity of family extermination from the traitor Zhao Han served in the court for casting the famous Hanguang Sword. He desperately saved his son Meng Yang and left him the unforged Chengying Sword. ...
Style: captivating, entertaining
Plot: medieval, martial arts, samurai, master warrior, vengeance, sword fight, teamwork, revenge, sword, battles, fight, warrior ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.1
 385
Moving Target (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: murder, terrorist, fight, terrorism, revenge, gunfight, manhunt, kickboxing, kung fu, heroes, master warrior, showdown ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 3.2
 196
Bloodfist 2050 (2005)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Alex Danko descends into the ultra-violent underworld of extreme martial-arts to find his brother's killer with the help of hardened Detective Ramirez and his brother's alluring ex-lover in this post-apocalyptic allegory of greed and ...
Style: tense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: kickboxing, martial arts, fight, heroes, battles, martial artist, one man army, gunfight, post apocalypse, strip club, murder, corrupt cop ...
Time: near future
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 4.7
 148
To the Death (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: martial arts, kickboxing, kickboxer, revenge, sexploitation, martial arts training, fight, boxing, bare chested male, combat, male female relationship, showdown ...
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.7
 233
Fear (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam ...
Style: independent film, bleak, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: hostage, vietnam war, escape, on the road, missing person, family in danger, kidnapping, gory, gang, chases and races, criminal heroes, confined ...
Time: year 1988
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.4
 844
Iron Protector (2016)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: martial arts, fight, medieval, love, kung fu, male female relationship, battles, warrior, conspiracy, showdown, kung fu fighting, master warrior ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Der Stein des Todes (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: West Germany, Sri Lanka
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Kumar Cunningham loses his fiancee in Sri Lanka during a festival, only to discover her dead from a drugs overdose. Mad with grief, he kills the two dealers and is arrested for murder. He manages to escape and is bent on revenge.
Plot: chase, machine gun, revenge, poker, helicopter, couples, drug, exploding car, braless, explosion
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.6
 168
Kill Crazy (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Five Vietnam vets, on release from a mental hospital, think they're headed for a weekend camping trip. Instead they become target practice for an army of killers playing violent war games. It's a massacre until one of the vets becomes a ...
Style: independent film
Plot: monster, vietnam veteran, war game, target practice, rape, human prey, psychiatric hospital, revenge, bare chested male, shootout, heroes, mental institution ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Karate Raider (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Jake Turner is back on a rescue mission to liberate an attractive female Drug Enforcement officer captured and held prisoner by an American drug lord in the jungles of Colombia.
Plot: jungle, drug, special forces, shootout, heroes, master warrior, village, commando, karate, soldier, damsel in distress, blood ...
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and ...
Style: stylized, exciting, semi serious, epic
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, medieval, revenge, superhuman powers, fighting crime, superhero, imaginary, master villain, good versus evil, heroes, heroic mission, save the day ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A former CIA agent lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son. When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly ...
Style: independent film, psychotronic, suspense
Plot: die hard, kickboxing, spy, boat, exploitation, betrayal, combat, showdown, teacher, machine gun, chase, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Bangkok Assassins (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Five kids fled from a mafia who abused them as beggars. They ended up meeting the great kung fu master who adopted them and taught them how to fight. Now, the kids are grownups and become the magnificent five kung fu fighters who have only one ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, vengeance, youth, rivalry, shaolin kung fu, violent content, young heroes, master warrior, heroes, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 ⇓
19%
Ninja Phantom Heroes (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this actioner, one of a pair of imprisoned Vietnam veterans escapes and forms an organization of secret ninjas.
Plot: ninja, godfather, criminal syndicate, sergeant, motorcycle gang, martial arts, commander, brother sister relationship, hitman, disappearance, villain, soldier ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Shaolin Invincibles (1977)
Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Judy Lee (Chia Ling) is out to avenge the massacre of her family by the Emperor's men and is assisted by another young woman, played by Lung Chun Erh. The two infiltrate the Emperor's court by posing as maids. Carter Wong plays a kung fu ...
Style: independent film
Plot: fight, revenge, kung fu, martial arts, kung fu master, sword fight, king, heroine, emperor, gorilla, female martial artist
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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