Movies like Chameleon 1995
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Chameleon (1995)
413
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, vengeance, crimes, special agents, couple relations, drug dealing, crime, secret agents, graphic violence, good versus evil, working undercover, murder, chases and races, dishonesty, death in the family, master criminal, law enforcement, dealing with death, criminal heroes, deadly, rivalry, government agency, partners against crime, espionage, bandit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Most similar movies to Chameleon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about crimes, rivalry, deadly, danger, chases and races, undercover and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Chameleon: Blowback (2000), Benefit of the Doubt (1993), Blindside (1987), High Voltage (1997), Bad Karma (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman's capture. Whitman was tried and sentenced to death. However, he was rescued by a secret government group ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, religions or cults, psychopath, violence spree, undercover, danger, special agents, crimes, partners against crime, deadly ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san diego california, san francisco
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95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Twenty two years earlier, Karen helped convict her father, Frank, for the murder of her mother. With his new freedom, thanks to parole, Frank returns home to seek revenge. Having always pleaded his innocence, Frank soon works his way back into ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
chase, murder, parents and children, couples, family relations, psychopath, graphic violence, crimes, deadly, rivalry, dealing with death, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
332
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting
Plot:
murder, espionage, scientist, hotel, drug dealing, dishonesty, intrigue, rivalry, profanity, voyeurism, obsession, graphic violence ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, disorder, chases and races, crimes, danger, gangsters, deadly, good versus evil, bank, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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924
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, dishonesty, frame up, going straight, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, husband wife relationship, criminal, revenge, ex convict, murder, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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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:
suspenseful, stylized, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, drug abuse, rivalry, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, hostages, confined, criminal heroes, crime, good versus evil, crimes, special agents ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
mexico, las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style:
tense, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, special agents, state affairs, ira, assassination attempt, tough heroes, undercover, rivalry, gang, government agency, heroes, secret agents ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
Style:
rough, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, save the day, airplane, crimes, special agents, deadly, chases and races, law enforcement, heroes, danger, nerve gas, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 2000
Place:
usa, australia, california, new south wales, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangsters, betrayal, crimes, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, sibling rivalry, violence, family relations, siblings relations, crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, crimes, dishonesty, danger, undercover, rivalry, hitman, working undercover, vengeance, deadly, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his wife and son are brutally murdered by a fugitive drug lord that he helped put behind bars, former Special Ops agent Derek Leigh vows to avenge their deaths. After mastering lethal fighting skills at the hands of a martial arts instructor, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, murder, superhero, revenge, vigilante, espionage, undercover, manhunt, fighting crime, chases and races, master villain, deadly ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
246
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Chris Murdoch falls obsessively in love with a Japanese girl attending University in Seattle (Kaori Ozaki) he murders Japanese men who have shown her kindness under the pretext of revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. However the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind game, special agents, deadly, rivalry, crime, reluctant partners, psychopath, graphic violence, obsession, vengeance, terrorism, track down ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The brother and fiancee of a dead policeman infiltrate a female-led biker gang to uncover his murderer.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
drug dealing, murder, motorcycle chase, gang, working undercover, vengeance, tough heroes, investigation, crimes, undercover, danger, crime ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, gang, gangsters, criminal's revenge, crimes, vengeance, master criminal, rivalry, partners, gambling, good versus evil, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
japan, china, taiwan, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
913
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic
Plot:
manhunt, undercover, special agents, race against time, working undercover, track down, save the day, rivalry, government agency, state affairs, justice, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
washington d.c., former yugoslavia, latin america, bosnia, south africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style:
rough, bleak, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, righting the wronged, whistleblower, snitch, disorder, state affairs, dishonesty, undercover, frame up, obsession, working undercover, false accusation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman flies from Los Angeles to Montreal to investigate the supposed death of her identical twin. What she finds out could get her killed.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, tense, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot:
twins, murder, manipulations, crime, prostitute, law enforcement, crimes, estrangement, strong sexual content, danger, amateur detective, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montreal, los angeles, montreal quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
747
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, danger, undercover, crimes, working undercover, tough heroes, master criminal, chases and races, dishonesty, one man army, revenge, car chase ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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805
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, law enforcement, police investigation, partners, tough law enforcer, undercover, dishonesty, crimes, kiss, police officer, love interest, police ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
978
Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rob Greene has information about an undercover terror team inside the CIA led by Joe Connelly. To stay alive with the knowledge, he is advised to stay undercover by his supervisor Andrews. Connelly's men try to kill Greene, but he can escape ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, heroes, chases and races, master criminal, special agents, espionage, law enforcement, deadly, rivalry, undercover, save the day, secret agents ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer, cartel, deadly, drug dealing, criminal's revenge, master criminal, crime, investigation, gangsters, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, hitman ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
murder, special agents, uncover truth, manhunt, investigation, undercover, journalism, deadly, danger, couple relations, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, australia, cuba, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, hidden identity, manhunt, government agency, danger, special agents, on the run, chases and races, journalism, federal bureau of investigation, graphic violence ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Movie in collections
733
Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ex-con Neal Skinner (Pierce Brosnan) seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens (Tom Skerritt) for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, heist, criminal's revenge, injustice, vigilantism, crime, crimes, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty, master criminal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
233
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, vengeance, crimes, crime, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, deadly, nudity (full frontal - brief), graphic violence, profanity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
going straight, hidden identity, starting over, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, crime gone awry, danger, gangsters, special agents, deadly, vengeance ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Her boss made a big mistake by not promoting it. Now is the perfect secretary in the service of revenge.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
rivalry, power relations, disgruntled, manipulations, workplace, crimes, dishonesty, deadly, boss and employee, workplace intrigue, vengeance, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A drug deal hijacked by a third party, they leave the drugs and take the money. A stripper witnesses a murder and now the Mafia's after but there is nowhere safe to hide.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
amateur detective, reluctant partners, blind ambition, witnessing a crime, drug dealing, partners against crime, partners, gangsters, rivalry, crime, criminal's revenge, urban ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
367
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, undercover, save the day, terrorism, vengeance, rivalry, race against time, deadly, danger, master criminal, law enforcement, crimes ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young policewoman relentlessly tries to bring down a ruthless drug kingpin whom plots his own agenda for his drug distribution empire.
Style:
cult film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
drug dealing, violence, gang, prostitute, criminal heroes, crime, undercover, rivalry, deadly, crimes, vengeance, working undercover ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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