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Bad Man (2025)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In Colt Lake Tennessee, Sam Evans tackles a meth epidemic. He is side-lined on arrival of Bobby Gaines, an undercover agent. Despite Evans' local ties, Gaines is hailed as hero. Suspicions arise on Gaines which unravels a complex narrative.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, psychological thriller, southern gothic, f word
Plot:
crime investigation, drug trade, law enforcement, undercover agent, suspicion, violence, betrayal, conspiracy, male protagonist, police corruption, moral ambiguity, character study, isolation, slow burn, bare chested male, revenge, sex, prison, basketball, fight, police officer, train, police, sex scene, graffiti ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
tennessee
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, detective, black comedy and dark comedy films with plots about murder, police, revenge, violence, gunfight, shootout and gun mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Bad Man: Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), No Way Out (2022), Cut Throat City (2020), Caught Stealing (2025), Desert Dawn (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter Jane’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old pals Billy Rosewood and John Taggart to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.
Style:
detective, dark comedy, buddy comedy, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, police officer, investigation, police, corrupt cop, rescue, female lawyer, shootout, conspiracy, intimidation, father daughter estrangement, tough guy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, detroit, north america
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Nick, a talented photographer who is new to Los Angeles falls quickly in love with Tessa, a free-spirited young woman who is no longer charmed by the city. Their worlds are turned upside down when she asks him to do the unimaginable, which leads to ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark, psychological thriller, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
revenge, sex, sex scene, murder, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, couple relations, couples, male female relationship, drug, partner ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, ...
Style:
tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, police chase, chases and races, twists and turns, murder, escapades, urban, ghetto, betrayal, gunfight, robbery, thug ...
Place:
new orleans
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94%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, black comedy, period piece, dark comedy ...
Plot:
cat, cow, corrupt cop, hospital, puerto rican, plot twist, black woman, punk, baseball, male nudity, criminal underworld, loss of girlfriend ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, neo western, grim ...
Plot:
organized crime, small town, murder investigation, corruption, sheriff, law enforcement, cartel, desert, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, betrayal, violence ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
Style:
fast paced, suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, black comedy ...
Plot:
russian mafia, one man army, revenge, assassin, violence, small town, hand to hand combat, corrupt sheriff, crime boss, corruption, male protagonist, vigilante ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ohio
Similarity:
64%
236K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, 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, action comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, working undercover, money, cia, corruption, hidden identity, heist, organized crime, buddy, betrayal, partner, partners against crime ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south america, mexico, california, seattle
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sub-inspector Pari Venkat faces a huge tragedy putting him on an investigation to seek revenge.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, detective, dark ...
Plot:
investigation, murder investigation, revenge, police corruption, police, who done it, homicide detective, forensics, police station, crime investigation, police officer, fight ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above and beyond the call of duty to solve the murder; and bust the ...
Style:
suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, police corruption, partner, investigation, working undercover, criminal heroes, partners against crime, conspiracy, drug, maverick cop, corruption, redemption ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is ...
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, action comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, revenge, biker, motorcycle, tough cop, desert, corrupt cop, mysterious villain, drug lord, hitman, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Style:
action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, buddies, police, car chase, violence, cop, chase, undercover cop, police investigation, police officer, partner, undercover ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, conspiracy, organized crime, police corruption, police detective, chase, criminal, justice, betrayal, moral ambiguity, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
Similarity:
54%
84K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.
Style:
dark comedy, romantic comedy, detective, twisted, black comedy ...
Plot:
fight, hostage, bank robbery, dating, punched in the face, bank robber, torture, female bartender, blood, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, brutality ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
san diego california
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued ...
Style:
intense, humorous, semi serious, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, on the run, fbi, chase, rogue agent, african american, mistaken identity, disorder, cons and scams, fish out of water, frame up, hidden identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, new york, florida, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Vietnam vet has nightmares about murder and zombies, and then discovers that he and other vets have been programmed to commit crimes and then kill themselves afterwards so they can't be traced. He investigates to try to find out who is ...
Style:
dark, grim, psychological thriller, psychological horror, bleak ...
Plot:
vietnam veteran, brainwashing, post traumatic stress, mind control, cover up, paranoia, flashback, vietnam war, nightmare, moral ambiguity, guilt, graphic violence ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Style:
action thriller, exciting, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, assassin, professional killer, contract killer, corruption, brutality, mercenary, violent, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
47%
313K
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:
humorous, buddy comedy, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, drug lord, murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, two man army, law enforcement, friendship between men, police corruption, police investigation, african american, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, florida, usa, north america
Similarity:
45%
14K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, exciting, action packed, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
black, rivalry, law enforcement, crime gone awry, bait, going straight, nothing goes right, betrayal, prison, urban, chase, race against time ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the ...
Style:
saga, suspense, entertaining, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, vigilante, buddies, gangster, reluctant partners, cop, gunfight, armored car robbery, crooked cop, father son relationship, police officer, revenge ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, las vegas
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hitman, tough cop, motorcycle, biker, police officer, police corruption, organized crime, on the road, attempted rape, ambush, corrupt official ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Style:
dark comedy
Plot:
bank robber, reckless driving, rehabilitation, robbery, flashback, game, motel, blood, married man, goldfish, car chase, heavy metal ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
cleveland ohio, ohio
Similarity:
39%
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence ...
Style:
suspense, intense, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police officer, blaxploitation, racism, gunfight, revenge, violence, drug lord, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, urban, black ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, switzerland, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
police, gunfight, buddy, murder, reluctant partners, fish out of water, death of friend, investigation, law enforcement, damsel in distress, cop, drug smuggling ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, female martial artist, police, tough cop, save the day, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, martial arts, kung fu, swat team, guy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, asia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, chase, investigation, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the ...
Style:
crime thriller, detective, suspense, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
lapd, corruption, drug cartel, investigation, law enforcement, moral dilemma, justice, moral ambiguity, police procedural, internal affairs, betrayal, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons ...
Style:
detective, humorous, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, police, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, police officer, car chase, tough cop, tough guy, villainess, african american protagonist, oil rig ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
police officer, heist, bank robbery, robbery, secret plan, black cop, food, bank, hostage situation, gang, revenge, power ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
35%
81K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style:
black comedy, exciting, humorous, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
cold war, buddy cop, culture clash, revenge, drug dealer, police brutality, brutality, police officer, gunfight, russian abroad, showdown, manhunt ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, usa ...
Similarity:
35%
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