Movies like Colors
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Colors (1988)
33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style:
realistic, hood, psychological, exciting, serious, cult classic, harsh, tension, retro, thought provoking ...
Plot:
police, gang, gangster, hip hop, buddy cop, gunfight, chase, mafia, urban, gang member, cop, gang war, partner, gangsta, violence, organized crime, mentor, black, buddy, killed during sex, buddies, cartel, thug, profanity, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, venice beach california, new jersey
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Most similar movies to Colors
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, neo noir, rough and suspenseful films with plots about gun, gangster, police, violence, pistol, murder and gunfight mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Colors: Training Day (2001), End of Watch (2012), Menace II Society (1993), State of Grace (1990), Paid in Full (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
100%
290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
Style:
neo noir, intense, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, mafia, organized crime, st. patrick's day, undercover, irish gangster, homecoming, friendship, working undercover, irish mob, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
hood, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ghetto, african american gangster, organized crime, roman empire, urban, rapper, drug, gangster, drug lord, black ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, ...
Style:
exciting, neo noir, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, yakuza, police, culture clash, violence, gang war, motorcycle, chase, gunfight, gangster, fish out of water, japanese mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
japan, new york, asia, osaka japan, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, gang war, organized crime, ghetto, blaxploitation, mafia, drug, hip hop, chase, urban, drug lord ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
50%
33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, sexual, tense, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, ghetto, hip hop, gang, african american, friendship, black, teenager, urban, urban ghetto life, rapper, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging ...
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, hood, serious ...
Plot:
drug, drinking, corruption, street gang, gangster, addiction, transformation, profanity, depression, culture clash, redemption, lapd ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, colombia, south america, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style:
entertaining, harsh, hood, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, robbery, violence, vigilante, adoption, snow, gangster, uncover truth, sibling relationship, criminal heroes, mob boss ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
294K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
detective, entertaining, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, gunfight, reluctant partners, buddy, buddy cop, christmas, chase, badass, police partner, police officer, car chase, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, gang, prison gang, violence, sexual abuse, gay rape, homosexual rape, racism, prison life, visceral, jail, mafia ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now ...
Style:
detective, retro, action comedy, fast, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, buddy cop, ghetto, street gang, police, law enforcement, arrest, police partner, police shootout, gangster, public nudity, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA ...
Style:
hood, detective, neo noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, dirty cop, gangster, police corruption, drug, violence, urban, black, lawyer, brutality, corruption, murder ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
hood, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american gangster, urban, revenge, african american, car chase, ghetto, black ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the ...
Style:
hood, touching, rom com, bleak, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, african american, bank robbery, female thief, ghetto, black, urban, hip hop, girl gang, women, gangster, robbery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, indiana, usa, mexico
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge ...
Style:
hispanic, crime drama, grindhouse, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, blaxploitation, cannon, drug, drug addiction, gang rape, gang violence, drug dealer, black, poverty, rape victim, nudity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
26%
246K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, nightclub, tragic hero, drug dealing, voyeurism, violence, drug, gunfight, drug lord, prison ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1975, year 1993
Place:
new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, south america, harlem ...
Similarity:
26%
126K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, police officer, one man army, revenge, police, mafia, gangster, chase, police investigation, police corruption, car chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
chicago, usa, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, gothic, action adventure, southern gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gunfight, shootout, desert, gun fu, texas ranger, vietnam war, hardcore, gang, bank, bank robbery, blood ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
texas, latin america, mexico, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style:
cult classic, perverse, neo noir, hood, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, sniper, gang rape, rape victim, sexual assault, woman in jeopardy, vigilante justice ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Style:
cult classic, tense, grindhouse, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, gunfight, police station, street gang, claustrophobia, siege, violent, prison, female warrior, gang, convict, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, ghetto, murder, investigation, law enforcement, undercover, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, police, terrorist, investigation, murder, male pubic hair, vigilante, hitman, undercover, police investigation, vengeance ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, southern california, usa, california
Similarity:
25%
92K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
exciting, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, tough cop, revenge, reluctant partners, cop, partner, villain, tough guy, police investigation, police officer killed, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
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