Movies like Death Wish II

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Death Wish II (1982)
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Death Wish II (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style: detective, cult classic, neo noir, grindhouse, spooky, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, prostitute, female nudity, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge, gang, hospital, violent, murder, cannon, urban, anti hero, gang rape, nudity, kidnapping, death, gunfight, gangster ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Death Wish II

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, rough and realistic films with plots about violence, revenge, murder, rivalry, police, blood splatter and blood mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Death Wish II: The Punisher (1989), 10 to Midnight (1983), Year of the Dragon (1985), The Exterminator (1980), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Death Wish 3 (1985)
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: grindhouse, cult classic, neo noir, hood, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: violence, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, shootout, woman in jeopardy, gang rape, rape victim, sniper, cannon ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Death Wish (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Style: controversial, disturbing, grindhouse, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vigilante, violence, vigilantism, vengeance, revenge, one man army, police, murder, rape and revenge, home invasion, one against many, gunfight ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, arizona, tucson arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 26K
The Punisher (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style: futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, superhero, crime fighter, mafia, vigilante justice, vengeance, torture, comic book, gangster, one man army, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10 to Midnight (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, male nudity, murder, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, red light district, serial rape, criminal, vigilantism, psychopath, nudity ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style: cult classic, detective, grindhouse, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, violence, hospital, cannon, gang, drug, brutality, gangster, murder, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style: neo noir, controversial, intense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: chinese mafia, triad, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gangster, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, china, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters
Style: suspense, neo noir, slasher, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, psychopath, violence, gangster, sadomasochism, woman in jeopardy, murder, fashion show, fashion, betrayal ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Exterminator (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style: disturbing, suspense, stylized, brutal, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gory, violence, chase, murder, vigilante, gunfight, death, brutality, vietnam war, revenge, visceral, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, vietnam, new jersey, usa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Tokyo businessman (Hiroshi Hada), transferred to L.A, molests a teenage girl on a train. It turns out that the girl is the daughter of a vice cop. But in one of those plot twists that can only occur in the movies, the cop is assigned to find the ...
Style: grindhouse, action adventure, crime drama, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, child rape, cannon, sex crime, violent, machine gun, drug dealing, prostitute, kidnapping, rape and revenge, revenge, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Street Fighters (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, urban, rape and revenge, underground ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Style: slasher, cult classic, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, exploitation, vigilante, revenge, cannon, anti hero, drug, guy, superhero, truck, automobile, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 6K
Murphy's Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, police investigation, vigilantism, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, danger, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Marked for Death (1990)
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, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 76K
Death Wish (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Style: suspense, detective, suspenseful, exciting, controversial ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, death of wife, home invasion, vigilantism, dark hero, father daughter relationship, violence, vengeance, revenge, moral dilemma, police, murder investigation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 10K
Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
Style: neo noir, suspense, talky, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, organized crime, vengeance, bullying, car chase, violence, assassin, arms dealer, murder, rivalry, danger, gangster ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Savage Streets (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style: slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, revenge, rape, violence against women, violence, female vigilante, gang, tough girl, nudity, payback, vigilantism, murder ...
Time: 80s, 1950s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Stone Killer (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style: retro, hood, detective, grindhouse, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, tough guy, war veteran, surveillance, showdown, vigilante, ghetto, cosa nostra, gang, brainwashing, gunfight ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa, vietnam, asia, mojave desert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 75K
Death Sentence (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vengeance, murder, violence, vigilante, gangster, vigilantism, revenge, tragic event, violent, character change, blood, loss of son ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: bolivia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Big Racket (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, grindhouse
Plot: rape, police, police officer, revenge, organized crime, shootout, suicide, fight, gunfight, machine gun, violent, dirty harry ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist ...
Style: cult classic, action adventure, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, assassin, tough guy, killer, martial arts, vigilante, serial killer, torture, 007, payback, violent, villain ...
Time: 80s
Place: holland, europe, latin america, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Out for Justice (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style: detective, suspense, neo noir, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, gangster, psychopath, organized crime, aikido, revenge, car chase, shootout, violence, hitman, serial killer ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: ...
Style: brutal, stylized, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, tough guy, vengeance, one man army, comic book, revenge, tough heroes, gory, dark hero, superhero, violent ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Street Knight (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, cannon, vigilantism, kung fu, police detective, teenage life, gang, hostage, gangster, gang warfare, city life, against the odds ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Urban Justice (2007)
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, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Code of Silence (1985)
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, police officer, one man army, revenge, explosions, police, mafia, gangster, chase, hitman, police investigation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Young Warriors (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, revenge, vigilante, fraternity, biker, guy, cannon, youth, vigilantism, rape, rape and revenge, rivalry ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Hero and the Terror (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style: suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, martial arts, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, chase, death, hospital, investigation, psychopath ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 10K
Stone Cold (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked ...
Style: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: biker, motorcycle, gang, fbi, drug dealing, undercover cop, bike, law enforcement, investigation, partner, tough heroes, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: mississippi, new orleans, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 3K
The Family (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.
Style: poliziottesco, action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, car chase, revenge, vengeance, murder, police, vigilante, killer, femme fatale, gangster, heroes, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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