Movies like The Killer 1989
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The Killer (1989)
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Original name: 喋血雙雄
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
Style:
intense, exciting, atmospheric, bloody, harsh, serious, suspenseful, emotional, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
hitman, gangsters, gunfight, organized crime, friendship, redemption, revenge, heroic bloodshed, one last job, assassin, violent, suspense, mob boss, accident, moral dilemma, going straight, blindness and impaired vision, law enforcement, innocence, on the run, partners, hopes, unlikely partners, martial arts, killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, stylized, serious and rough films with plots about gangsters, violence, gunfight, brutality, blood, organized crime and rivalry mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Killer: Hard Boiled (1992), City on Fire (1987), A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), Léon: The Professional (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
Style:
stylized, intense, bloody, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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gangsters, gunfight, violence, martial arts, undercover, organized crime, mafia, heroic bloodshed, murder, partnership, suspense, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or ...
Style:
neo noir, bloody, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Style:
neo noir, bloody, intense, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, gunfight, organized crime, police, heroic bloodshed, mafia, crime boss, criminal underworld, hate, death of friend, betrayal, criminal ...
Time:
80s, 70s, future, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, california, tokyo, asia ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, perverse, bloody, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, new york, hong kong, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
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neo noir, rough, touching, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, date night
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hitman, mentor, organized crime, revenge, friendship, loneliness, murder, sniper, loner, killings, life philosophy, gunfight ...
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new york, usa, france, paris france, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Place:
hong kong, india, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style:
intense, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
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Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
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realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, inter cultural, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, chase, gangsters, on the run, martial arts, assassin, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, gunfight ...
Time:
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Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
John Woo directs this action-packed comedy that stars Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cherie Chung as a trio of art thieves who grew up together as orphans under the tutelage of a cruel crime boss named Chow (Kenneth Tsang). Although Red Bean ...
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martial arts, kung fu, heist, gunfight, chase, art thief, suspense, friendship, betrayal, violence, art, brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's ...
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Time:
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22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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19%
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Country: USA
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, ...
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boys' night
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
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serious, tense, exciting, brutal, intense ...
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19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
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18%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Story:
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18%
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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17%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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17%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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17%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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Story:
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