Movies like Dirty Harry
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Dirty Harry (1971)
180K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.
Style:
serious, detective, bleak, controversial, suspenseful, captivating, grindhouse, tense, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, police detective, violence, tough law enforcer, killer, urban, murder, city, police inspector, urban setting, zodiac killer, cop, villain, buried alive, violent, against the rules, bare breasts, evil man, investigation, gangster, badass ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, north america, canada
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Most similar movies to Dirty Harry
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, neo noir, suspense and exciting films with plots about revenge, gunfight, violence, gun, vengeance, shootout and murder mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Dirty Harry: Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Bullitt (1968), Death Wish (1974), Sudden Impact (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, tense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, police corruption, police, police detective, serial killer, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, visceral, violent, brutality, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style:
perverse, sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
dirty harry, terrorist, tough girl, female nudity, police, murder, buddy cop, violence, alcatraz, cop, gangster, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
cult classic, controversial, grindhouse, harsh, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, violence, revenge, vengeance, rape, police, gunfight, architect, gang, female nudity, hospital ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, honolulu hawaii, new york state ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, exciting, intense, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, female killer, revenge, rape, murder, police investigation, vengeance, police detective, sexualized violence, violent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, pacific ocean, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his ...
Style:
tense, detective, psychological, sexy, sexual ...
Plot:
serial killer, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, murder, police detective, killer, nudity, kidnapping, manipulation, obsession, violent, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport he escapes and Coogan heads into the City to recapture him.
Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, touching ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, conspiracy, redemption, brutality, investigation, police investigation, revenge, fbi, profiler, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, long beach california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, hostage, chase, tough law enforcer, stewardess, terrorist, master criminal, danger, fighting crime, working undercover, violence ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
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:
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Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
puerto rico, usa, seattle, south america, detroit ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, police investigation, pitbull, buddy cop, reluctant partners, buddy, car, car chase, buddies, partner, danger, hostage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
67%
15K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, intense, exciting, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
breathtaking, perverse, suspense, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, tough law enforcer, vigilante, killer, violence, murder, one man army, car chase, chase, police investigation, violent, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south america, california, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, southern california, usa, california
Similarity:
75%
Movie in collections
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a ...
Style:
intense, rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
100%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, suspense, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago, usa, new york, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, crime drama, road movie, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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