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The Exterminator (1980)
7K
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, brutal, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, violence, gory, violent, murder, chase, vengeance, gunfight, death, brutality, rapist, war buddy, bare chested male, vietnam war, lone hero, visceral, police investigation, fighting the system, rebellion, danger, fighting crime, on the run, partners against crime ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, vietnam, new jersey, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Exterminator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and suspenseful films with plots about murder, revenge, violence, gun, death, pistol and blood mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Exterminator: Exterminator 2 (1984), Out for Justice (1991), The Punisher (1989), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Punisher: War Zone (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
cult classic, slasher, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, exploitation, vigilante, revenge, cannon, drug, trucker, automobile, truck, vietnam war, superhero, erotica ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
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, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, violence, psychopath, woman in jeopardy, vigilantism, gangster, sadomasochism, one man army, murder, fashion show, model ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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, neo noir, suspense, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, martial arts, psychopath, gangster, aikido, hitman, organized crime, mafia, car chase, serial killer, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
100%
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, violence, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante justice, hospital, cannon, gang, machine gun, murder, wine, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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:
stylized, brutal, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, comic book, vengeance, one man army, tough guy, avenger, revenge, dark hero, vigilantism, brutality, gory, superhero ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style:
grindhouse, neo noir, stylized, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, home invasion, vengeance, vigilantism, murder, vietnam war, exploitation, insomnia, macabre, complex characters, character study ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1973, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, vietnam, asia, san antonio texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, intense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, police investigation, violent, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, murder ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, beijing china, bangkok thailand ...
Similarity:
100%
416K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
suspense, tense, brutal, bloody, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, kidnapping, vigilante, vigilantism, child in peril, lone hero, mercenary, cia, justice, violence, bodyguard ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, mexico city
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%
119K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, vietnam war, african american, heist, robbery, redemption, gangster, violent, blaxploitation, profanity, black, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, asia, vietnam ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
67%
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:
100%
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, talky, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, violent, vigilantism, vigilante, organized crime, violence, bullying, vengeance, arms dealer, assassin, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
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:
detective, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, home invasion, vigilantism, dark hero, father daughter relationship, justice, attempted rape, death of wife, vengeance, revenge, hottie, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, usa, new york, illinois
Similarity:
100%
13K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, gang, vengeance, gangster, vigilante, revenge, security guard, soldier, betrayal, rivalry, dishonesty, murder of wife ...
Place:
england, britain, london, big ben london, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
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209K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
100%
179K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, vigilante, lone hero, violence, vigilantism, superhero, one man army, tough guy, mafia, crime fighter, hitman ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, year 2003
Place:
florida, puerto rico, miami, virginia
Similarity:
67%
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:
vigilante, gang, revenge, rape victim, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, underground, rape and revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
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, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, rape, violence, rape and revenge, interracial rape, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, woman in jeopardy, one man army, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style:
perverse, retro, crime drama, action adventure, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, crime boss, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, rescue, shootout, blood, two man army, drug lord, violence, hostage ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hong kong, new york, asia, usa, china ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, dark comedy, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, gory, homeless, violence spree, social decay, fighting crime, violence, bum, prostitute, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, usa, canada, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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, detective, slasher, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilante, killer, male nudity, serial rape, murder, murder of a nude woman, serial killer, revenge, sex maniac, caught having sex, red light district, arrogant woman ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 70s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
5K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
15 year-old Molly is top of her high school class. But nobody suspects that the model pupil earns her money at night: as a prostitute on Sunset Blvd. The well-organized separation of her two lives is shattered when two of her friends are slain by a ...
Style:
independent film, erotic, detective, slasher, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prostitution, serial killer, cheerleader, psychopath, teenage girl, child prostitute, vigilante, double life, private school, making love, high school, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Kyle Martin returns as a silver star hero, but realizes running a one man farm is not profitable, and the bank wants to foreclose, despite returning as a hero. Then a gambler Johnny has a car accident near his farm, in which Kyle saves his life, in ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film
Plot:
revenge, farmer, hitman, exploitation, murder, cow, war hero, rural setting, farm, world war two, scarecrow, american south ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
midwest
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%
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