Movies like Extreme Prejudice
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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, bloody, sexy, twists and turns, humorous, cult film, complex ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, love triangle, kidnapping, drug dealing, betrayal, bribery, presumed dead, neo noir, robbery, texas ranger, organized crime, mexican standoff, modern western, crimes, best friends, friendship, confined, friends, crime, graphic violence, law enforcement, criminal heroes, profanity, nudity (full frontal - brief), neo-noir ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, latin america, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about crimes, gunfight, blood, vengeance, violence, gangsters and blood splatter mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Extreme Prejudice: Hell or High Water (2016), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, cerebral, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
bank robbery, bank robber, gunfight, redemption, brother, stolen money, debt, criminal, shooting, small western town, peril, chases and races ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa, oklahoma, california
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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:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
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boys' night, teens
Plot:
tough cop, convict, crimes, police investigation, partners against crime, prison, reluctant partners, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, profanity, police officer killed, crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is ...
Style:
humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, gunfight, motorcycle, bar fight, mexican standoff, tough cop, gas station, drug dealer, crimes, nudity (full frontal - brief), police investigation, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
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52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, texas ranger, fbi, vengeance, one man army, law enforcement, fighting crime, special agents, crimes, lone wolves, tough law enforcer, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, mexico, latin america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style:
stylized, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination attempt, drug lord, hitman, small town, cia, vengeance, dark hero, corruption, deadly weapon, gangsters, gangster, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
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mafia, small town, gangsters, betrayal, gang war, rivalry, duel, tommy gun, hitman, lone wolves, danger, crimes ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, usa, mexico, latin america
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50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
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vengeance, crimes, drug cartel, tough law enforcer, graphic violence, police officer, cocaine, machismo, vigilantism, organized crime, heroes, buddies ...
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contemporary, 21st century
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mexico, usa, los angeles, latin america, california ...
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46%
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.
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martial arts, police corruption, gangsters, police investigation, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, machismo, murder, undercover, gang war, male female relationship ...
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90s, 1990s
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chicago illinois, los angeles, usa, china, bangkok thailand ...
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40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
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twists and turns, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
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boys' night
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vengeance, neo noir, robbery, money, betrayal, violence, mafia, crimes, organized crime, criminal heroes, anti hero, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, 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 ...
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martial arts, gangsters, drug dealing, murder, danger, vengeance, revenge, crimes, crime, family, against the odds, rivalry ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 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, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
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chase, gangsters, danger, heroes, rescue, martial arts, hitman, police investigation, crimes, partners, lone wolves, deadly ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, texas, new jersey
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34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
twists and turns, cynical, rough, suspense, intense ...
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boys' night
Plot:
ransom, kidnapping, gangsters, gunfight, crime gone awry, criminal, crime, crimes, money, surrogate mother, disorder, confined ...
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34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack Davis is a tough, outspoken cop who finds himself wrongly accused for the death of a fellow agent by the depraved and power hungry chief of Miami Customs, Martin Cullen. Disgraced and dismissed, Jack swears revenge and goes to work for Roberto ...
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32%
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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boys' night
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31%
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.
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boys' night
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gang war, gangsters, gang, chase, friendship, drug dealing, betrayal, crimes, crime, addiction, urban ghetto, rise and fall ...
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80s, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
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30%
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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:
serious, rough, suspense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
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police corruption, heist, gangsters, undercover, law enforcement, vengeance, reluctant partners, partners against crime, crime, crimes, chases and races, working undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
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30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
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suspense, cynical, bleak, tense, dark humor ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
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29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
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serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
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boys' night, teens
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heist, robbery, crime, crimes, betrayal, tough heroes, fight scenes, romancing a criminal, cons and scams, jewel robbery, thief, money ...
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28%
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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.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
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A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
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heist, undercover, corruption, bank robbery, cia, foe turned friend, working undercover, organized crime, betrayal, investigation, money, hidden identity ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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boys' night
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vigilantism, gang, violence spree, crime, rivalry, lone wolves, crimes, deadly, chases and races, drug dealing, fighting crime, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
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26%
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.
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boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro (Don Johnson), learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley ...
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boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
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boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
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Audience:
boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago illinois, illinois, usa, los angeles, new jersey
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26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked to work as a bodyguard for the daughter of a wealthy ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, new mexico, san antonio texas
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25%
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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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