Movies like Eye of the Tiger
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Eye of the Tiger (1986)
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, nostalgic, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, revenge, motorcycle gang, hospital, motorcycle, murder, vietnam veteran, decapitation, small town, vietnam war, teenager, martial arts, supernatural, gunfight, fistfight, heroes, kidnapping, battles, rape, truck, tough guy, courage, home invasion, vigilante, daughter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, miami, usa, asia, florida
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Most similar movies to Eye of the Tiger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, heroes, fistfight, violence, vengeance, gang and murder mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Eye of the Tiger: Latin Dragon (2004), Allah-Rakha (1986), Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976), Chrome and Hot Leather (1971), Hot Boyz (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, gang, vigilantism, gangsters, escapades, murder, brutality, suspense, violence, revenge, righting the wronged ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a ...
Plot:
orphan, pilgrimage, tragic event, jail, sword, hospital, corpse, surgery, police officer, villainess, dual role, truck ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, gang, small town, motorcycle gang, hippie, vigilante, police, rape, revenge, vietnam veteran, gangsters ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, detroit
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49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, gang, vengeance, vietnam war, vigilante, exploitation, gangsters, green beret, revenge, graphic violence, track down ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, murder, false accusation, police corruption, dishonesty, legal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A graduate student and martial-arts expert rents a room in a house owned by a single mother who lives there with her son. A local street gang is trying to recruit the son, but the new tenant tries to help the boy's mother keep him out of the ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, martial arts, master warrior, gangsters, heroes, single mother, family in danger, violence spree, juvenile delinquency, rivalry, lone wolves, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A motorcycle gang take over a small city in Arizona.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
biker, gang, biker gang, gangsters, vietnam veteran, gang leader, exploitation, heroes, small town, desert, tank, soldier ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, desert, teenager, motorcycle gang, kidnapping, gang, gang rape, tough heroes, heroes, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in ...
Style:
political, tense, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, revenge, corruption, gunfight, environmental, car, farmer, bow and arrow, vigilante, murder, self defense, vigilantism ...
Place:
usa, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A ruthless motorcycle gang rides into a California town and terrorizes its denizens.
Style:
psychotronic, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, gang, exploitation, gangsters, vietnam war, hippie, vigilante, motorcycle gang, vengeance, lust, heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, vietnam, asia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, medieval, drug lord, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners, betrayal, rivalry, drug dealing, vengeance, undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, small town, injustice, social relations, lone wolves, society, contests and competitions, vengeance, rivalry, life is a bitch, gang ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police protection, suspense, revenge, vigilante, one man army, police officer, murder, master warrior, heroes, gangsters, bounty hunter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
Style:
serious, tense, exciting, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, vigilantism, rivalry, vengeance, righting the wronged, hopes, lone wolves, gang, small town, crooked sheriff, old west, showdown ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, yakuza, martial arts, fight, gunfight, robbery, mafia, gangsters, heroes, hitman, renegade, hostage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, small town, gang, fighting crime, vigilantism, lone wolves, leadership, tough heroes, escapades, vengeance, chase, heroes ...
Time:
19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, ex soldier, soldier, master warrior, terrorism, battles, mortal combat, graphic violence, sword fight, suspense, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
Style:
unusual plot structure, buddy movie, allegory, talky, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
school, rape, hippie, cult, vigilantism, small town, racism, tough guy, native american, culture clash, violence, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, vietnam, asia, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, fight, competition, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, misfit, rivalry, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangsters, partners against crime, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, retiring, small town, vengeance, special agents, drug dealing, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
texas, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
truck, revenge, car, murder, rape, redneck, monster car, car chase, vigilante, monster truck, car accident, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, bad father, heroes, gangsters, murder, kung fu, rivalry, vengeance, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty, buddies ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000 – and a bloody past – suddenly finds himself under attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
Style:
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Plot:
gang, rivalry, track down, violence, small town, desert, fight, cowboy, gunfight, heroes, female thief, woman ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mike (Tom Stern), a biker, returns to California after serving in Vietnam. He uses his war-hero experience to organize a new, united super outlaw gang. When one member is shot by police because he killed a girl at a pot orgy, an all-out cop vs. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, vietnam war, exploitation, small town, vengeance, heroes, gang, vigilantism, innocence lost, rivalry, small town life ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, heroes, daring rescue, one man army, terrorist, love interest, rescue, terrorist plot, buddy cop, monster ...
Time:
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Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, fighting crime, vengeance, gang, heroes, special agents, law enforcement, small town, one against many, revenge, one man army ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Peter Fonda plays 'Heavenly Blues', the leader of Hell's Angels chapter from Venice, California while Bruce Dern plays 'Loser', his best pal. When they both botch their attempt to retrieve Loser's stolen bike, Loser ...
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
Style:
psychotronic, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, gangsters, kung fu, fighting crime, partners against crime, buddies, good versus evil, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, special agents, heroes, battles, confined, military, state affairs, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, revenge, suspense ...
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iraq, middle east, iran, baghdad iraq, jordan
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29%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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