Movies like Fatal Beauty

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Fatal Beauty (1987)
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Fatal Beauty (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike works for the original owner of the drugs and tries to tell himself that since he does not handle the drugs, he is 'clean'. Mike becomes Rita's constant companion.
Style: detective, crying, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, romantic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police investigation, violence, murder, good versus evil, reluctant partners, gangster, prostitute, psychopath, bodyguard, tough girl, cocaine, drug dealer, massacre, female protagonist, interrogation, guilt, disguise, mob hit, drug overdose, showdown, fistfight, one woman army, shootout, female police officer, undercover cop ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, usa, california, beverly hills
Keyword: gangsters, arabic, partners, buddy movie

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Most similar movies to Fatal Beauty

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, rough and detective films with plots about law enforcement, police, murder, gangster, shootout, violence and partner mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Fatal Beauty: Boiling Point (1993), Shakedown (1988), The Hitman (1991), Action Jackson (1988), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
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Shakedown (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, fighting the system, police investigation, legal action, bad cop, drug dealing, law enforcement, partners against crime, dishonesty, reluctant partners ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 4K
The Hitman (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, martial arts, fighting crime, undercover, revenge, mafia, working undercover, gang, special agent, frame up, partners against crime, manhunt ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, seattle, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 12K
Action Jackson (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, black comedy, action comedy, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, violence, black, chase, nudity, police investigation, frame up, death, police, car chase, brutality, drug addiction ...
Time: 80s
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for ...
Style: humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: private detective, police investigation, reluctant partners, black, justice, fbi, undercover, investigation, partner, disorder, injustice, who done it ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style: suspense, serious, cult classic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, police, partner, danger, fighting crime, drug dealing, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, yakuza, samurai, buddy cop, rescue, redemption, organized crime, one man army, interracial relations, machismo, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles, tokyo, asia, usa, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
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Raw Deal (1986)
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, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: fbi, one man army, vigilante, small town, gangster, revenge, mafia, tough heroes, heroes, law enforcement, working undercover, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Best Men (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wedding, heist, crime gone awry, friendship, bank robbery, chase, tragedy, swat team, spy, marriage, explosions, on the run ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Marked for Death (1990)
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, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 29K
Metro (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: chase, hostage, revenge, sniper, violence, negotiation, hostage negotiator, car chase, police officer, swat team, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, tahiti, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 29K
The Rookie (1990)
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: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: chase, police investigation, buddy cop, violence, rescue, buddy, car chase, pitbull, brutality, car, reluctant partners, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 76K
Red Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: cold war, buddy cop, culture clash, drug dealer, police brutality, buddy, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, russian abroad, drug lord ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: chicago, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 49K
A Man Apart (2003)
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 ...
Style: suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, drug cartel, vigilante, drug, lone hero, justice, gang, gangster, violence, corruption, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 1K
Impulse (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style: neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, prostitute, policewoman, female police officer, women, killer, woman with a gun, investigation, district attorney, money ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by ...
Style: action comedy, detective, suspense, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: police, amusement park, revenge, secret service, gunfight, investigation, cop, black, vengeance, vigilante, die hard, car chase ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
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, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, car chase, fish out of water, buddy cop, buddy, reluctant partners, undercover, investigation, death of friend, law enforcement, damsel in distress, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, detroit, beverly hills, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, brutality, murder, twists and turns, fighting crime, witnessing a crime, cons and scams, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop, christmas ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Next of Kin (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style: exciting, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, police investigation, complex characters, murder, mafia, revenge, redneck, gangster, brother brother relationship, death of brother, death, violence ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: chicago, kentucky, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 113K
Tango & Cash (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught ...
Style: intense, action comedy, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: buddies, police detective, reluctant partners, prison, prison escape, prisoner, buddy, buddy cop, police, law enforcement, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 10K
Gang Related (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA ...
Style: hood, detective, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hip hop, gangster, police corruption, dirty cop, drug, violence, urban, black, brutality, murder, lawyer, corruption ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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Police Story 2 (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
Style: stylized, intense, humorous, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, police investigation, investigation, police officer, violence, fight scenes, police station, police detective, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, china, usa, california, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.7
 3K
Yes, Madam! (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass ...
Style: stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female martial artist, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, women, police detective, espionage, fish out of water, undercover, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 10K
Rapid Fire (1992)
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, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: chicago, los angeles, usa, bangkok thailand, beijing china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Breach of Trust (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cartel, rogue agent, car chase, gunfight, computer, gangster, secret agent, partner, investigation, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, on the run ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 8K
Mo' Money (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style: light, intense, humorous, hood, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, love and romance, dishonesty, urban, criminal heroes, investigation, black, con men, chase ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Force of One (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Style: independent film, christmas horror, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, police, karate, serial killer, xmas, murder mystery, vigilante, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, showdown ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.4
 4K
Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 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: black comedy, detective, neo noir, action comedy, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: buddy cop, prison, buddy, motorcycle, biker, bar fight, revenge, investigation, corrupt cop, ex convict, drug lord, police ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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