Movies like Fear Is the Key
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Fear Is the Key (1972)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his family are killed in a plane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. He sets himself up as a criminal in order to get close to a tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of the lost plane.
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, investigation, kidnapping, murder, car chase, rescue, chase, vengeance, revenge, airplane, ocean, heroes, crimes, undercover, graphic violence, frame up, injustice, legal, escapades, rivalry, law enforcement, confined, dangerous attraction, witnessing a crime, courtroom drama ...
Time:
70s
Place:
louisiana
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about violence, crimes, murder, gun, held at gunpoint, revenge and deception mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Fear Is the Key: Maximum Force (1992), Black Moon Rising (1986), Recoil (2011), Urban Justice (2007), Hard to Kill (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, prostitute, gangsters, chase, undercover, renegade, police officer, computer cracker, against the odds, working undercover, police corruption, partners ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, heist, car chase, fbi, murder, revenge, investigation, crimes, on the run, rivalry, crime gone awry, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, gang, death of wife, crimes, rivalry, tough heroes, gangsters, murder, organized crime, violence, good versus evil ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, revenge, murder, chase, investigation, martial arts, gangsters, car chase, death in the family, track down, law enforcement, crimes ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, hospital, coma, murder, vengeance, corrupt official, intrigue, against the odds, law enforcement, crimes, chase, gangsters ...
Time:
80s, year 1990, year 1983, 90s
Place:
los angeles, chicago illinois, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, rescue, chase, private detective, missing person, martial arts, investigation, police investigation, daring rescue, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, escapades ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
los angeles, germany, europe, usa, vienna ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
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boys' night
Plot:
kickboxing, hitman, crimes, sniper, assassination, karate, fight, crime boss, vengeance, partners, killer, drug cartel ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
ukraine, bucharest, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, hitman, betrayal, undercover, assassination attempt, gangsters, fbi, plastic surgery, timebomb, tattoo, fistfight, helicopter ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, chase, police, mafia, fight, gangsters, revenge, heroes, rescue, police chase, torture ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, texas, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
corruption, crimes, cons and scams, law enforcement, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, criminal, crime boss, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, race against time, extortion, revenge, crimes, track down, rivalry, murder, betrayal, chase, loner, arms dealer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2010s
Place:
usa, las vegas, new orleans, louisiana, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, small town, toxic, investigation, environmentalism, one man army, good versus evil, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, brutality, environment, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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:
serious, rough, suspense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police corruption, gangsters, law enforcement, undercover, heist, vengeance, partners against crime, reluctant partners, crimes, working undercover, dishonesty, undercover cop ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gang, gangsters, rivalry, missing person, vengeance, law enforcement, tough heroes, dishonesty, heroes, crimes, interracial relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, asia, usa, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, murder, investigation, prison, crimes, redemption, master criminal, working undercover, vengeance, tough heroes, loss of partner, track down ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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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, suspenseful, suspense, talky, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, organized crime, one man army, vengeance, chase, rivalry, gangsters, vigilante, violence, bullying, countryside, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
loss of partner, death, revenge, bodyguard, cuban, extramarital affair, vigilantism, dangerous attraction, working undercover, love affair, undercover, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, cuba, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, mistaken identity, murder, undercover, crimes, investigation, working undercover, who done it, hidden identity, mystery, small town, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new mexico, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, martial arts, police investigation, undercover, vigilante, murder mystery, karate, police, showdown, urban setting, tough heroes, reluctant partners ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, confined, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, group of strangers, crimes, heroes, save the day, brutality, released from prison, hostage, swat team ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 2013, 2010s, 2000s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, martial arts, murder, psychopath, haunted by the past, pregnancy, police investigation, crimes, reluctant partners, tough law enforcer, mind game, special agents ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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:
semi serious, suspense, entertaining, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
chase, rescue, hostage, police investigation, partners, track down, car chase, kidnapping, brutality, vengeance, murder, ransom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, martial arts, frame up, gangsters, prison, murder, organized crime, vigilante, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
china, asia, paris france, new york, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style:
serious, rough, suspense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vengeance, addiction, life is a bitch, crimes, police, brutality, violence, pregnancy, redemption, kidnapping, heroin, coma ...
Time:
contemporary, 2000s, year 2006
Place:
new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
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Plot:
terrorism, race against time, undercover, secret agents, airplane, crimes, daring rescue, good versus evil, government agency, save the day, one man army, special agents ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, gangsters, murder, vengeance, death wish, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty, crimes, track down, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, caribbean, washington d.c., miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california
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77%
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 ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, colombia, west indies, jamaica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Spain
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, one man army, frame up, murder, on the run, runaway, kidnapping, framed for murder, chase, crimes, confined, graphic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, europe, california, malibu california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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