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Exiled (2006)
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Exiled (2006)
Original name: 放‧逐
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, bloody, contemplative, stylized, hood, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, hitman, friendship, starting over, heroic bloodshed, frame up, vengeance, danger, dishonesty, babies and infants, crime boss, killer, yakuza, gunfight, organized crime, triad, mafia, ghetto, kung fu, gang, assassin, criminal, professional, great ending, rivalry ...
Time: year 2006, contemporary
Place: china, east asia, macau
Keyword: gangsters, chinese, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and heroic films with plots about gangster, rivalry, bloodbath, triad, heroic bloodshed, law enforcement and violence mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Exiled: The Stool Pigeon (2010), Vengeance (2009), Election 2 (2006), The Mission (1999), Infernal Affairs II (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Stool Pigeon (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, danger, fighting crime, police detective, estrangement, dishonesty, gangster, spy, undercover police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 7K
Vengeance (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style: neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, heroic bloodshed, gangster, danger, murder, chef, gunfight, violence, triad, gun fu, mafia, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.4
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Election 2 (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Simon Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: organized crime, triad, election, henchman, gangster, rivalry, rules and policies, criminal heroes, dishonesty, ambition, criminal, crime boss ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.5
 6K
The Mission (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Triad boss Lung (Eddy Ko), who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis (Anthony Wong), James (Lam Suet), Mike (Roy Cheung), Roy (Francis Ng) and Shin (Jackie Lui) for his protection.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, bloody, art house, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chinese mafia, heroic bloodshed, hitman, gunfight, triad, master criminal, mafia, organized crime, martial arts, gun fu, great ending, asian gangster ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style: suspense, neo noir, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chinese mafia, gangster, triad, organized crime, spy, murder, police, police investigation, survival, recruit, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1991, year 1997 ...
Place: hong kong, asia, china, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Longest Nite (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, killer, organized crime, contract killer, big city, hitman, conspiracy, gangster, restaurant, corrupt law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Fulltime Killer (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Professional assassin O has resided in an isolated world of killing and loneliness. But his life begins to change once he meets the innocent Chin; hired to clean O's apartment. However, soon the flamboyent and reckless Tok enters Chin's ...
Style: tense, harsh, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, killer, gunfight, dark hero, police detective, assassin, danger, rivalry, heroic bloodshed, fall in love, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, hong kong, china, asia, malaysia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.0
 7K
City on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, action thriller, crime drama, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, heroic bloodshed, heist, gangster, robbery, triad, male bonding, police, police officer, undercover, undercover cop, yakuza ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Infernal Affairs (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mole, police, triad, organized crime, gangster, undercover, betrayal, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, corruption ...
Time: year 2002, y2k, year 2004, future, 2000s ...
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.0
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Drug War (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war on drugs, drug cartel, whistleblower, mole, criminal, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, triad, gang, shooting ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, heroes, gunfight, triad, prostitute, partner, gangster, battles, hitman, friends, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, vigilantism, good versus evil, friendship, bloody violence, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, shootout, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, new york, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Colour of the Truth (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, police corruption, snitch, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Breaking News (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: media, police, hostage, chase, on the run, police investigation, shootout, siege, journalism, gang, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Beast Cops (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ruthlessly realistic, and vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, Beast Cops is a visceral and hard-hitting exploration of the dichotomous existence of two cops charged with upholding the law, while balancing on a moral ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, heroic, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, triad, organized crime, kung fu, heroic bloodshed, martial arts, murder, battles, police detective, hitman, screwball, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Style: neo noir, bloody, cult classic, intense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, organized crime, police, yakuza, mafia, mobster, hate, criminal underworld, crime boss ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, future, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia, taiwan, taipei
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.1
 11K
Election (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, rough, bloody ...
Plot: organized crime, election, rivalry, ego clash, rise to the top, ambition, triad, uninhibited rivalry, rules and policies, asian gangster, temperamental, elimination ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.5
 3K
Dog Bite Dog (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is ...
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Better Tomorrow (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
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Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, asia, north korea, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Heroic Duo (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.9
 13K
SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.6
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Killer (1989)
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Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey ...
Style: exciting, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, bloody ...
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Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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23%
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style: suspense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
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Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.7
 1K
Full Alert (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style: heroic, neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, car chase, cop, triad, heist, battles, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, danger, confined, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.8
 1K
Tiger Cage (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are ...
Style: bloody, cult classic, heroic, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, police officer, fight club, police, gangster, betrayal, police corruption, frame up, partner, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, triad, police, mob boss, spy, gang war, working undercover, twists and turns, mole, police detective, police investigation, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Replacement Killers (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vengeance, chase, assassin, on the run, martial arts, female warrior, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, tough girl ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: china, los angeles, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.1
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Shatter (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all ...
Style: psychotronic, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, murder, killer, assassin, professional, assassination, master warrior, hitman, gangster, battle zone, wrongfully committed, working undercover ...
Time: 70s
Place: hong kong, england, europe, asia, china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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