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Dog Bite Dog (2006)
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Original name: 狗咬狗
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 also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer. The father goes into a coma after being shot, and internal affairs suspects him of dealing drugs on the side. The assassin then befriends a young girl who is molested and abused by her father. They both plan to get back on a ship to Cambodia but have to get past Hong Kong police, who do everything they can to catch him.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, tense, exciting, suspense, neo noir, heroic, disturbing, crime drama, twisted ...
Plot:
hitman, chase, martial arts, vengeance, law enforcement, on the run, life is a bitch, danger, good versus evil, heroic bloodshed, violence, triad, murder, brutality, male female relationship, mixed martial arts, tragic villain, killer, chinese mafia, professional killer, contract killer, gory, chases and races, rivalry, redemption ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about gangster, rivalry, violence, heroic bloodshed, bloodbath, blood and danger mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dog Bite Dog: Vengeance (2009), Legacy of Rage (1986), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Infernal Affairs II (2003), Double Tap (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, heroic bloodshed, hitman, vengeance, gangster, danger, murder, chef, professional killer, gunfight, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, macau, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May ...
Style:
heroic, crime drama, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, heroic bloodshed, gun fu, doomed romance, triad, kung fu master, chinese mafia, fight club, revenge, gangster, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
murder, violence, police investigation, bandit, one man army, brutality, fight, chase, police, heroes, righteous rage, shooting ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
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:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, triad, gangster, police, organized crime, spy, vengeance, murder, police investigation, survival, asian gangster, recruit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 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, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, hitman, murder, tough heroes, police investigation, master criminal, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, contests and competitions, martial artist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
28%
626
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the boss of a ruling Hong Kong triad is arrested and executed in China for counterfeiting money, mayhem ensues as the mob's leading contenders circle the throne.
Style:
captivating, exciting, bleak, tense, bloody ...
Plot:
triad, martial arts, female warrior, rivalry, betrayal, law enforcement, female martial artist, fight, killer, murder, danger, female fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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, professional killer, gunfight, dark hero, killer, police detective, assassin, heroic bloodshed, fall in love, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
japan, hong kong, china, asia, macau ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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:
cult classic, bloody, suspense, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly
Plot:
hitman, heroic bloodshed, assassin, professional killer, killer, redemption, yakuza, gunfight, organized crime, contract killer, friendship, triad ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, aesthetic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, gang, police investigation, smuggling, rivalry, danger, working undercover, epic battle ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his mother shortly after immigrating to America, Gon is raised by the mafia and grows up to become a cold-blooded hitman. Though usually flawless in taking out his targets, Gon makes a terrible mistake of killing an innocent young girl. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, psychological, action thriller ...
Plot:
hitman, mafia, gunfight, murder, chase, friendship, child murder, tragic hero, danger, remorse, vengeance, professional killer ...
Place:
south korea, usa
Similarity:
25%
10K
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:
rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, hitman, friendship, starting over, heroic bloodshed, frame up, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, babies and infants, professional killer, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
east asia, china, macau
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
sniper, partner, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, disagreement, moral dilemma, chase, murder, police, hostage situation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan
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, mob boss, police detective, undercover cop, gang war, twists and turns, mole, working undercover, hidden identity, police investigation, mind game ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Style:
tense, crime drama, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, triad, criminal heroes, right hand man, heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, underworld, brotherhood, organized crime, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style:
heroic, neo noir, crime drama, bloody, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, police, chinese mafia, triad, swat team, heist, violent content, heroes, vengeance, escapades, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
Similarity:
23%
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, frame up, police corruption, partner, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
23%
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, chinese mafia, triad, gunfight, street crime, organized crime, killer, hitman, big city, contract killer, gangster, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
23%
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751
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, professional killer, killer, murder, assassin, professional, assassination, master warrior, hitman, gangster, battle zone, working undercover ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, europe, asia, china, england ...
Similarity:
23%
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, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, vengeance, confined, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 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:
neo noir, heroic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, car chase, triad, chinese mafia, cop, heist, battles, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, on the run, confined ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
Style:
sexy, suspense, neo noir, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminal illness, revenge, thief, cross dressing, race against time, chase, heist, buddy cop, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, negotiator, maverick cop ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The region where the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia come together, forms a sort of modern day wild west, where more than half of the population relies on illegal activity in order to survive. In Yanbian, on the Chinese side of the border, ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, illegal immigrant, taxi driver, asian gangster, korean gangster, murder, survival, gangster, gang war, on the run, bloodbath, wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
korea, asia, seoul, south korea, east asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 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:
neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, heroes, gunfight, triad, partner, gangster, battles, friends, hitman, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, thailand
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Style:
crime drama, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, wedding, gangster, gang, betrayal, rich and poor, godparent, urban, gory, gambling ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
22%
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, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, police corruption, snitch, undercover, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma, who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
yakuza, gang, gangster, danger, vengeance, hitman, bank, rivalry, japanese mafia, triad, heroic bloodshed, video game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Style:
crime drama, cult classic, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, betrayal, gangster, partner, violent content, rivalry, vengeance, hopes, gang, going straight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
interpol, undercover, kidnapping, gangster, martial arts, danger, fighting crime, law enforcement, terrorism, chase, mercenary, law enforcer killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
21%
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