Movies like My Father is a Hero
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My Father is a Hero (1995)
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Original name: 給爸爸的信
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
Style:
scenic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, monster, fight club, fight scenes, wu shu, gangsters, heroes, undercover, gang, hostage, parents and children, family life, master criminal, secret agents, chase, vengeance, rivalry, working undercover, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, police investigation, partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about martial arts, fistfight, kung fu, violence, rivalry, heroes and gunfight mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like My Father is a Hero: High Risk (1995), Once a Cop (1993), Last Hero in China (1993), Another Meltdown (1998), American Yakuza (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong ...
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realistic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious ...
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teens, boys' night
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martial arts, terrorism, hostage, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, showbiz, one man army, police officer, one against many, mixed martial arts, warrior ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is ...
Style:
satirical, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, splatter, melancholic ...
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teens, boys' night
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martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, fight scenes, police, police investigation, gunfight, violence, fight, farce, life philosophy, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, new jersey
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, History
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese "Robin Hood" who stumbles upon a kidnapping scheme after unwittingly opening a martial arts school next to a brothel!
Style:
romantic, scenic, epic, humorous, semi serious ...
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, master warrior, heroes, folk hero, one man army, kidnapping, robin hood, wiretap, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
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boys' night
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disaster, martial arts, master criminal, terrorism, partners against crime, heroes, government agency, confined, master warrior, lone wolves, undercover, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
russia, hong kong, china, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and ...
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exciting, cynical, serious, realistic, rough ...
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boys' night
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gangsters, organized crime, mafia, yakuza, martial arts, undercover agent, heroes, murder, showdown, hitman, tough heroes, police corruption ...
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90s
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, intense, realistic, exciting
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
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boys' night
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martial arts, gunfight, jail, prison, conspiracy, heroes, murder, kung fu, confined, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, ...
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Place:
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boys' night
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
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Country: Hong Kong
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Country: Hong Kong, China
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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