Movies like The Glimmer Man

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The Glimmer Man (1996)
 5.4
 21K
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. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
Style: suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, action comedy, detective, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, violence, hitman, brutality, partner, car chase, homicide detective, chases and races, law enforcement, police corruption, partners against crime, martial arts, killer, cop, corrupt official, police, assassin ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s, 1990s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Keyword: partners, buddy movie, fighting movie, movie theatre, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, detective and fast films with plots about shootout, violence, police, pistol, murder, blood splatter and machine gun mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Glimmer Man: Out for Justice (1991), Kill Switch (2008), The Corruptor (1999), Deadly Target (1994), Another 48 Hrs. (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Out for Justice (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style: detective, suspense, neo noir, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, gangster, psychopath, organized crime, aikido, revenge, car chase, shootout, violence, hitman, serial killer ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
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100%
 3.8
 5K
Kill Switch (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, tough law enforcer, chases and races ...
Place: memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 19K
The Corruptor (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Style: stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gangster, police investigation, triad, murder, police corruption, buddy cop, organized crime, law enforcement, police, gunfight, danger ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 341
Deadly Target (1994)
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: suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, cop, gangster, gang, chinese mafia, heroes, law enforcement, missing person, chases and races, rivalry, tough heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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%
 7.6
 275K
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style: suspense, exciting, humorous, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police, gunfight, reluctant partners, chase, buddy, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, police partner, police officer, cop, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 14K
Dark Angel (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner ...
Style: detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, drug lord, heroin, police investigation, buddy cop, evil alien, investigation, good versus evil, humanoid alien, tough cop, space and aliens, alien ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: houston texas, austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ 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%
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%
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%
 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 ⇓
100%
 4.8
 2K
The Cutter (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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, suspenseful, rough, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, police investigation, daring rescue, rivalry, danger, escapades, master criminal, law enforcement ...
Place: los angeles, usa, europe, germany, vienna ...
⇓ 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%
 6.8
 284K
Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
Style: action comedy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: police corruption, tough guy, one against many, conspiracy, police, ex convict, ex-cop, corrupt cop, organized crime, revenge, corruption, drug smuggling ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 188K
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style: entertaining, action packed, suspense, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, buddies, buddy, police, chase, car chase, revenge, gunfight, cop, partner, home invasion, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 4.0
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Out of Reach (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Vietnam veteran Billy Ray Lancing, a former CSA agent who now works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irina Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Poland that he's helping out ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue, friendship, danger, human trafficking, secret code, orphan, martial arts, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, special agent, secret agent, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s
Place: poland, europe, warsaw poland, montreal, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 15K
Running Scared (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Style: action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, cop, chase, police investigation, violence, police officer, partner, undercover, lawyer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bullet to the Head (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Style: exciting, intense, brutal, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, revenge, corruption, assassin, organized crime, tough law enforcer, conspiracy, betrayal, murder, police corruption, brutality, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, future, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Extreme Justice (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, reluctant partners, revenge, gang, buddy cop, nypd, swat team, die hard, revolt, partner, police detective ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 4K
Malone (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, cia agent, murder, undercover, uninhibited rivalry, on the run, chase, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, assassin, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, langley virginia, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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%
 5.4
 4K
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 ...
Style: detective, crying, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, violence, good versus evil, murder, reluctant partners, gangster, cocaine, massacre, mob hit, female police officer, showdown, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 154K
The Negotiator (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, police, corruption, police corruption, false accusation, conspiracy, negotiation, frame up, swat, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 2K
Hollow Point (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, espionage, reluctant partners, hitman, fbi, undercover, rivalry, danger, race against time, law enforcement, special agent, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, action comedy, funny, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: stripper, buddy, american football, football, reluctant partners, private detective, murder, corruption, buddy cop, strip club, conspiracy, ex law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
 7.0
 292K
Rush Hour (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, reluctant partners, fight scenes, buddy cop, two man army, buddy, chase, african american, triad, fbi ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gambling, spy, aikido, downfall, danger, introspection, life is a bitch, dishonesty, redemption, father daughter relationship, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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