Movies like Election 2005
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Election (2005)
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Original name: 黑社會
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, rough, captivating, suspenseful, neo noir, bloody, crime drama, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
organized crime, election, rise to the top, rivalry, ambition, ego clash, asian gangster, uninhibited rivalry, rules and policies, elimination, temperamental, merciless, triad, gangster, power struggle, murder, undercover, crime boss, underworld, brotherhood, mafia, chinese mafia, drug crime, martial arts, kung fu ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about gangster, rivalry, organized crime, triad, gang, law enforcement and chinese mafia mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Election: New World (2013), A Dirty Carnival (2006), El Capo (2009), Eye in the Sky (2007), Drug War (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, rough ...
Plot:
triad, organized crime, election, henchman, dishonesty, rivalry, rules and policies, gangster, criminal heroes, asian gangster, criminal, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
100%
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss ...
Style:
captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
gangster, gang, financial problem, right hand man, rivalry, murder, debt, criminal heroes, gang war, rise and fall, ambition, director ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
seoul, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
100%
543
Genre: Thriller
Country: Colombia
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Story:
El Capo, the most wanted drug dealer in Mexico, has been intercepted while hiding with his trusted men, his wife and his lover. During his escape, he declares war on the government and his own past.
Style:
brutal, realistic, stylized, serious, rough ...
Plot:
ambition, power struggle, drug traffic, drug dealing, organized crime, master criminal, drug lord, criminal heroes, political corruption, smuggling, notoriety, rise to the top ...
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, master criminal, police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, found footage, law enforcement, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
26%
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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, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war on drugs, undercover, drug cartel, whistleblower, mole, criminal, criminal heroes, working undercover, recruit, betrayal, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
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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
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25%
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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%
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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, 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:
24%
Genre: 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:
organized crime, gangster, police, working undercover, mole, undercover, triad, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, violent ...
Time:
future, y2k, year 2004, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
undercover, drug dealing, mole, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, tragic hero, moral dilemma, organized crime, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
CID officer Tong gets himself entangled with a gang of killers from mainland China, who are out killing criminals to rob them of their money, and using an ideological basis to justify the killings as protecting mainland China from the criminal scum ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, dark ...
Plot:
organized crime, robbery, police procedural, vigilantism, law enforcement, bandit, armed robbery, outlaw gang, fighting crime, police, gang, burglar ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, mafia, revenge, murder, gang, working undercover, danger, missing person, criminal heroes, nordic, organized crime, bandit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
chinese mafia, drug crime, drug, criminal, danger, criminal underworld, gangster, drug dealing, battles, criminal's revenge, youth, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a late-night triad dispute leads to the death of an innocent civilian, PTU officers take action by investigating triad activities in the area.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, noir ...
Plot:
investigation, fighting crime, organized crime, police procedural, triad, mafia, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, mob hit, police investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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:
21%
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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:
21%
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:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rumor has it that “Black Moly”, the Indian head of a gang has returned. His former subordinate Velu is released from prison, he refuses to follow the same path as before. But he is misconstrued by his buddy, Sonu that Velu betrays him. Sonu ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, action thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
police procedural, crime boss, police officer, gang, gang member, bandit, criminal, criminal gang, police detective, organized crime, fighting crime, gang leader ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
china
Similarity:
20%
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:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
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, cult classic, bloody, intense, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, police, gangster, yakuza, friendship, gunfight, organized crime, mafia, death of friend, crime boss, criminal underworld ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, future, 20th century, 70s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, taiwan, taipei ...
Similarity:
19%
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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:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, gangster, police investigation, fight, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, police corruption, drug lord, retirement ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story begins with Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto, head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to ...
Style:
serious, tense, cynical, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gang member, gang, organized crime, gangster, hanging, criminal heroes, gang war, danger, rivalry, gory, merciless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 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:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, robbery, gangster, heist, male bonding, police, police officer, triad, working undercover, undercover, undercover cop ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot:
gang, working undercover, hidden identity, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, partner, police officer killed, secret police, fighting crime, mafia, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
19%
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:
18%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Style:
emotional, serious, psychological, realistic
Plot:
self discovery, follow your dream, rivalry, ego clash, redemption, relationship vs career, athlete's life, contests and competitions, underdog, nightclub, martial arts, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
18%
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