Movies like The Manhunt

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The Manhunt (1984)
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The Manhunt (1984)
Original name: Cane arrabbiato
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. Unable to prove ownership, the young man is then sentenced to prison where he's forced to do chain-gang type work. He escapes, is recaptured, and escapes again as he tries to locate the man who sold him the horses.
Style: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroes, escape, life is a bitch, fugitives, prison life, chase, frame up, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, manhunt, law enforcement, false accusation, confined, on the run, partner, dishonesty, criminal heroes, protagonist as suspect, dog, prison escape, police officer, desert, judge ...
Time: 80s
Place: arizona
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to The Manhunt

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about chases and races, dishonesty, law enforcement, rivalry, deadly, vengeance and frame up mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Manhunt: Thunder II (1987), Thunder (1983), Proximity (2001), Marked Man (1996), Eddie Macon's Run (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Thunder II (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. Thunder manages to break out of ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: native american, dirty cop, cop, bare chested male, carnage, prison break, narcotics, gun fu, arizona desert, exploitation, combat, indian chief ...
Place: arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 595
Thunder (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: car chase, redsploitation, rambo, gun fu, high speed chase, car crash, nudity, female hostage, carnage, automobile, canyon, radio dj ...
Time: 80s
Place: arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Proximity (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: prison, false accusation, law enforcement, frame up, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, confined, protagonist as suspect, criminal heroes, anti hero, jail, trial ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.1
 355
Marked Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: frame up, murder, wrestling, chase, law enforcement, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, life is a bitch, confined, criminal heroes, wrongfully committed ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: on the run, wrongful conviction, chase, manhunt, injustice, family relations, gang, prison, cattle, rodeo, snake, skinny dipping ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: texas, usa, mexico, latin america, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An Innocent Man (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is ...
Style: tense, suspense, intense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, police corruption, gang, frame up, gunfight, mistaken identity, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, prison life, prison escape ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Prey (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, manhunt, prison, on the run, protagonist as suspect, life is a bitch, false accusation, hidden identity, dishonesty, chase, family life, cell mate ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.1
 2K
The Escapist (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, prison, tough heroes, violence spree, heroes, murder, criminal heroes, haunted by the past, gang, revenge, escape, fugitives ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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A Time to Die (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A female photographer teams up with a policeman to try to bring down a corrupt police officer who framed her for drug possession and during her investigation, finds that not everything, or everyone, is what they appear to be.
Style: independent film, detective, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: frame up, police corruption, custody, murder, woman with a gun, photographer, parole, chases and races, witnessing a crime, society, rivalry, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, prison escape, prison break, favoritism, escape, gangster, injustice, friends, survival, confined, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Jackson County Jail (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, road movie, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, women in prison, murder, prison rape, injustice, escape, rape and revenge, rape and murder, hicksploitation, car, exploitation, blaxploitation ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Letters from a Killer (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders ...
Style: psychological thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, fugitives, serial murder, stalking, death row, false accusation, frame up, murder, wrongful conviction, best friend, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 6K
Murphy's Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, police investigation, vigilantism, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, danger, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ty's pal J.J. frames him in a murder and cocaine theft in Hong Kong in 1992. Ty's wife Rachel may be in on the con, so, when Ty gets early release from prison as a gesture of good will from the city's new Mainland government, he ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, on the run, cons and scams, drug dealing, rivalry, betrayal, vengeance, criminal heroes, chases and races, prison, partner, law enforcement ...
Place: the philippines, hong kong, asia, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
26%
The Tough Ones (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, car chase, chase, psychopath, gang rape, rape, violent content, law enforcement, serial killer, vigilantism, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Prison on Fire II (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Ching is a prisoner in a Honk Kong jail that has a large population of Mainland Chinese prisoners. Ching escapes to see his young son, who he has been put in an orphanage. He surrenders himself to authorities, but the vengeful chief of security, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, jail, triad, partner, violent content, tough heroes, friends, chases and races, rivalry, vengeance, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Jackals (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, talky, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: smuggling, undocumented immigrant, society, dishonesty, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, heroes, small town, desert, small town life ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: mexico, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Movie in collections
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 5K
Breakout (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Style: light, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, false accusation, chase, fugitives, manhunt, danger, rescue, prison life, captivity, helicopter, murder, warden ...
Time: 70s, year 1975
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 3K
The Outsider (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In another typical Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicle, the French action hero plays a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, gangster, police officer, revenge, fighting crime, drug abuse, injustice, hotshot hero, lone wolves, chases and races, cop, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: france, paris france, europe, marseille, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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13 Dead Men (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Set in a prison, a death row inmate has a secret and the warden will go to any lengths to get it. Things dont go as planned as you would expect. A good action film with alot of good fight scenes and an interesting twist at the end.What we have ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, sexual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, death row, criminal heroes, partner, false accusation, life is a bitch, wrongfully committed, frame up, buddies, dishonesty, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Today You Die (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, prison, frame up, criminal heroes, dishonesty, martial arts, revenge, heroic bloodshed, fistfight, gangster, violence, vigilante ...
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Code of Silence (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style: exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police officer, one man army, revenge, explosions, police, mafia, gangster, chase, hitman, police investigation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Wild Seven (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this darkly karmic vision of Arizona, a man who breathes nothing but ill will begins a noxious domino effect as quickly as an uncontrollable virus kills. As he exits Arizona State Penn after twenty-one long years, Wilson has only one thing on the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, criminal's revenge, frame up, vengeance, cons and scams, going straight, brutality, false accusation, life is a bitch, hooligan, escape, goofy hero ...
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Carlita's Secret (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Carlita's Secret begins with a young girl who unwittingly participates in a drug deal rip off. She goes into hiding from the police and the boyfriend she helped commit the rip off with. After years in hiding she becomes a successful nightclub ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, nightclub, frame up, on the run, false accusation, murder, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, manhunt, dishonesty, investigation, hidden identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Sitting Target (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
Style: neo noir, offbeat, grindhouse, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, prison, criminal, affair, erotica, underworld, revenge killing, escape, vengeance, confined, couple relations, rivalry ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A gambler, a Texas ranger and an FBI agent are investigating a series of vigilante murders.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: poker, texas ranger, injustice, cons and scams, frame up, murder, friendship, old west, false accusation, private detective, investigation, manhunt ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Giant Killer (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: An Arizona policeman (Bo Svenson) and his pilot buddy (Fred Williamson) discover a scheme to rob Las Vegas slot machines by computer.
Style: cult classic, poliziottesco
Plot: car chase, shootout, violence, police officer killed, police chase, money, fistfight, hand to hand combat, martial arts, casino, maverick cop, gunfight ...
Place: las vegas, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Ring of Death (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On the inside, there are no rules. See what happens when Prison Officials Profit from Illegal fights.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, frame up, contests and competitions, criminal heroes, police investigation, criminal's revenge, jail, martial arts, fight, competition, undercover, electric torture ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.1
 3K
Hard Luck (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, gangster, drug dealing, chase, danger, dishonesty, partner, psychopath, hitman, car chase, drug abuse, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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