Movies like Hard Boiled
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Hard Boiled (1992)
54K
Original name: 辣手神探
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Style:
stylized, bloody, intense, neo noir, exciting, detective, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gun fu, gunfight, gangster, violence, martial arts, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, mafia, triad, murder, buddy cop, partnership, friendship, police, hospital, blood, asian, guy, swat team, hitman, gory, arms smuggling, asian gangster, kung fu, bad guy ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 1990s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Keyword:
gangsters, chinese, partners, english, challenge, retrospective, buddy movie
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about shootout, blood splatter, gangster, blood, violence, gunfight and explosion mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Hard Boiled: The Killer (1989), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), Bullet in the Head (1990), A Better Tomorrow (1986), City on Fire (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
exciting, suspense, cult classic, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, assassin, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gunfight, friendship, triad, revenge, one last job, yakuza, violent, mob boss ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, vigilantism, good versus evil, friendship, bloody violence, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, shootout, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
china, hong kong, new york, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.
Style:
cult classic, suspense, realistic, bleak, perverse ...
Plot:
vietnam war, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, betrayal, friendship, drug addiction, kung fu, war, survival, triad, gangster, blood ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam, hong kong, china, asia, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
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, bloody, cult classic, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
friendship, heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, organized crime, police, yakuza, mafia, mobster, hate, criminal underworld, crime boss ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, future, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, taiwan, taipei
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 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:
organized crime, heroic bloodshed, heist, gangster, robbery, triad, male bonding, police, police officer, undercover, undercover cop, yakuza ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, stylized, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, revenge, prison, fbi, transformation, violence, master criminal, hidden identity, switching bodies, murder, undercover, death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
brutal, stylized, bloody, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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, stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, chase, assassin, on the run, martial arts, female warrior, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, tough girl ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
middle east, east asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hostage, redemption, partner, police, kung fu, fight scenes, gang, undercover cop, gunfight, rivalry, haunted by the past ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Place:
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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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
tragic ending
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with the reality of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, gangster, gang war, friendship, race against time, danger, drug dealing, working undercover, fight, shootout, violence, triad ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, japan, china, asia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style:
humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, police, gangster, buddy cop, drug lord, undercover cop, undercover, heroes, police detective, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he ...
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neo noir, stylized, bloody, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
495
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.
Style:
heroic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, police, criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, rivalry, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, non stop action ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, police investigation, gang, danger, rivalry, working undercover, vigilantism, arrest ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A cop (Waise Lee) is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, ...
Style:
neo noir, bloody, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, gun fu, gangster, police detective, chaos and mayhem, working undercover, wrongfully committed, police corruption, wooing, gory, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
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boys' night
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30%
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Story:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Style:
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29%
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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.
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29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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