Movies like The Mad Bomber

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The Mad Bomber (1973)
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The Mad Bomber (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Los Angeles police detective hunts a rapist and a bomber of public buildings.
Style: independent film, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, mental disorder, rapist, explosions, police detective, bomber, psychopath, terrorism, life is a bitch, chases and races, vigilantism, rivalry, society, danger, law enforcement, woman in danger, maniac, rape, revenge, prostitute, police officer, violence, female nudity, feminism, computer ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, deadly, rivalry, vengeance, murder, chases and races and danger mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Mad Bomber: Black Friday (2004), Fighting Back (1982), Relentless 3 (1993), Detonator (2003), Dead in a Heartbeat (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Black Friday (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Under torture, Indian gangster Tiger Memon confesses to his involvement in a plot to set off explosives throughout Bombay. The police choose not to believe him, however, and bombs tear through the city that Friday, wreaking havoc and polarizing the ...
Style: suspense, serious, disturbing, offbeat, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, politics, muslim, interrogation, investigation, legal, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, protest, journalism ...
Time: y2k, 90s, year 1993
Place: india, asia, mumbai india, bombay india, dubai ...
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100%
 6.0
 731
Fighting Back (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's a hard crime story about a Philadelphia shop owner who has enough of the criminals' violences and ravages. He organizes a patrol of civil people. It all starts to go wrong because his team's actions are taken as racial ...
Style: tense, exciting, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, violence, urban, teenager, vietnam war, city, exploitation, vengeance, interracial relations, racism ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.1
 485
Relentless 3 (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style: slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, die hard, serial murder, police investigation, police officer, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, murder, mind game, investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.1
 428
Detonator (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, undercover, save the day, one man army, special agent, master criminal, danger, vengeance, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Dead in a Heartbeat (2002)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An unlikely duo, Lieutenant Tom Royko of the Seattle Bomb Squad and renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Gillian Hayes, find themselves in a race against time to track down a disturbed bomber who is inexplicably causing Dr. Hayes' patients to explode.
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, doctors and patients, mentally unstable, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, murder investigation, bomb, medicine, serial killer, mysticism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Gunman (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style: disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, investigation, vengeance, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement, danger, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Walking the Edge (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught young woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
Style: hood, neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, auto mechanic, taxi, woman with a gun, teenager, gang, driver, big city, ghetto, taxi driver, vengeance, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The New Centurions (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, urban, police officer, suicide, car chase, peplum, alcoholic, cop, interracial, rookie, lapd, police station ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Young Warriors (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, revenge, vigilante, fraternity, biker, guy, cannon, youth, vigilantism, rape, rape and revenge, rivalry ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Officer Down (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vigilante, uncover truth, fighting the system, police detective, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, police corruption, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.6
 925
Cold Steel (1987)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
Style: tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, rivalry, femme fatale, police detective, serial killer, xmas, revenge, police, police officer ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Twisted Justice (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug ...
Style: independent film, futuristic, realistic, serious, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, monster, illegal drugs, dystopia, psychopath, police corruption, chase, criminal heroes, dishonesty, mad scientist, danger, chases and races ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 2.1
 204
Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 3.8
 2K
Ambushed (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, law enforcement, rivalry, lapd, working undercover, police corruption, special agent, swat team, strip club, nypd, armed forces, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.3
 429
Rockaway (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious ...
Plot: vigilantism, soldier, vengeance, police corruption, downfall, gangster, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, gang, police investigation, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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26%
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Death Wish II (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style: detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.3
 484
Face of Terror (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A police officer searching for his missing sister in Spain uncovers a terrorist cell.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, missing person, confined, police investigation, undercover, drug dealing, secret agent, kidnapping, working undercover, addiction, drug abuse, danger ...
Place: spain, barcelona, los angeles, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ⇓
25%
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Brotherhood of Death (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vietnam war, revenge, ku klux klan, vigilantism, racial issues, black, racism, vietnam veteran, injustice, society, rebellion ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ...
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25%
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Tokyo businessman (Hiroshi Hada), transferred to L.A, molests a teenage girl on a train. It turns out that the girl is the daughter of a vice cop. But in one of those plot twists that can only occur in the movies, the cop is assigned to find the ...
Style: grindhouse, action adventure, crime drama, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, child rape, cannon, sex crime, violent, machine gun, drug dealing, prostitute, kidnapping, rape and revenge, revenge, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Sweeper (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, working undercover, home invasion, police shootout, police officer, police detective, car chase, murder, special agent, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.1
 853
Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Freeway Killer (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, rape and murder, who done it, strong violent content, police detective, law enforcement, life is a bitch, stalking, danger, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Badge 373 (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the ...
Style: grim, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: urban, car chase, sociopath, police officer, gangster, profanity, violent content, police detective, tough heroes, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Rape of Richard Beck (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The tables turn for cynical police officer Richard Beck (Richard Crenna) when he's viciously attacked by two homicidal crooks. Having never been empathetic toward the victims he's dealt with on a daily basis, Beck must now confront the ...
Style: bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: rape, criminal heroes, law enforcement, male rape, rivalry, vengeance, life is a bitch, murder, danger, victim, abuse, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Outside Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, tough heroes, culture clash, criminal heroes, dishonesty, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time: 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, paris france, france, california, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.8
 18K
Blue Steel (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.8
 3K
Stiletto (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, vengeance, police investigation, hitman, betrayal, rivalry, tough heroes, police detective, dishonesty, danger, kick-butt women, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
B.T.K. Killer (2005)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Veteran Boogey Man and Zodiac Killer director Ulli Lommel continues his long tradition of delivering tense thrills with this relentless look at the life of the elusive, Kansas-based serial killer known to authorities only as "B.T.K." ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, murderer, psychopath, investigation, life is a bitch, chase, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, danger, serial murder, violence ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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