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Model by Day (1994)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.
Style:
exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
superhero, martial arts, fashion, model, mafia, masked vigilante, heroes, vigilantism, vengeance, rivalry, society, fighting crime, superhuman powers, chaos and mayhem, kung fu, karate, russian mafia, kickboxing, female protagonist, crime fighter, imaginary, deadly, pantyhose, costume, female stockinged legs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and rough films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, deadly, heroes, law enforcement, vengeance and gangsters mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Model by Day: Full Contact (1993), Brotherhood of Death (1976), Sword of Honor (1996), The Tracker (2001), Rage and Honor (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Officer Johnny Lee sets out to avenge his partner's mysterious death. With the help of his partner's sister and an ancient sword, Lee becomes a one man deadly strike force. Stars Steven Vincent Leigh, Sophia Crawford.
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martial arts, police detective, heroes, undercover, vengeance, fighting crime, law enforcement, rivalry, heist, murder, art, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially ...
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boys' night
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90s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
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90s
Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
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boys' night
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Time:
90s
Place:
south africa, africa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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29%
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.
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boys' night
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90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
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Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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