Movies like Kite 2014
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Kite (2014)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the groundbreaking, cult classic anime, KITE tells the story of Sawa, a young woman living in a corrupt society where crime and gangs terrorize the streets. When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker, and a mysterious friend from her past, she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak, independent film, spiritual, neo noir, perverse, colorful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, woman kills a man, female killer, vengeance, female warrior, female vigilante, woman fights a man, one woman army, vigilantism, young heroes, martial arts, revenge, betrayal, organized crime, vigilante, haunted by the past, kidnapping, mentor, blood, gang, bodyguard, bus, mixed martial arts, superhero, assassin ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
russian
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Most similar movies to Kite
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, neo noir, f word and surprise ending films with plots about shootout, martial arts, murder, gunfight, violence, knife and gun mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Kite: Skin Trade (2014), The Crow: City of Angels (1996), In the Blood (2014), A Good Man (2014), Momentum (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex slavery, martial arts, ak 47, gangster, strong sexual content, tough law enforcer, tough heroes, vengeance, rivalry, master criminal, police investigation, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, usa, asia, new jersey, cambodia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After Ashe and his little son are murdered violently for no reason by Judah's men, he returns from the dead to take revenge. One after one, Judah's people face the power of the dark angel. The second film based on James O'Barr's ...
Style:
gothic, cult classic, atmospheric, dark, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, revenge, tragic hero, afterlife, good versus evil, crow, back from the dead, vigilante, comic book, goth, murder, superhero ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one woman army, female martial artist, martial arts, tough girl, female vigilante, female killer, missing person, woman kills a man, vigilante, kick-butt women, vengeance, danger ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
puerto rico, south america, dominican republic, caribbean
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, terrorist, gangster, save the day, gang, danger, rivalry, gory, crime boss, murder, hostage, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, bucharest, romania, eastern europe
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48%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style:
tense, suspense, perverse, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, violence, female assassin, female protagonist, conspiracy, tough girl, woman with a gun, female killer, hand to hand combat, one woman army, robbery, bank ...
Place:
cape town south africa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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.
Style:
action thriller, exciting, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, assassin, professional killer, contract killer, corruption, brutality, mercenary, violent, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, chase, investigation, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A mall security guard -- and former federal agent -- crosses paths with a drug kingpin's enforcer after he saves a woman from danger.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, freeze frame, independent film ...
Plot:
police detective, martial arts, rescue, betrayal, brutality, chase, aikido, violence, murder, death, security guard, caper ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france, houston texas
Similarity:
43%
Movie in collections
138K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, grindhouse, breathtaking, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, violence, fight, organized crime, fistfight, brutality, mafia, warrior, gangster, gunfight, police, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indonesia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, martial arts, prison, good versus evil, prisoner, frame up, chinese mafia, organized crime, gangster, murder, vengeance, one against many ...
Place:
hong kong, china, paris france, asia, new york ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
on the run, hitman, betrayal, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, showdown, murder, deception, survival, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, brutality, murder, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, tough guy, fbi agent, chase ...
Similarity:
41%
632
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, u.s. navy, female warrior, secret agent, danger, chases and races, save the day, good versus evil, heroes, daring rescue, government agency ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2000s
Place:
europe, greece, utah, athens greece, austria ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
Style:
suspense, cult classic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
female killer, assassin, female assassin, female protagonist, strong female lead, fight, murder, female warrior, woman with a gun, family in danger, female secret agent, revenge ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in ...
Style:
emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, yakuza, martial arts, police investigation, killer, bodyguard, assassin, violence, mind control, contract killer, danger, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, china, san francisco, vancouver, shanghai ...
Similarity:
41%
36K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
organized crime, undercover cop, police detective, black cop, female warrior, kidnapping, police corruption, rescue, death, brutality, race against time, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, revenge, rape victim, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, underground, rape and revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bulgaria, Romania
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and ...
Style:
perverse, suspense, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, revenge, mercenary, assassin, female agent, murder, female warrior, drone, vengeance, professional killer, hitman ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 90s, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
london, bucharest, vietnam
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, gunfight, fugitives, strip club, damsel in distress, stripper, shootout, fistfight, tattoo, machine gun, plastic surgery, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
parkour, gunfight, betrayal, undercover cop, ghetto, gang, car chase, kidnapping, police corruption, gangster, undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
year 2014, near future, 2010s, future
Place:
detroit, canada, new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lynette Walden and Chris Mulkey star in this action-packed ride through the sexy and dangerous world of flesh for sale and murder for hire.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
anti heroine, woman kills a man, kickboxer, premarital sex, contract killer, murder, strong sexual content, prostitute, stalking, violent content, nudity, prison ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA, Ukraine
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, neo noir ...
Plot:
on the run, damsel in distress, chase, conspiracy, corruption, organized crime, gangster, dark past, spy, martial arts, spy thriller, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
odessa ukraine, new york, eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, military, soldier, danger, daring rescue, confined, law enforcement, escapades, chase, money, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, female warrior, firefighter, vigilante, brutality, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, law enforcement, police detective, secret service, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman is trained by a martial arts specialist to become a professional assassin.
Style:
erotic, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, one woman army, sexual obsession, female assassin, yakuza, girl fight, contract killer, femme fatale, serial killer, caught having sex, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
40%
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:
cult classic, scenic, romantic, fast, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, martial arts, bodyguard, hired killer, witness, chinese army, professional killer, wuxia, kung fu, chase, businessman, unrequited love ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
39%
209K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Style:
grindhouse, stylized, parody, dark comedy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
hitman, vigilante, revenge, blood, machete, corruption, vengeance, violence, dark humor, tough guy, bodyguard, immigrant ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas
Similarity:
39%
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