Movies like Nighthawks

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Nighthawks (1981)
 6.3
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Nighthawks (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, harsh, intense, realistic, rough, serious, cult classic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, chase, police officer, master criminal, danger, stewardess, working undercover, fighting crime, police, murder, explosions, psychopath, violence, undercover cop, hostage, cop, law enforcement, undercover, serial killer, war on terror, un, whodunit, monster, criminal, sociopath ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, paris france, london, manhattan new york city, los angeles, california
Keyword: partners, metro, gangsters, buddy movie

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Most similar movies to Nighthawks

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about law enforcement, murder, shootout, violence, police, chases and races and deadly mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Nighthawks: Dirty Harry (1971), The Warriors (1979), Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986), Ticker (2001), Die Hard (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, grim, tense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: heist, subway, train, murder, runaway train, hostage, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, mayor, criminal ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 167K
Dirty Harry (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style: serious, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, tough law enforcer, urban, investigation, murder, violence, city, urban setting ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 110K
The Warriors (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, futuristic, stylized, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: survival, street gang, gang, violence, gang war, subway, gang member, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti, assassination ...
Time: future, year 1979, 70s, near future
Place: new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: This movie features a character who is supposed to be the descendant of the character played Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall is also a bounty. But also an ...
Style: intense, suspenseful, rough, serious, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: terrorism, justice, chase, vengeance, tough heroes, police investigation, undercover, master criminal, against the odds, on the run, dishonesty, race against time ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3.5
 8K
Ticker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, reluctant partners, chase, hostage, save the day, master criminal, daring rescue, police investigation, unlikely partners, confined, danger, investigation ...
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.2
 33K
Blown Away (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, psychopath, bomb squad, brutality, anarchist, stalking, investigation, race against time, government agency, danger, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: boston, ireland, usa, northern ireland, massachusetts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 48K
Sudden Impact (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style: neo noir, intense, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, vigilante, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Black Moon Rising (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, chase, fbi, revenge, law enforcement, vengeance, brutality, twists and turns, murder, on the run, crime gone awry, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
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: suspense, serious, cult classic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, police, partner, danger, fighting crime, drug dealing, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 2K
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, brutality, murder, twists and turns, fighting crime, witnessing a crime, cons and scams, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop, christmas ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 10K
Narrow Margin (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Anne Archer) back to the United States from Canada to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hit men sent to ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, hitman, witness protection, mafia, testimony, police investigation, chase, district attorney, organized crime, gangster, uncover truth, train travel ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, canada, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 14K
Deep Cover (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police investigation, gangster, brutality, drug, murder, drug addiction, undercover, racial slur, undercover cop, black, urban, betrayal ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 70s, year 1972
Place: los angeles, ohio, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 4K
Gunmen (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, chase, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, buddies, dishonesty, rivalry, master criminal, partners against crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: latin america, usa, south america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 15K
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, manhunt, on the run, horse, survival, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, vancouver, seattle, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sharky's Machine (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky's new "machine" gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prostitute, corruption, murder, gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, police, fighting crime, partner, shootout, assassin, investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 19K
Blind Fury (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Style: exciting, cult classic, suspenseful, serious, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, blind man, organized crime, vengeance, gangster, vietnam war, samurai, ninja, blindness, rescue, heroic mission, righting the wronged ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: vietnam, asia, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 37K
Cold in July (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: twists and turns, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, vigilantism, father son relationship, violence, small town, intruder, unlikely partners, vengeance ...
Time: year 2014, 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: texas, midwest, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 24K
Beirut (2018)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A former U. S. diplomat returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut.
Style: political, rough, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, mission, hostage, arab, spy, espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, mossad, fight, heroes, war ...
Time: year 1982, year 1972, 70s, 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 79K
Cobra (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style: slasher, suspense, grindhouse, intense, melancholic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot: serial killer, murder, car chase, one man army, hostage, police investigation, violence, vigilante, tough cop, gang, rivalry, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%
 3.2
 402
Death Train (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, on the run, save the day, hostage, danger, undercover, gunfight, die hard, hijacking, railway, subway ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
 2.3
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Death Toll (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, partner, police corruption, fighting crime, police investigation, partners against crime, danger, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty, tough guy ...
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, cannon, friendship, murder, partners against crime, dishonesty, investigation, undercover, buddies, chases and races, law enforcement, reluctant partners ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.4
 405
Mask of Death (1996)
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, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, fugitives, fistfight, fbi, timebomb, tattoo, plastic surgery, shootout, betrayal, undercover, assassination attempt, hitman ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.1
 19K
The Corruptor (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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: stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, gangster, police investigation, triad, murder, police corruption, buddy cop, organized crime, law enforcement, police, gunfight, danger ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
 113K
Tango & Cash (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught ...
Style: intense, action comedy, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: buddies, police detective, reluctant partners, prison, prison escape, prisoner, buddy, buddy cop, police, law enforcement, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.1
 4K
Dead Bang (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack ...
Style: cult classic, neo noir, detective, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fbi, murder, investigation, chase, police corruption, xmas, police officer, violence, cop, killer, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, california, colorado, usa, oklahoma city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.7
 49K
The Enforcer (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, detective, grindhouse, perverse ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: dirty harry, murder, police, tough girl, female nudity, buddy cop, cop, gangster, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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