Movies like Nighthawks
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Nighthawks (1981)
20K
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, harsh, intense, realistic, rough, serious, sexy, tense, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, chase, police officer, suspense, master criminal, stewardess, working undercover, fighting crime, police, murder, psychopath, violence, bomb, undercover cop, law enforcement, undercover, serial killer, terrorist, gunfight, un, catastrophe, whodunit, gangsters, monster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, london, los angeles, california, usa, paris france, manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to Nighthawks
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, exciting and serious films with plots about violence, murder, runaway, chase, dialogue, violent and gangsters mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Nighthawks: Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Sharky's Machine (1981), Die Hard (1988), Cobra (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, intense, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, train, heist, murder, gangsters, runaway train, terrorism, gang, subway, mayor, criminal, railway ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
terrorism, justice, chase, vengeance, police investigation, undercover, master criminal, tough heroes, race against time, track down, dishonesty, on the run ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, revenge, suspense, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, hitman, gangsters, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
suspenseful, tense, sexy, neo noir, melancholic ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police investigation, prostitute, scam, corruption, law enforcement, police, murder, suspense, partners, fighting crime, prostitution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, atlanta georgia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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894K
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, exciting, suspenseful, clever, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, manly
Plot:
hostage, gunfight, heist, tough guy, terrorist, christmas, police officer, one man army, police, terrorism, robbery, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Equalizer related movies
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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, intense, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder, car chase, car, hostage, police investigation, violence, suspense, tough cop, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, suspense, psychopath, brutality, anarchist, stalking, investigation, criminal's revenge, government agency, race against time, haunted by the past ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, usa, massachusetts, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, suspense, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, heist, chase, fbi, revenge, law enforcement, vengeance, brutality, twists and turns, murder, on the run, crime gone awry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, new jersey, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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.
Style:
exciting, intense, brutal, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, corruption, hitman, mercenary, dark hero, organized crime, tough law enforcer, conspiracy, betrayal, murder, death, police corruption ...
Time:
80s, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Die Hard related movies
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:
gangsters, chase, police investigation, murder, police corruption, organized crime, partners, law enforcement, buddy cop, police, gunfight, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, hong kong, san francisco, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hijacking, hostage, heist, suspense, terrorism, twists and turns, caper, race against time, kidnapping, chase, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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:
buddy movie, suspenseful, perverse, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police, murder, female nudity, buddy cop, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, violence, police officer, police investigation, terrorism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
85K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassination, suspense, rivalry, foe turned friend, gangsters, assassin, sniper, spy, rescue, killer, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, seattle, puerto rico, detroit, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
harsh, twist ending, tense, brutal, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, violence, gunfight, corruption, undercover cop, suspense, police investigation, gangsters, vigilantism, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like Escape Plan
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, inter cultural, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, chase, gangsters, on the run, martial arts, assassin, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, gunfight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style:
buddy movie, intense, entertaining, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
hostage, chase, police investigation, violence, rescue, car chase, pitbull, brutality, suspense, car, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
108K
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, buddy movie, realistic, rough, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, police detective, reluctant partners, buddies, police, law enforcement, buddy cop, prisoner, prison escape, organized crime, escape, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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:
harsh, exciting, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, vigilante, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, organized crime, investigation, police corruption, twists and turns, suspense, criminal, moral ambiguity, justice, betrayal, police detective, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Films like Collateral
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, political ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, police investigation, terrorist, murder, friendship, vengeance, spy, revenge, chase, violence, rebelliousness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, northern ireland, ireland, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence ...
Style:
stylized, intense, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, murder, racism, blaxploitation, gunfight, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, drug lord, tough law enforcer, violence, suspense ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, switzerland, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
betrayal, conspiracy, rogue agent, gunfight, suspense, treason, witness protection program, corporate crime, witness, police investigation, deception, justice ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 80s, year 1996
Place:
new york, maryland, usa, san francisco, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
160K
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, captivating, controversial, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, gunfight, psychopath, suspense, tough law enforcer, criminal, investigation, murder, vigilante, violence, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, road movie, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, race against time, delivery, organized crime, police corruption, on the run, bicycle, chinese immigrant, suspense, twists and turns, justice, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Negotiator similar movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
harsh, emotional, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, gang, gangsters, lone hero, justice, drug cartel, vigilantism, violence, corruption, brutality, suspense, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, intense, suspenseful, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, survival, suspense, gang, police station, gangsters, street gang, prison, siege, cult, convict, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
105K
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, stylized, futuristic, intense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
gang, survival, street gang, chase, gang war, gangsters, gang member, violence, murder, cult, subway, assassination ...
Time:
future, 70s, 80s, near future, year 1979
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, new jersey, los angeles, bronx new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, suspense, prison, reporter, mafia, corruption, gangsters, against the rules ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, hitman, serial killer, writers, vengeance, suspense, police detective, psychopath, gangsters, writer's life, mind game, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
texas, california, new york, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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