Movies like The Octagon
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The Octagon (1980)
7K
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
Style:
suspense, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, grindhouse, hood, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, terrorism, sex, undercover, master warrior, good versus evil, one man army, revenge, assassin, betrayal, terrorist, danger, heroic mission, vigilantism, fighting crime, lone wolves, tough heroes, secret agent, sword fight, assassination, vengeance, gang, kidnapping, car chase ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980
Place:
paris france, los angeles, south america, mexico
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Most similar movies to The Octagon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about fight, violence, blood, rescue, fistfight, murder and showdown mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Octagon: Malone (1987), Enter the Dragon (1973), Bridge of Dragons (1999), The Hunted (1995), American Ninja (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, hitman, tough heroes, assassin, female assassin, cia agent, murder, undercover, uninhibited rivalry, on the run, chase, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oregon, los angeles, langley virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style:
tense, cult classic, grindhouse, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, martial arts tournament, shaolin monk, master warrior, revenge, island, one against many, strong man, final showdown, drug lord ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, fictional island, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. But Halo discovers that Ruechang ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, terrorism, military, soldier, battles, master warrior, danger, good versus evil, heroic mission, coldhearted, adoption, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, violence, sword duel, samurai, assassin, sword fight, murder, brutality, vigilante, vengeance, master warrior, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Netherlands, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a ...
Style:
entertaining, serious, exciting, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, assassin, one man army, chase, masked man, ninjitsu, fight scenes, karate, military, master warrior, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
texas ranger, martial arts, fbi, one man army, law enforcement, vengeance, buddy cop, lone wolves, special agent, danger, fighting crime, confined ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, latin america, austin texas, mexico, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
Style:
neo noir, talky, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, violent, vigilantism, vigilante, organized crime, violence, bullying, vengeance, arms dealer, assassin, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
one man army, vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, jungle warfare, heroes, justice, fight scenes, war, rescue, military life ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
Similarity:
100%
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17K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, tough guy, child in peril, martial arts, danger, tough heroes, daring rescue, missing child, organized crime, father son relationship, police detective, murder ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, perverse, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, terrorism, martial arts, masked man, terrorist, rescue, survival, one man army, kidnapping, tough heroes, vengeance, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The wolves are howling once again, as a terrifying ancient evil emerges in Beacon Hills. Scott McCall, no longer a teenager yet still an Alpha, must gather new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against this powerful and deadly enemy.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, teen horror, dark fantasy
Audience:
teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, male nudity, bare chested male, wolf, shapeshifter, supernatural being, evil, full moon, supernatural power, supernatural horror, supernatural, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Style:
independent film, christmas horror, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, karate, police, serial killer, xmas, martial arts tournament, santa claus, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, murder mystery ...
Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
Similarity:
42%
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, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, police officer, one man army, revenge, police, mafia, gangster, chase, police investigation, police corruption, car chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
chicago, usa, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, one man army, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, daring rescue, police investigation, tough heroes, escapades, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Place:
germany, europe, los angeles, usa, vienna ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, military, airplane, save the day, danger, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, terrorist, forced sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style:
suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, murder, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, death, hospital, investigation, chase, ship, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, absurd, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, revenge, jungle, military, one man army, escape, martial arts, prison escape, explosions, survival, cannon ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, profanity, vengeance, drifter, good versus evil, revenge, danger, partner, duel, uninhibited rivalry, obstacle ...
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scarecrow, hired killer, hitman, professional killer, tough heroes, terrorism, manhunt, witness, gangster, chase, assassination attempt, one man army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, new york
Similarity:
38%
10K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
computer cracker, cia agent, secret service agent, danger, secret agent, cia, political conspiracy, kidnapping, murder, chase, rescue, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran Billy Ray Lancing, a former CSA agent who now works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irina Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Poland that he's helping out ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, rescue, danger, friendship, secret code, human trafficking, orphan, martial arts, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland, montreal, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, vigilante, martial arts, vigilantism, machismo, gun fu, one man army, cold war, spy, gunfight, shootout, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Harmon is a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team--seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp--he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
aikido, female warrior, martial arts, terrorist plot, conspiracy, hitman, secret agent, fbi agent, cia agent, woman fights a man, undercover, terrorist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
sonora, el paso texas, istanbul turkey, mexico
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence against women, terrorist, female prisoner, female warrior, vietnam war, terrorism, prison fight, prison guard, rebel army, anti heroine, woman kills a man, female criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
36%
15K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her
Style:
sexy, suspense, detective, erotic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police protection, hostage, conspiracy, female lawyer, chase, gunfight, sex scene, car chase, lawyer, female killer, female assassin, lust ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, miami, usa
Similarity:
36%
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