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Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)
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Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)
Original name: องค์บาก
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Style: intense, stylized, harsh, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, muay thai, chase, kung fu, one man army, gangster, fighter, violence, martial arts tournament, good versus evil, brutality, heroes, master warrior, revenge, friendship, justice, artifact, robbery, anger, sadism, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, danger, heroic mission, chases and races ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: thailand, asia, bangkok thailand, hong kong, tokyo
Keyword: gangsters, fighting movie, thai

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about martial arts, fight, heroes, kung fu, violence, rivalry and fighting mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior: The Protector (2005), The Raid 2 (2014), Ong Bak 2 (2008), The Raid (2011), Enter the Dragon (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Protector (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand, USA, Hong Kong, France, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, ...
Style: action packed, brutal, stylized, light, exciting ...
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Time: year 2005, 21st century
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The Raid 2 (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
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, stylized, bloody, suspense, grindhouse ...
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Raid (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style: brutal, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
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Enter the Dragon (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Style: tense, suspense, grindhouse, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, master warrior, martial arts tournament, island, tough heroes, shaolin monk, revenge, strong man, drug lord, final showdown ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 20th century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
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Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
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Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Unleashed (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When ...
Style: intense, emotional, rough, suspenseful, action packed ...
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Merantau Warrior (2009)
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Country: Indonesia
Duration: 134 min.
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Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
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Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: harsh, stylized, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future, year 2009, 2010s
Place: europe, paris france, france
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100%
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Chocolate (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An autistic woman with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
Style: brutal, rough, realistic, serious, exciting ...
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
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Story: If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless ...
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Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
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Style: brutal, bloody, exciting, action packed, suspenseful ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
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Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
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Style: serious, captivating, tense, psychological, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sex and Fury (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shonusuke, a radical set on ...
Style: grindhouse, erotic, sensual, cult classic, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 1900s, 19th century, 1880s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
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Time: year 2012, 19th century, 15th century, 2010s
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Flash Point (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, non stop action ...
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Time: 20th century, year 2007, 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Hard Target (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Style: exciting, suspense, entertaining, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, chase, gunfight, manhunt, ex military, tough heroes, drifter, justice, survival, danger, one man army, hunting ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed ...
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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