Movies like Point Break
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Point Break (1991)
188K
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the coastal town of Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. The F.B.I. believes that the members of the gang could be surfers and send young agent Johnny Utah undercover at the beach to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Style:
exciting, intense, surprise ending, suspenseful, neo noir, stylized, sexy, inspirational, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, extreme sport, special agents, gang, surfer, extreme sports, surfing, gangsters, undercover, robbery, fbi, suspense, ex athlete, heist, undercover cop, working undercover, chase, sport, friendship, revenge, criminal, police investigation, fight, police, gunfight ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, hawaii, australia, north america, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Point Break
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, suspenseful and entertaining films with plots about vengeance, gun, car chase, chase, dialogue, lone hero and mentor mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Point Break: The Fast and the Furious (2001), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Next of Kin (1989), Cobra (1986), Death Warrant (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: China, Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, extreme sports, surfing, bank robbery, skydiving, rescue, fbi, chase, sport, redemption, working undercover, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean, california, italy, usa, mumbai india ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, suspenseful, rough, intense ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
car, car chase, undercover cop, chase, gang, street racing, car race, drag racing, undercover, tough guy, robbery, theft ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, plymouth, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, car chase, investigation, undercover, fish out of water, buddy cop, maverick cop, gunfight, murder, damsel in distress, law enforcement, verbal byplay ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, michigan, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, police investigation, suspense, complex characters, murder, revenge, mafia, gangsters, death of brother, brother brother relationship, snake, hitman ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, kentucky, san francisco, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstandings martial arts is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, martial arts, investigation, murder, serial killer, undercover cop, surveillance, brutality, partners against crime, prison escape, track down, master criminal ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, revenge, fbi, prison, suspense, violence, master criminal, switching bodies, special agents, arch villain, hidden identity, transformation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, hong kong, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
buddy movie, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, gunfight, revenge, chase, car chase, buddy, suspense, home invasion, police officer, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly ...
Style:
intense, exciting, entertaining, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, car thief, master criminal, suspense, blackmail, betrayal, car theft, caper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
185K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, exciting, mind blowing, perverse ...
Plot:
revenge, heist, crime boss, fighting crime, lone hero, robbery, suspense, working undercover, security guard, gangsters, father son relationship, ex soldier ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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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 ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Uruguay, Paraguay
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
Style:
intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, gangsters, justice, police detective, vengeance, mole, drugs, law enforcement, drug smuggling ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, canada, usa, havana cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, exciting, tense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, assassin, lone hero, one against many, violence, revenge, weapons, tough guy, one man army, chase, betrayal, gangsters ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, new york, manhattan new york city, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, bus, motorcycle chase, hitman, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official, on the road ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, san francisco, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, fbi, heist, father daughter relationship, robbery, chase, car chase, violence, thief, rescue, greed, ex convict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
40%
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, enigmatic, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangsters, police investigation, brutality, drugs, murder, drug addiction, suspense, undercover, racial slur, undercover cop, betrayal, gang ...
Time:
90s, year 1972, year 1992, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, ohio, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
exciting, stylized, neo noir, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, revenge, vigilante, gangsters, gunfight, assassin, lone hero, one man army, killer, dog, tough guy ...
Time:
60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
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exciting, serious, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada, north america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, fight scenes, tough heroes, gangsters, betrayal, thief, revenge, mafia, romancing a criminal, car chase, happy ending ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, new orleans, usa, miami, ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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.
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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 ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
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Place:
detroit, usa
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50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
132K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style:
intense, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hostage, gang, redemption, police, fight scenes, fight, partner, undercover cop, gunfight, rivalry, kung fu ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, tokyo, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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:
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Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
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39%
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