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Pigs (1992)
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Original name: Psy
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all the privileges. Some, like Franz, are like ordinary police fighting against drug dealers. But Franz would soon find that some of his friends are on the other side.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, stasi, berlin wall, exploitation, cop, pig killer, gang, friendship, life is a bitch, master criminal, rebellion, chases and races, fighting the system, society, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, polish, fighting crime, police corruption, partner, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about law enforcement, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, police corruption, drug dealing and police investigation mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Pigs: Guilty by Association (2003), Scar City (1998), Shakedown (1988), Pitbull. Last Dog (2018), Snitch'd (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by the New, his fellow-policeman. Franz tries to go ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, law enforcement, criminal heroes, secret agent, drinking, pistol, money, vodka, police, arms dealer, sex ...
Time:
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Place:
poland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After 25 years, Franz Maurer gets out of from prison and came into a new Poland, where nothing is the same as he remembered. Who and what is waiting for a man who has done nothing for the last quarter century? How will he find himself in a world ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
prison, released from prison, criminal heroes, freedom, hopes, courage, life philosophy, human spirit, redemption, survival, newcomer, justice ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, redemption, investigation, police corruption, friendship, tough law enforcer, police investigation, criminal heroes, law enforcement, partner, going straight ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
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serious, rough, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, legal action, police investigation, bad cop, reluctant partners, dishonesty, buddies, partners against crime, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A policeman gets killed and the short-staffed police chief sends for a few experienced officers to support him in his fight with organized crime. Meanwhile, a conflict between local gangster groups escalates.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
police, life is a bitch, criminal gang, fighting crime, partners against crime, organized crime, police officer killed, gang war, danger, friends, teamwork, bandit ...
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67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, police investigation, buddies, rise and fall, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, drug dealing, partners against crime, criminal heroes, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, kentucky
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
police corruption, gangster, fighting crime, law enforcement, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, master criminal, rivalry, society, love interest, police, fighting the system ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
23%
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, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, undercover, partner, police corruption, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, fighting crime, police investigation, master criminal, partners against crime, tough guy ...
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Style:
neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, blaxploitation, vigilantism, african, urban, business, police officer, gangster, heist, murder, partner, police detective ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, san francisco, africa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, neo western
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, gangster, police investigation, fighting crime, partners against crime, special agent, retiring, small town, tough law enforcer, starting over, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manipulation, gang, dishonesty, rivalry, media, law enforcement, criminal heroes, journalism, criminal's revenge, police officer, dystopia, cop ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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971
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, partner, police investigation, crime gone awry, dishonesty, undercover, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, partners against crime, drug dealing, working undercover, police officer killed ...
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22%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, violence, police corruption, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, vigilante, crime boss, corrupt cop, criminal, vigilantism, hitman ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police corruption, snitch, criminal's revenge, dealer, drug abuse, criminal heroes, law enforcement, drug dealing, gangster, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, emotional, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, south america, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, heroic, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, betrayal, chase, hostage, gangster, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, social misfits, gang, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
epic, neo noir, grim, hood, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, private detective, murder, gangster, chase, exploitation, police investigation, undercover, black, investigation, black cop, racism ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ultra-violent and ultra-gritty tale of desperate Chinese would-be jewel thieves hoping to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Naturally, things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of ...
Style:
crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, big city, chinese mafia, armed robbery, triad, gun fu, gangster, ex soldier, illegal immigration, criminal gang, walled city ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, realistic
Plot:
gangster, robbery, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, partner, lifesaver, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, police corruption, nordic, spy ...
Time:
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Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, prison, vigilantism, arrest, terrorist, danger, confined, dishonesty, partners against crime, frame up, tough law enforcer, against the rules ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
abuse, undercover, adultery, infidelity, gangster, police investigation, fighting crime, working undercover, law enforcement, master criminal, rivalry, police corruption ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, dishonesty, partner, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, buddies, cop, profanity, violent content, friends, police corruption, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangster, going straight, starting over, on the run, police investigation, gang, hitman, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, buddies ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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