Movies like Raw Deal
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Raw Deal (1986)
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Style:
intense, rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, perverse, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
vigilante, fbi, one man army, mafia, small town, vengeance, gangster, tough heroes, revenge, heroes, working undercover, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, rebellion, dishonesty, partners against crime, violence, crime boss, organized crime, gang war, one against many, showdown, shootout, undercover, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1986, twentieth century
Place:
chicago, usa, north carolina
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Most similar movies to Raw Deal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, rough, realistic and serious films with plots about gun, violence, vengeance, chase, gunfight, brutality and gangster mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Raw Deal: Cobra (1986), The Replacement Killers (1998), Running Scared (1986), Eraser (1996), The Hitman (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
85K
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:
breathtaking, perverse, suspense, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, tough law enforcer, vigilante, killer, violence, murder, one man army, car chase, chase, police investigation, violent, hostage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south america, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, cult classic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, contract killer, hired killer, killer, professional killer, assassin, chase, female warrior, asian man white woman relationship, on the run ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Style:
action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, buddies, police, car chase, violence, cop, chase, undercover cop, police investigation, police officer, partner, undercover ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
124K
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:
suspense, breathtaking, exciting, action packed, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, twists and turns, rogue agent, gunfight, betrayal, treason, witness protection program, witness, corporate crime, police investigation, one man army, justice ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996, 80s, future
Place:
new york, maryland, usa, baltimore, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, mafia, fighting crime, martial arts, assassin, revenge, working undercover, gang, special agent, frame up, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
usa, seattle, vancouver
Similarity:
100%
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, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, chase, revenge, fbi, twists and turns, law enforcement, vengeance, assassin, murder, on the run, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style:
detective, neo noir, suspense, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, martial arts, psychopath, gangster, aikido, hitman, organized crime, mafia, car chase, serial killer, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
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:
exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hitman, tough cop, motorcycle, biker, police officer, police corruption, organized crime, on the road, attempted rape, ambush, corrupt official ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, 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:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
action thriller, exciting, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, assassin, professional killer, contract killer, corruption, brutality, mercenary, violent, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, justice, home invasion, lone hero, small town, ex military, revenge, one against many, brutality, heroes, organized crime, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, mafia, violence, organized crime, vengeance, anti hero, murder, yakuza, gang war, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, gunfight, fugitives, strip club, damsel in distress, stripper, shootout, fistfight, tattoo, machine gun, plastic surgery, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
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:
neo noir, harsh, exciting, intense, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, vigilante, vigilantism, female killer, revenge, rape, murder, police investigation, vengeance, police detective, sexualized violence, violent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, pacific ocean, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, hitman, assassin, martial arts, fbi, mafia, betrayal, presumed dead, guilt, loss of friend, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, vigilante, police, car chase, justice, mafia, murder, tough cop, corruption, reporter, prison, gangster ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, ...
Style:
exciting, neo noir, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, yakuza, police, culture clash, violence, gang war, motorcycle, chase, gunfight, gangster, fish out of water, japanese mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
japan, new york, asia, osaka japan, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police detective, partner, tough law enforcer, rivalry, fighting the system, law enforcement, workplace, dishonesty, uncover truth, workplace situations, one man army ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style:
cult classic, detective, grindhouse, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante justice, hospital, cannon, gang, machine gun, murder, wine, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, action packed, grindhouse, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mistaken identity, machine gun, modern western, vigilante, musician, gangster, guitarist, assassin, small town, gunfight, violence ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
mexico, mexico city, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with the FBI and Russian mafia. Not just muscles with a ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, chase, vengeance, gangster, gunfight, heroes, car chase, undercover, hidden identity, switching roles, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, cannon, undercover, investigation, murder, friendship, chases and races, dishonesty, reluctant partners, partners against crime, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
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124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
85K
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:
suspense, intense, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police officer, blaxploitation, racism, gunfight, revenge, violence, drug lord, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, urban, black ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, switzerland, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vigilante, female warrior, urban, vigilantism, gang, murder, black, ghetto, vengeance, tough heroes, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, gangster, brutality, murder, videotaped sex, vengeance, lone wolves, assassin, killer, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
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