Movies like Red Surf

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Red Surf (1989)
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Red Surf (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Remar and Attila are a couple of surfers who also deal drugs to make a living. They are trying to set up a final deal with local drug lord, Calavera, when their friend True Blue is busted by the cops. Blue talks too much in the police station and Calavera is out for revenge because of the betrayal.
Style: action thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: surfing, drug dealing, jet ski, surf, skater, gang, pregnancy, cocaine, betrayal, friends, vengeance, rivalry, working undercover, law enforcement, partner, police investigation, buddies, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, money, investigation, party, house, yacht ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, portland oregon
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to Red Surf

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, rivalry, gangster, working undercover, gang, partners against crime and police investigation mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Red Surf: Winner Takes All (1998), Consignment (2007), Tha Eastsidaz (2000), The Big Score (1983), Two Coyotes (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Winner Takes All (1998)
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, bleak, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, police investigation, drug dealing, society, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, friendship, rise and fall, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, kentucky
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Consignment (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place: california, usa
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34%
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Tha Eastsidaz (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Snap, Crackle, and Pop are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach. Pop, also known as Killa, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Snap set up a big drug deal that's going to put him on easy street. But Crackle and Snap have their own ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, hood, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, criminal's revenge, gang, vengeance, criminal heroes, partner, frame up, heist, prison, undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Big Score (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gang, strong violent content, profanity, nudity, partner, violent content, vengeance, drug dealing, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
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L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, undercover, gang, fighting crime, heist, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Place: los angeles
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27%
Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hard boiled tale of bloody revenge that interweaves the stories of nine criminals. The story takes place in one day, on the eve of an all out syndicate war. Through a twisted series of events, the interweaving narratives are put on an ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot: rivalry, partner, vengeance, police detective, police investigation, gang, partners against crime, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug dealing, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Two Coyotes (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, betrayal, rivalry, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, addiction, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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New York Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, cop, yakuza, police detective, friends, betrayal, gang, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, vengeance, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Last of the Finest (1990)
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: drug, die hard, car chase, police, cop, drug dealer, police shootout, conspiracy, police corruption, illegal drugs, partner, rebellion ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Guilty by Association (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police investigation, law enforcement, criminal heroes, friendship, partner, drug dealing, investigation, redemption, battles, reluctant partners, gang ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Beyond the Trophy (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman in danger, love triangle, obsession, dangerous attraction, gangster, working undercover, undercover, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gang, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Double Bang (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
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A Hero Never Dies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jack and Martin are members of rival Chinese triads in the middle of a gang war. Both of their gang leaders like to get advice from a fortune teller living in Thailand. On one such trip, Martin's gang ambushes Jack's at a Thai hotel. There ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, heroes, gunfight, triad, prostitute, partner, gangster, battles, hitman, friends, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong, thailand
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23%
Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
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: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo western
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2007, 2000s
Place: dallas texas, texas
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23%
Breach of Trust (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
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Ambushed (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, law enforcement, rivalry, lapd, working undercover, police corruption, special agent, swat team, strip club, nypd, armed forces, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.3
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Stiletto Dance (2001)
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, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police detective, adultery, infidelity, gangster, fighting crime, police investigation, working undercover, partner, rivalry, master criminal, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: working undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, revenge, male female relationship, police, murder, friendship, war on drugs, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
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22%
Ring of Death (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: On the inside, there are no rules. See what happens when Prison Officials Profit from Illegal fights.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
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Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two tactical unit leaders are forced to put aside their differences to help catch a group of robbers.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: rivalry, on the run, partner, law enforcement, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, gang, chases and races, stolen money, partners against crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
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22%
The Wrecking Crew (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, rival gang, working undercover, undercover, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, partners against crime, danger, rivalry, partner, hip hop, gang war ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Saints and Sinners (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is valuable asset in his plans of becoming local crime lord. To Pooch, this reunion is painful because he is, actually, undercover cop sent to bring Big Boy down.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friends, couples, love triangle, working undercover, friendship, drug abuse, going straight, dishonesty, master criminal, love and romance, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Tracker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Hot Boyz (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style: hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, murder, social decay, police corruption, false accusation, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
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21%
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Money Crush (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic cash. However, when the trade goes awry, three men end up murdered- one a cop with a vengeful ...
Style: independent film, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Tigers (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
Style: neo noir, serious, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, martial arts, police corruption, disorder, partners against crime, vengeance, master criminal, police investigation, gang, dishonesty, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Over the next 72 days, Detective Woo will push his skills to the limits and his team of cops to the edge as they conduct a manhunt for an elusive criminal. Woo takes the law into his own hands as the hunt becomes personal, and as his target may get ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, fast, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, kung fu, gangster, chase, police, cop, police detective, manhunt, partner, law enforcement, vengeance, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Go Fast (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, law enforcement, drug dealing, rivalry, gang, working undercover, marijuana, loss of partner, car chase, undercover, police procedural, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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