Movies like Ride or Die 2003

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Ride or Die (2003)
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Ride or Die (2003)
Original name: Hustle and Heat
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A slick private eye (Duane Martin) set out to investigate the death of a young rapper, only to find himself knee-deep in drugs, guns, and double crosses. Vivica A. Fox and real-life rappers Jadakiss and Sticky Fingaz co-star.
Style: realistic, semi serious, hood, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, private detective, hitman, murder, vengeance, rivalry, musician's life, buddies, gangster, music business, ghetto, urban, reluctant partners, black cast, black, woman with a gun, chases and races, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement, partner, police investigation, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, performer's life ...
Time: contemporary
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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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 shootout, violence, gunfight, pistol, rivalry, fistfight and deadly mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ride or Die: Born to Raise Hell (2010), Sinners and Saints (2010), Death Toll (2008), Urban Justice (2007), Shaft's Big Score! (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Born to Raise Hell (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and ...
Style: serious, rough, suspense, tense, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, gangster, loss of partner, law enforcement, chases and races, danger, revenge, brutality, martial arts, violence, murder, ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, bucharest, eastern europe
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Sinners and Saints (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, eleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, police investigation, danger, undercover, partner, dishonesty, serial murder, death of son, revenge, brutality, fight, espionage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Death Toll (2008)
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, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, undercover, partner, police corruption, fighting crime, police investigation, partners against crime, danger, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty, tough guy ...
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Urban Justice (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Style: epic, neo noir, hood, grim, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, murder, gangster, private detective, chase, exploitation, police investigation, undercover, black, investigation, racism, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, usa
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, swat team, swat, fighting crime, law enforcement, daring rescue, rivalry, basic training, ambush, gunfight, criminal's revenge, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, detroit
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The Hard Corps (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, one man army, heroes, athlete's life, rivalry, vengeance, gang, gunfight, violence, corrupt cop, rapper, interracial ...
Place: british columbia, afghanistan, middle east, iraq
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58%
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams). An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary. Karl signs on as a new substitute teacher in ...
Style: hood, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, vigilante, vigilantism, high school, die hard, tough heroes, ghetto, interracial, gangster, education, murder, ak 47 ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, vietnam, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Hard Luck (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, gangster, drug dealing, chase, danger, dishonesty, partner, psychopath, hitman, car chase, drug abuse, on the run ...
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55%
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Hot Boyz (2000)
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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
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51%
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Waist Deep (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style: hood, intense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american, urban, african american gangster, revenge, car chase, ghetto, black, ex convict ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Corruptor (1999)
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: chase, gangster, police investigation, triad, murder, police corruption, buddy cop, organized crime, law enforcement, police, gunfight, danger ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Rookie (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: 80s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: action comedy, detective, suspense, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
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Shaft (2000)
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 ...
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Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
American Dragons (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime
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Duration: 83 min.
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Story: Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked to work as a bodyguard for the daughter of a wealthy ...
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Trespass (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Walker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Ticker (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
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39%
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Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Get Carter (2000)
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Blood Out (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When big city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang related murder, small town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
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39%
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The Cutter (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: los angeles, usa, europe, germany, vienna ...
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38%
Out for a Kill (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Love and a Bullet (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Malik Bishop is the best killer in the business, but when his crimelord employer wants his girlfriend, who may be unfaithful, eliminated, Bishop doesn't count on falling in love with the woman. Now he must choose between his heart and, perhaps, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, melancholic, suspense ...
Plot: hitman, fall in love, dangerous attraction, villain, stalking, assassin, villain turns good, violence, tough guy, racial slur, killer, fistfight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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