Movies like The Ruffian

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The Ruffian (1983)
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The Ruffian (1983)
Original name: Le Ruffian
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.
Plot: mountain, truck, hostage situation, racketeer, disabled person, lake, practical joke, waterfall, raft, brawl, canoe, flashback, gold mine, sunken treasure, man in a wheelchair, eiffel tower paris, underwater scene, cocktail, champagne, shot to death, river rapids, seaplane
Time: 80s
Place: canada, montreal, montreal quebec canada

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Most similar movies to The Ruffian

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about murder, police, police officer, gangster, chases and races, organized crime and rivalry mostly in Crime, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like The Ruffian: Scoumoune (1972), The Dictator's Guns (1965), Money Money Money (1972), The Last Adventure (1967), Last Known Address (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Scoumoune (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: world war two, prison, organized crime, casino, gang warfare, mobster, attempted kidnapping, police officer, killing, dead body, shootout, friend ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: paris france, marseille
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100%
The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his ...
Plot: boat, yacht, police officer, police, murder, ex husband, wound, diving, sailor, captain, sailboat, arms smuggling ...
Place: france, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Money Money Money (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
Style: semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical, clever ...
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, pope, dark humor, disorder, buddies, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, politics, goofy hero, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Last Adventure (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, ocean, friendship, airplane, death, pilot, friends, danger, escapades, killing an animal, summer ...
Time: 60s, year 1967
Place: africa, paris france, france, congo, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Last Known Address (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura), a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. ...
Style: neo noir, detective, crime drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, judiciary, organized crime, police detective, investigation, police station, policewoman, criminal underworld, french police, vice squad, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Second Breath (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min.
Story: With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, noir, crime drama, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: robbery, criminal, caper, fugitive, jazz, post war, dream, escape, manipulation, organized crime, mafia, planning ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: france, paris france, europe, south of france, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Birds of Prey (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Vera Cruz, 1938. "Le Rital", a tough French hit man, agrees to serve Mexican revolutionaries who want to replace the current President by Chico, an insecure young bourgeois that they intend to manipulate. The killing of the President is to ...
Plot: killer, murder, betrayal, politics, individualism, panther, assassination, revolutionary, hitman, monkey, checkers, house ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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A Fine Pair (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
Style: retro, detective
Plot: jewel thief, heist, caper, father daughter relationship, robbery, police, villa, safe, police captain, theft, thief, daughter ...
Place: austria, lebanon, rome italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Hostages of Lust (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rich family find their holiday island home invaded by a pair of criminals who've just escaped from the local jail.
Style: erotic
Plot: revenge, promiscuous woman, island, escape, adultery, murder, infidelity, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blood, escaped prisoner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Running From The Guns (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Dave (Jon Blake) and his buddy Peter (Mark Hembrow) are chased by a gang of thugs when they pick up the wrong box from a Melbourne warehouse in this comedy thriller. Instead of toys, the box contains a substantial amount of cash intended to be used ...
Style: independent film
Plot: reporter, dancer, telephone call, man with glasses, friendship between men, truck driver, waitress, drinking, photograph, violence, father daughter relationship, beer ...
Place: melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
Style: psychotronic, twisted, perverse, cult classic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, snake, exploitation, poison, martial arts, macabre, femme fatale, teenage life, woman in danger, dishonesty, rivalry, undercover ...
Time: 60s
Place: peru, scotland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
Plot: heist, organized crime, heist gone wrong, jewel theft, jewel thief, planning, bank robbery, hi-tech, gangster, murder, revenge, laughter ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Diamond Connection (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Crashed and sunken in a murky sea, a passenger plane had a very special package... a briefcase full of diamonds. These illegally acquired and transported missing diamonds become an irresistible challenge to a few interest groups. They will kill, ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: airplane crash, bar fight, truck, robbery, machine gun, airplane, connection, frogman, car chase, nightclub, passenger, helicopter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's ...
Style: neo noir, noir, crime drama, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, mafia, organized crime, sicilian, gangster, robbery, female nudity, prison escape, unfaithful wife, revenge, mobster ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: rome italy, france, venice, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Lost Seamen (2003)
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the ...
Plot: male pubic hair, male nudity, female nudity, masturbation, abandoned ship, sailor, tragic event, pubic hair
Place: marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The River Wild (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, scary ...
Audience: kids
Plot: wilderness, survival, river, hostage, family in danger, rafting, danger, kidnapping, nature, boat, criminal, rescue ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Joint Brothers (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: le chichon
Style: controversial, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: drug dealing, dishonesty, police station, friends, partner, thief, burglary, drug dealer, theft, heroin, police, controversy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Shoot to Kill (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, manhunt, on the run, horse, survival, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, vancouver, seattle, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Gypsy (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. The same inspector who's searching for him is also looking for a jewel thief, Yan Kuq, whose wife has died under suspicious circumstance just after a major burglary. The Gypsy ...
Style: freeze frame, poliziottesco
Plot: gypsy, organized crime, police, couples, car crash, romani people, voyeurism, cooking, man hits a woman, little boy, ethnic stereotype, voyeur ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Saint (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: female warrior, rescue, hostage, danger, spy, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, robbery, car chase, conspiracy, undercover, thief ...
Time: 2010s
Place: moscow russia, bucharest, tower bridge london, big ben london, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Hold-Up (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied ...
Style: realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous, action thriller ...
Plot: bank robbery, crime gone awry, misfit partners, criminal heroes, on the run, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, partner, ex convict, bank, bank robber ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: canada, rome italy, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Day of Thunder (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Day of Thunder is a Hong Kong Crime Drama starring Alex Man.
Plot: hostage, helicopter, sting operation, ex cop, arms deal, triad, organized crime, revenge, birthmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Secret of the Sphinx (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, West Germany, Egypt
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Shot on location in Egypt, the story unfurls like an Italian Giallo as a group of people meet under strange circumstances, and one by one they are murdered. Gold is missing so you suspect a thief is trying to cover up his crime but that might be too ...
Style: eurospy
Plot: wife plots to kill husband, treasure hunt, murder, gold, whodunit, missing person, group
Place: egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Gordon's War (1973)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.
Style: grim, crime drama, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vietnam war, black, drug addiction, urban, murder, black history, vigilantism, drug dealing, gangster, partner, society ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he ...
Style: psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast ...
Plot: private detective, wedding, exploitation, explosions, kidnapping, gangster, uninhibited rivalry, master villain, escapades, heroes, rescue, chases and races ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Magnet of Doom (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been ...
Style: neo noir, anthology, poliziottesco
Plot: hypochondriac, boxing, scandal, banker, investigation, on the road, travel, motel, exile, time travel, nightlife, diner ...
Time: 60s
Place: new orleans, paris france, new york, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Brother Anna (1963)
Genre: Adventure
Country: Greece
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Andreas, nephew of the abbot of the Monastery of Dionysios, who died eight years previously, arrives at Agion Oros (Mount Athos) with a team of smugglers of antiquities, with the intention of stealing a gold cross set with precious gems, known as ...
Plot: woman, recluse, library, book, waterfall, monastery, relic, adventurer, mountain, monk, treasure hunter, smuggler ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Cold Front (1989)
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, serial killer, kgb, spy, police officer, violent content, espionage, obsessive quest, danger, undercover, mentally unstable, chases and races ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, korea, vancouver
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Wise Guys (1965)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Hector Valentin (Bourvil) returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger...
Plot: sawmill, forest, ex convict, gambler, revenge motive, probation officer, arson, revenge seeker, business rivalry, rural setting, woods, convict ...
Time: 60s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Rendes-Vous with a Spy (1964)
Genre: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, agent, secret, telephone call, death, murder, radio, car chase, truck, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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