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Scar City (1998)
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Scar City (1998)
Original name: Scarred City
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.
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, law enforcement, police investigation, partner, undercover, cop, murder, fighting crime, police corruption, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, police, sex scene, villain, anarchy, making love, love interest, die hard, nightclub, witnessing a crime, gangster, tough law enforcer, police officer, violence, machine gun ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Scar City

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about law enforcement, deadly, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, chases and races and partner mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Scar City: Target (2004), Top of the World (1997), No Tomorrow (1999), The Immortals (1995), Breach of Trust (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Target (2004)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style: realistic, serious, rough
Plot: terrorism, sniper, rivalry, soldier, danger, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, hostage, kidnapping, save the day, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Top of the World (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gambling, casino, false accusation, criminal heroes, police investigation, crime gone awry, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, partner, die hard ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.9
 430
No Tomorrow (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: rivalry, gangster, hip hop, injustice, criminal heroes, law enforcement, urban ghetto life, martial arts, arms deal, arms dealer, hip hop culture, black ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Immortals (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, reluctant partners, gangster, crime gone awry, dishonesty, partner, disorder, odd couple, mind game, rivalry, criminal heroes, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
Plot: cartel, rogue agent, car chase, gunfight, computer, gangster, secret agent, partner, investigation, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, on the run ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 2K
Cutaway (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The successful undercover agent Victor Cooper is assigned for his ninth mission: to find how the loadings of drug is being brought to Miami. He suspects that the drug is coming through the air and joins a team of sky diving, under the leadership of ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, sentimental ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: parachuting, terrorism, danger, master criminal, drug dealing, secret agent, undercover, ambition, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, espionage, skydiving ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 912
Bloodmoon (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ken O'Hara (Gary Daniels) is a "Mindhunter" - a serial killer specialist enlisted to find the mass murderer (Darren Shahlavi) intent on killing the strongest fighters in New York City. Trying to catch this cunning and clever killer is ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, fight, tough heroes, terrorism, fighter, hacker, hand to hand combat, murder investigation, motorcycle, profanity, performer's life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.5
 392
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
Plot: forgery, good versus evil, nypd, murder, cop, shootout, deal, sister, killer, undercover, criminal, money ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Instinct to Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs ...
Style: serious, rough, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, martial arts, police investigation, psychopath, murder, master criminal, danger, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, infidelity, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.6
 2K
Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, brutality, murder, twists and turns, fighting crime, witnessing a crime, cons and scams, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop, christmas ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style: suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, assassination, corruption, politics, political corruption, intrigue, witnessing a crime, life turned upside down, political intrigue ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 5K
Pigs (1992)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police officer, cop, pig killer, berlin wall, stasi, exploitation, gang, friendship, partner, gangster, working undercover, workplace situations ...
Time: 90s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 1K
Pressure (2002)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "Pressure" follows two med students who must struggle to survive after an unusual shooting incident catapults them into a world of trouble...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cheerleader, police corruption, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, chases and races, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, supernatural, manhunt, on the road, small town ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
New World Disorder (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop (McCarthy) are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, dystopian future, computers and web, kidnapping, woman in danger, school, police corruption, danger, dishonesty, confined, chases and races, undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.0
 1K
Below Utopia (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: murder, crime gone awry, family gatherings, heist, confined, danger, gunfight, sex scene, woman with a gun, making love, mansion, sensuality ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 2K
Hollow Point (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, espionage, reluctant partners, hitman, fbi, undercover, rivalry, danger, race against time, law enforcement, special agent, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 2K
Wild Side (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A bank accountant, whom moonlights as a high-priced call girl, becomes embroiled in the lives of a money launderer, his seductive wife, and his bodyguard whom blackmails her to help the FBI entrap him with his latest money laundering scheme.
Style: erotic, neo noir, sexy, sensual, independent film ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, lgbtq, cons and scams, sex scene, nudity, fbi, undercover, making love, sex crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 2.3
 516
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 ⇓
32%
To Protect and Serve (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A rookie cop becomes the chief suspect in the killing of some of his crooked cohorts.
Style: erotic, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: police, die hard, nudity, profanity, police detective, serial killer, chases and races, survival, rivalry, dishonesty, investigation, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.2
 4K
Gunmen (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, chase, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, buddies, dishonesty, rivalry, master criminal, partners against crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: latin america, usa, south america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.4
 390
Naked Lies (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: FBI agent Cara Landry is sent on an undercover assignment to gather evidence on Damian Medina, a Mexican casino owner running a counterfeiting operation for the Cali drug cartel...
Style: independent film, erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female agent, one woman army, counterfeiter, terrorism, betrayal, seduction, undercover agent, night, woman with a gun, casino, secret service, romantic triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico city, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Tough Cop (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.
Style: suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime family, police investigation, police brutality, gangster, brutality, greed, gambling, organized crime, police corruption, cop, gunfight, revenge ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 5.1
 656
Double Tap (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.
Style: independent film, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassin, hitman, professional, killer, terrorism, outlaw, mad love, investigation, undercover cop, profanity, strong violent content, sexual content ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.6
 401
The Collectors (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, gangster, violent content, car chase, criminal's revenge, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes, gory, tough heroes, buddies, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new orleans, new york, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.5
 404
Flashfire (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named ...
Style: independent film, detective, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: prostitute, murder, police corruption, arson, cop, police, corruption, escape, hostage, conspiracy, tough law enforcer, amateur detective ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
23%
The Detonator (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, terrorism, undercover, on the run, woman in danger, save the day, survival, espionage, race against time, witnessing a crime, rivalry, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.3
 3K
Sacrifice (2011)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, law enforcement, police detective, danger, hopes, confined, tough heroes, cop, religion, child in peril, profanity, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.1
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The Sweeper (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, working undercover, home invasion, police shootout, police officer, police detective, car chase, murder, special agent, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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