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Time and Tide (2000)
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Time and Tide (2000)
Original name: 順流逆流
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with the reality of impending fatherhood. Hankering for quick cash, however, he joins a bodyguard company. Later, he makes friends with a once disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life in a new way. However, their companionship is brief: they both are uncontrollably forced toward opposite sides of a deadly showdown...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized, heroic, crime drama, non stop action, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, gangster, gang war, friendship, drug dealing, danger, working undercover, race against time, fight, violence, shootout, martial arts, triad, asian, heroic bloodshed, pregnancy, chases and races, gays and lesbians, buddies, love, dog, lesbian, money, train, police ...
Time: 90s, 1930s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, asia, latin america, tokyo
Keyword: gangsters, chinese

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Most similar movies to Time and Tide

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gangster, rivalry, blood, violence, shootout, law enforcement and martial arts mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Time and Tide: Hard Boiled (1992), The Stool Pigeon (2010), Invisible Target (2007), Flash Point (2007), A Better Tomorrow II (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hard Boiled (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of ...
Style: stylized, bloody, intense, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gun fu, gunfight, gangster, violence, martial arts, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, mafia, triad, buddy cop, murder, partnership ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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The Stool Pigeon (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, danger, fighting crime, police detective, estrangement, dishonesty, gangster, spy, undercover police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Invisible Target (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang of seven, who have their own hidden agenda.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, car chase, vigilantism, partners against crime, hostage, master criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
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Flash Point (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, non stop action ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, police investigation, gang, danger, rivalry, working undercover, vigilantism, arrest ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A restaurant owner his ex-con brother and a policeman team up to avenge the murder of his old friends daughter by the Triad.
Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, vigilantism, good versus evil, friendship, bloody violence, criminal underworld, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, shootout, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: china, hong kong, new york, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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City War (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer.
Style: heroic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, police, criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, rivalry, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Vengeance (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style: neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, heroic bloodshed, gangster, danger, murder, chef, gunfight, violence, triad, gun fu, mafia, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Big Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A cop (Waise Lee) is losing the control of his right hand and cannot pull the trigger on time anymore. Before any accident happens, he decides to resign. Meanwhile his friend and informer is brutally murdered in Malaysia. Before leaving the force, ...
Style: neo noir, bloody, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gun fu, gangster, police detective, chaos and mayhem, working undercover, wrongfully committed, police corruption, wooing, gory, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s
Place: malaysia, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Long Arm of the Law: Part 2 (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, hostage, gangster, betrayal, chase, hitman, social misfits, danger, confined, drug dealing, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Gen-X Cops (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, undercover, tough cop, police investigation, save the day, tough law enforcer, female martial artist, partners against crime, martial arts, kung fu, cop, bad guy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, china, singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Longest Nite (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, killer, organized crime, contract killer, big city, hitman, conspiracy, gangster, restaurant, corrupt law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
New Police Story (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, hostage, redemption, partner, police, kung fu, fight scenes, gang, undercover cop, gunfight, rivalry, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Triad Wars (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, kidnapping, police investigation, hitman, gangster, vigilantism, vengeance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, gory ...
Time: 21st century
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Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
Style: heroic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: triad, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, martial arts, gangster, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, gang, betrayal, life is a bitch, fighting crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Big Bullet (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, bloody, neo noir, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, swat team, heist, police, violent content, law enforcement, workplace, chases and races, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, hong kong, united kingdom, china, east asia
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26%
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Double Tap (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, police detective, murder, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, master criminal, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, triad ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
Style: exciting, stylized, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, serial killer, police investigation, prison, good versus evil, character study, heroes, psychopath, master warrior, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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High Voltage (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, criminal heroes, disorder, danger, chases and races, gangster, shootout, crime gone awry, rivalry, law enforcement, good versus evil, bank ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Last Blood (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tam is Lui Tai, an Interpol agent assigned to protect a famous religious leader, the Daka Lama, who's targeted for death by the militant Japanese terrorist group, the Red Army. Lui Tai hooks up with the Daka Lama in Singapore, but a Red Army ...
Style: heroic, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, martial arts, gunfight, die hard, chase, terrorism, hospital, airport, gangster, undercover, danger, assassination ...
Time: 90s
Place: singapore, asia
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24%
 6.3
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, martial arts, yakuza, assassination, superhero, killer, triad, female assassin, assassin, sniper, karate, drug cartel ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: asia, tokyo, kyoto japan, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Replacement Killers (1998)
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, stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, vengeance, chase, assassin, on the run, martial arts, female warrior, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, tough girl ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: china, los angeles, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.0
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City on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or ...
Style: neo noir, cult classic, action thriller, crime drama, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, heroic bloodshed, heist, gangster, robbery, triad, male bonding, police, police officer, undercover, undercover cop, yakuza ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Rich and Famous 2 (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Li Ah Chai, in this sequel to Rich and Famous.
Style: crime drama, cult classic, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, betrayal, gangster, gang, rivalry, tragic hero, friendship, buddies, hopes, ambition, criminal heroes ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 6.6
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Shanghai Grand (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Gangsters abound in this lively, romantic crime drama that is set in Shanghai during WW II. The tale of Taiwanese patriot Hsu Wen-Chiang begins as he is washed up on a beach near Shanghai. He is taken in by Ting Lik, a kindly beggar who is ...
Style: heroic, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gangster, world war two, love triangle, friendship, tough heroes, friends, rivalry, unfulfillment, criminal heroes, betrayal ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: taiwan, china, asia, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.3
 2K
Dragon Squad (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: interpol, kidnapping, gangster, martial arts, undercover, chase, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, terrorism, law enforcer killer, master criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.7
 1K
Full Alert (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style: heroic, neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, car chase, cop, triad, heist, battles, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, danger, confined, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.9
 1K
Clash (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trinh, a mercenary, must complete a series of organized crime jobs for her boss in order to win the release of her kidnapped daughter. She hires several mercenaries to help, including Quan, who she becomes attracted to. Trinh and Quan's ...
Style: exciting, stylized, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, hitman, gangster, kidnapping, dangerous attraction, violence spree, danger, heist, female fight, mercenary, woman, triad ...
Time: 21st century
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.9
 13K
SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Macao
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, police investigation, fight, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, dishonesty, drug lord, police corruption, retirement ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.1
 5K
Full Contact (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jeff. Jeff plots the ultimate revenge on Judge and his followers and it is a question of whether he ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, bloody, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, martial arts, gangster, gang, vengeance, organized crime, gunfight, gun fu, revenge, kickass, kung fu, vigilante ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 7.1
 608
On the Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
Style: neo noir, heroic, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: heroic bloodshed, frame up, killer, contract killer, hitman, assassination, murder, false accusation, who done it, chases and races, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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