Movies like Shaft 2000
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Shaft (2000)
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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 will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Style:
stylized, intense, rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, sexy, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, murder, racism, blaxploitation, gunfight, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, drug lord, tough law enforcer, violence, suspense, police brutality, drug dealer, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty, police, gangsters, natural disaster, superhero, spy, gang, conspiracy, black people ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, switzerland, california
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Most similar movies to Shaft
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and entertaining films with plots about chase, revenge, violence, murder, gun, gunfight and gangsters mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Shaft: Safe (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), Wrath of Man (2021), The Equalizer (2014), Eraser (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, colourful, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dark humor, investigation, gunfight, drug lord, african american, father son relationship, computer cracker, fbi, grandfather, revenge, sexual humor, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2014, 90s, 2010s, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
113K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, organized crime, chase, lone hero, protector, ex military, gunfight, on the run, justice, mafia, tough heroes, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, north america, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, rough, tense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, organized crime, police detective, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, power struggle, partners ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1949, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
185K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, exciting, mind blowing, perverse ...
Plot:
revenge, heist, crime boss, fighting crime, lone hero, robbery, suspense, working undercover, security guard, gangsters, father son relationship, ex soldier ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, north america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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379K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, brutal, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, corruption, hitman, gunfight, loner, assassin, violence, lone hero, one man army, organized crime, tough heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, russia, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
betrayal, conspiracy, rogue agent, gunfight, suspense, treason, witness protection program, corporate crime, witness, police investigation, deception, justice ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s, 80s, year 1996
Place:
new york, maryland, usa, san francisco, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, chase, organized crime, drugs, chemist, culture clash, partners, drug dealing, dishonesty, car chase, drug lord, gang war ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
england, los angeles, liverpool, northern england, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!
Style:
intense, suspenseful, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, gang war, kung fu, fight, prison escape, murder, true love, revenge, gang, hip hop, fight scenes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, hong kong, china, usa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
stylized, tense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangsters, lone hero, gang, mafia, organized crime, hitman, gunfight, kidnapping, police, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, africa, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
harsh, emotional, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, gang, gangsters, lone hero, justice, drug cartel, vigilantism, violence, corruption, brutality, suspense, gunfight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, los angeles, usa, latin america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Wrath of Man similar movies
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
harsh, twist ending, tense, brutal, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, violence, gunfight, corruption, undercover cop, suspense, police investigation, gangsters, vigilantism, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three minor delinquints (Danes, Ribisi, and Epps) are recruited by a cop (Farina) working undercover to bust a cop/drug ring. When the officer who recruited them is killed, they go above and beyond the call of duty to solve the murder; and bust the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, police corruption, suspense, investigation, partners, working undercover, partners against crime, criminal heroes, conspiracy, drugs, prostitution, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
gangsters, chase, police investigation, murder, police corruption, organized crime, partners, law enforcement, buddy cop, police, gunfight, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, hong kong, san francisco, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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:
sexy, neo noir, bad ending, atmospheric, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, murder, helicopter, chase, private detective, exploitation, undercover, gangsters, gang, police investigation, investigation, racism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, tokyo, africa, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
116K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, road movie, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, race against time, delivery, organized crime, police corruption, on the run, bicycle, chinese immigrant, suspense, twists and turns, justice, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Training Day similar movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, realistic, bleak, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, organized crime, mafia, murder, african american, exploitation, violence, brutality, police investigation, police corruption, police ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style:
stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, police, police corruption, aikido, betrayal, kidnapping, police investigation, martial arts, gangsters, secret service, justice, suspense ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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, inter cultural, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, chase, gangsters, on the run, martial arts, assassin, organized crime, police detective, police raid, attempted murder, gunfight ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
china, los angeles, hong kong, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
intense, tense, realistic, dark, depressing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corrupt cop, police corruption, corruption, police, guilt, organized crime, gangsters, suspense, betrayal, murder, dirty cop, police brutality ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, los angeles, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspenseful, intellectual, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, hostage, suspense, uncover truth, corruption, police corruption, twists and turns, false accusation, conspiracy, frame up, negotiation, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangsters, police investigation, brutality, drugs, murder, drug addiction, suspense, undercover, racial slur, undercover cop, betrayal, gang ...
Time:
90s, year 1972, year 1992, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, ohio, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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:
intense, serious, suspenseful, sexy, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
crime family, police investigation, police brutality, gangsters, suspense, brutality, adaptation, greed, gambling, organized crime, police corruption, gunfight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style:
buddy movie, suspenseful, perverse, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police, murder, female nudity, buddy cop, investigation, serial killer, kidnapping, violence, police officer, police investigation, terrorism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder, machismo ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, hong kong, chicago illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, stylized, neo noir, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, manhunt, murder, redemption, assassin, father son relationship, brutality, organized crime, hitman, mafia, fbi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, suspense, prison, reporter, mafia, corruption, gangsters, against the rules ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Style:
exciting, intense, brutal, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, corruption, hitman, mercenary, dark hero, organized crime, tough law enforcer, conspiracy, betrayal, murder, death, police corruption ...
Time:
80s, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, harsh, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, murder, chase, gangsters, police investigation, hip hop, on the run, friendship, crime gone awry, law enforcement, buddies, ghetto ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, california, cuba, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, intense, melancholic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police officer, fight, mafia, police, revenge, gangsters, chase, hitman, police investigation, justice, car chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago illinois, texas, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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