Movies like Shanghai Surprise

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Shanghai Surprise (1986)
 3.3
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Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai.
Style: humorous, road movie, romantic, melancholic, exciting, semi serious, cult classic, independent film, realistic, surprise ending ...
Plot: american abroad, happy ending, unlikely friendships, opium, drug dealing, partner, dishonesty, unlikely partners, cons and scams, missionary, betrayal, corruption, chase, screwball, teenager, rock, prostitute, escapades, love, thief, ship, fight, money, con artists, police officer ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 1930s, year 1937
Place: china, shanghai, asia, argentina, shanghai china
Keyword: partners, chinese, american, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, surprise ending, black comedy and humorous films with plots about deception, gangster, police, money, murder, chase and held at gunpoint mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Shanghai Surprise: Tequila Sunrise (1988), Focus (2015), Mr. Nice Guy (1997), Firepower (1979), The Brothers Bloom (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style: exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: organized crime, betrayal, surveillance, love triangle, drug dealer, drug lord, corruption, friendship, crime boss, drug, love, best friend ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.6
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Focus (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years ...
Style: exciting, suspense, entertaining, unusual plot structure, sexy ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: heist, con artists, cons and scams, twists and turns, fall in love, mind game, interracial love, femme fatale, manipulation, black man white woman sex, gambling, swindle ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, argentina, peru, south america, new york ...
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87%
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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, action adventure ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, journalist, drug dealer, kung fu, escapades, cooking, fight scenes, wuxia, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: china, australia, usa, new york, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.0
 1K
Firepower (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Style: fast, semi serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, explosions, spy, gangster, hitman, murder, racial slur, guard dog, danger, vigilantism, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: miami, washington d.c., caribbean, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a ...
Style: witty, semi serious, realistic, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: twists and turns, heist, caper, magic realism, fall in love, partner, family relations, escapades, dishonesty, disorder, love and romance, going straight ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new jersey, montenegro, prague, tokyo, greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.1
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Brannigan (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of ...
Style: detective, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: culture clash, car chase, chase, gangster, violence, assassin, gunfight, buddy cop, police investigation, fish out of water, police, revenge ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: chicago, england, london, scotland, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 5.5
 77K
Mortdecai (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.
Style: humorous, funny, exciting, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: art dealer, spy, art theft, treasure hunt, art, chase, escapades, stolen painting, eccentricity, cons and scams, british, justice ...
Time: year 2015, year 1945, year 1943
Place: england, london, los angeles, paris france, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.5
 71K
Bandits (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, friendship, love triangle, on the run, bank robber, stockholm syndrome, bored housewife, thief, caper, prison, hostage, robbery ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, oregon, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Night Bus (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, neo noir, fast ...
Plot: femme fatale, on the run, dishonesty, escapades, cons and scams, chases and races, on the road, cash, chase, unlikely partners, twists and turns, bus ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.8
 16K
Intermission (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, touching, witty, melancholic ...
Plot: infidelity, justice, unlikely friendships, multiple storylines, eccentricity, couple relations, heist, love and romance, caper, existentialism, gangster, profanity ...
Time: year 2003
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.7
 26K
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Plot: organized crime, hitman, gangster, betrayal, love, kidnapping, assassin, mafia, killer, crime boss, love at first sight, mob hit ...
Time: year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place: california, brooklyn new york city, usa, las vegas, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: spy, satire, farce, virus, espionage, betrayal, stupidity, culture clash, brutality, secret service, secret agent, love ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, south africa, uganda, santiago chile ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.7
 17K
Collide (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: danger, on the run, chase, drug dealing, corrupt businessman, informant, crime boss, redemption, organized crime, fear, gunfight, car chase ...
Time: year 2016, 21st century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.2
 65K
Dick Tracy (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Style: stylized, visually stunning, visual, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot: gangster, organized crime, good versus evil, superhero, police detective, comic book, storytelling, corruption, mafia, fighting crime, villain, femme fatale ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Style: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot: femme fatale, female assassin, police corruption, police, mob boss, female killer, sexy woman, love story, secrets, woman on top, female nudity, bare butt ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, usa, phoenix arizona, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Style: exciting, intense, stylized, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience: date night
Plot: drug addiction, junkie, heroin, addiction, blackmail, old friends reunited, friendship, sex scene, redemption, betrayal, violence, extortion ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s, year 1974, year 1979 ...
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, amsterdam, slovenia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Style: funny, dark comedy, black comedy, dramatic, light ...
Plot: heist, zoophilia, manipulation, femme fatale, satire, eternal love, robbery, hustler, outlaw, mission, swindle, diamond ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: europe, britain, tower bridge london, london, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, humorous, tense, exciting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, old man, prison, bank robber, bank, criminal, pursuit, widow, lie, investigation, chase, secret ...
Time: year 1936, year 1979, 90s, 2010s, 80s ...
Place: usa, texas, san francisco, california, milwaukee wisconsin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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All Things To All Men (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, cons and scams, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
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42%
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State of Grace (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, gang, irish gangster, homecoming, undercover, friendship, gunfight, st. patrick's day, irish mob, profanity ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, ireland, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
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Time: 70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style: suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot: train robbery, heist, robbery, british, betrayal, train travel, master criminal, partner, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1979, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.1
 122K
Ride Along (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the ...
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
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Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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7 Seconds (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, disorder, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, daring rescue, gangster, chases and races, female warrior, death, murder, fight ...
Place: bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Bounty Hunters (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jersey Bellini is a bounty hunter who forms an uneasy partnership with a rival to capture a fugitive. But the hunters soon discover that the crook is also the man the mob most wants dead! Ready to battle anyone in their way, these hard-hitting ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female warrior, gangster, hostage, on the run, rivalry, chase, one woman army, tough heroes, heist, on the road, fugitives, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
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37%
 6.1
 15K
The Two Jakes (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted from the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, clever, cult classic, period piece ...
Plot: private detective, murder, infidelity, gangster, investigation, betrayal, mafia, law, courtroom, blackmail, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time: 1940s, year 1948, 20th century, year 1946
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave him a choice between the army and jail, Ray spends much of his free time cooking cocaine for ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot: corruption, military, heroin, drug dealing, soldier, military life, u.s. military, arms dealing, greed, cold war, unlikely criminals, profanity ...
Time: year 1989, year 2001, 20th century, 80s
Place: west germany, germany, europe, hawaii, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.1
 154K
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: buddy, cocaine, buddy cop, car chase, police, drug, police investigation, organized crime, gangster, police detective, drug lord, justice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2004, 2000s
Place: california, usa, chicago, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President.
Style: exciting, independent film, cult classic, humorous, fantasy adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, spy, vigilante, kung fu, conspiracy, mentor, espionage, korean war veteran, race against time, hitman, soldier, assassin ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, pentagon, washington d.c., korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 8.3
 278K
The Sting (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style: entertaining, atmospheric, witty, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: con artists, gambling, chase, cons and scams, caper, twists and turns, organized crime, manipulation, con man, plot twist, train, mafia ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1936
Place: chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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