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Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
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Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and teacher of Nick and Ruben) Shingo.
Style: bloody, suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fight, competition, heroes, boxer, fight scenes, battles, gory, master warrior, profanity, adoption, rivalry, danger, ambition, contests and competitions, strong violent content, stash, buddies, violent content, kung fu, money, karate, violence, motorcycle, kickboxing ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Keyword: fighting movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, rough and realistic films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, heroes, master warrior, fight, fistfight and violence mostly in Action, Thriller and Sport genres. Some movies like Shootfighter: Fight to the Death: Tiger Claws (1992), American Samurai (1992), Shootfighter II (1996), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), The Expert (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tiger Claws (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, murder, woman with a gun, police detective, master warrior, police investigation, one woman army, tough heroes, law enforcement, master criminal, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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American Samurai (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a father passes on the traditional family sword to one of his two adopted sons, the other--in a fit of jealous rage--joins a yakuza drug smuggling mob. When the other son decides to find him and set things straight, things don't seem to go ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot: martial arts, yakuza, master warrior, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, gory, culture clash, gangster, contests and competitions, siblings relations, father son relationship, jealousy ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia, turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Shootfighter II (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroes, female fight, boxer, working undercover, ambition, danger, contests and competitions, law enforcement, master warrior, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: miami, florida
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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt into the ring for a rematch.
Style: rough, serious, feel good, independent film, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, revenge, kickboxer, vengeance, kickboxing, fight scenes, mentor, master warrior, violence, fight, underdog, athlete and trainer ...
Time: 90s
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The Expert (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: It was a brutal murder that sent deranged psychopath Martin Kagan to prison. It was a naive deputy warden that granted him a stay of execution. Now, the police department's tactical defence instructor, John Lomax, wants revenge for his beloved ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, prison, murder, psychopath, heroes, serial killer, vigilantism, martial artist, kung fu, martial arts, vigilante, death row ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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100%
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TC 2000 (1993)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Somewhere in the future the environmental overkill had come. Many people had died. The rich were able to build the underworld, the poor had to stay on the surface building gangs to survive. Jason Storm, an underworld guard gets knowledge of a ...
Style: apocalyptic, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: martial arts, apocalypse, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, terminator, dark future, machine, distopia, good versus evil, heroes, gangster, violent content ...
Time: future, near future
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100%
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Raven (1996)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could ...
Style: suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, murder, working undercover, political conspiracy, criminal's revenge, rivalry, manhunt, vigilantism, soldier, heroes, chases and races, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c.
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100%
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To Be the Best (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tough heroes, female fight, wedding, kickboxing, kung fu, violent content, vengeance, betrayal, obsession, contests and competitions, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: las vegas
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100%
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Underground (2007)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their ...
Style: rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ambition, heroic mission, escapades, fighting crime, heroes, rivalry, danger, master warrior, underdog, ultimatum, battles ...
Time: 21st century
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Blackbelt (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Don "The Dragon" Wilson is back and forced to take on the greatest legends of the martial arts world. Wilson fights off all comers while defending rock superstar Shanna (Deirdre Imershein) against the insane attacks of a fanatical veteran ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, murder, bodyguard, stalking, vietnam war, investigation, violence against women, vigilantism, criminal heroes, psychopath, gangster ...
Time: 20th century
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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%
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The Stranger (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rape and revenge, biker, revenge, female martial artist, vigilante, female fighter, woman with a gun, bike, martial arts, motorcycle, women, female fight ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Deadly Outbreak (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer cracker, virus, heroes, terrorism, die hard, tough heroes, master criminal, save the day, danger, rivalry, law enforcement, bio weapon ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: pentagon, washington d.c., israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Honor and Glory (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: FBI agent Tracy Pride is on a mission to capture businessman Jason Slade, who is involved in extortion and murder. Teaming up with her is her sister Joyce, a news reporter; Dragon, Tracy's partner in Hong Kong, and Jake, a bodyguard who worked ...
Style: serious, realistic
Plot: martial arts, news reporter, fbi, siblings relations, working undercover, tough heroes, danger, rivalry, espionage, heroes, journalism, chases and races ...
Time: year 2016, 90s
Place: washington d.c., asia, hong kong
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Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sasha Mitchell ("Kickboxer 2&3") triumphanty returns to the ring as David Sloan, fighting not just for his survival, but for his beautiful wife, who has become the sexual captive of the despicable world champion, Tong Po. Framed, ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kickboxer, rape, tough heroes, kickboxing, female fight, kickass, intergender wrestling, boxer, revenge, one man army, master warrior ...
Time: 90s
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Forced to Fight (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Once a legend in the brutal world of illicit underground fighting, Shane Slavin (Daniels) decides to turn his life around, promising his wife and young son he's fought his last battle. But when his younger brother betrays a ruthless crime boss ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, mixed martial arts, martial arts tournament, master warrior, contests and competitions, parents and children, heroes, ambition, family relations, siblings relations, fight, kickboxing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Fist 2 Fist (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: master warrior, redemption, haunted by the past, moral dilemma, rivalry, ambition, martial arts, fight, tough guy, martial arts training, guilty conscience, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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American Kickboxer (1991)
Genre: Action, Sport
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kickboxing champion B.J. is jailed for an accidental murder thanks to the testimony of his arch-nemesis Denard. A year later, B.J. is released and then challenged by Denard for $100,000. Will B.J. accept and get even with Denard?
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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Street Warrior (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An Iraqi war vet returns home to find that his brother is in a coma from participating in an illegal underground fight club.
Style: serious, tense, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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The Protector 2 (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham ...
Style: rough, exciting, suspenseful, serious, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, danger, heroes, motorcycle chase, chases and races, daring rescue, escapades, fight, medieval, tough heroes, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
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Raw Target (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, murder, fight, kickboxing, competition, master warrior, heroes, gang, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
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Fists of Legend (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 154 min.
Story: On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, contests and competitions, rivalry, cage fighting, ambition, danger, competition, fight, fight club, mixed martial arts, violent content, friend ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia
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22%
American Shaolin (1991)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into ...
Style: realistic, exciting, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kickboxer, fight, master warrior, vengeance, escapades, misfit, contests and competitions, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, tough heroes, fish out of water ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, china, asia, beijing china
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20%
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Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the ...
Style: stylized, serious, harsh, epic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, betrayal, vengeance, violence, master warrior, sword fight, rivalry, obsessive quest, danger, human spirit ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages, medieval times, 15th century
Place: thailand, asia
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20%
The Sword Identity (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: During the Ming Dynasty one man will request a competition when his weapon is rejected. After a series of fights he is determined to prove his sword is invincible.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia
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20%
The Executioner (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, sexploitation, heroes, gangster, drug dealing, leadership, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: tokyo, asia, japan
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Maximum Cage Fighting (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jimmy Garren, a former Tae Kwon Do world champion, is now retired and a widowed father to ten-year-old Katie. So when he's challenged by a famous cage fighter-and former rival Nick "the Nasty" Harper-to a fight, he refuses...until ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspense
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, one man army, tough heroes, rivalry, ambition, save the day, righting the wronged, battles, athlete and trainer, daring rescue, vigilantism, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Ong Bak 3 (2010)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Ong Bak 3 picks up where Ong Bak 2 had left off. Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival ...
Style: exciting, captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
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Time: year 2010, 15th century
Place: asia, thailand
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The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
Style: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, sword fight, female martial artist, gang war, blacksmith, betrayal, femme fatale, vengeance, brutality, treasure, medieval ...
Time: year 2012, 19th century, 15th century, 2010s
Place: china, asia
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19%
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Urban Fighter (2012)
Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The "Bloods" are the most intimidating and violent gang in the city. A lawless city... where gangs rule the streets... The vicious and blood thirsty murderer Slater is their leader. The city is his domain... he rules! There are those who ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, rivalry, murder, good versus evil, master warrior, chaos, tough heroes, escapades, danger, fight, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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