Movies like Sudden Impact
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Sudden Impact (1983)
46K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Style:
harsh, exciting, intense, tense, serious, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, brutal, psychotronic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, murder, chase, police investigation, revenge, female killer, justice, car chase, police, violence, vigilante, police detective, against the rules, law enforcement, violent, gunfight, police officer, small town, serial killer, vigilantism, gangsters, hitman, assassin, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco, usa, las vegas, pacific ocean
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Most similar movies to Sudden Impact
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about vengeance, hitman, violence, mentor, dialogue, murder and gangsters mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Sudden Impact: Magnum Force (1973), Dirty Harry (1971), Cobra (1986), Death Wish (1974), Raw Deal (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, harsh, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
police corruption, serial killer, police, female nudity, police investigation, vigilantism, violent, police detective, murder, gangsters, machismo, dark hero ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style:
serious, captivating, controversial, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, gunfight, psychopath, suspense, tough law enforcer, criminal, investigation, murder, vigilante, violence, gangsters ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, canada, usa
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100%
75K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Style:
slasher, intense, melancholic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder, car chase, car, hostage, police investigation, violence, suspense, tough cop, rivalry, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Style:
controversial, rough, harsh, disturbing, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, violence, vengeance, revenge, police, murder, home invasion, rape and revenge, gang, gunfight, one against many ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, tucson arizona, honolulu hawaii ...
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100%
35K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a ...
Style:
intense, rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, gang, gangsters, small town, vengeance, revenge, mafia, heroes, law enforcement, working undercover, tough heroes, partners against crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style:
neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, rough, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, chase, vengeance, police investigation, vigilantism, frame up, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, bus, motorcycle chase, hitman, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official, on the road ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, san francisco, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, political, tense, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, suspense, obsession, election, gunfight, undercover, assassination of president, assassination attempt, conspiracy, terrorism, espionage, stalking ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
21K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, tricky, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
faked death, suspense, corruption, chase, murder, manhunt, assassination, car chase, disguise, deception, witness protection, mission of murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style:
buddy movie, intense, entertaining, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
hostage, chase, police investigation, violence, rescue, car chase, pitbull, brutality, suspense, car, buddy cop, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, sexy, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mountain, mountain climbing, spy, climbing, hitman, assassination, revenge, murder, survival, catastrophe, secret agents, cold war ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
alps, europe, swiss alps, arizona, switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, twist ending, rough, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder mystery, murder, suspense, twists and turns, conspiracy, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, police corruption, revenge, brutality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style:
bloody, suspenseful, talky, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, aikido, vigilante, gangsters, gang, car chase, police, police investigation, psychopath, gunfight, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
secret service, political corruption, murder mystery, politics, suspense, political conspiracy, assassination, conspiracy, justice, usa president, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, chase, psychopath, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, runaway, mind game, stalking ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
78K
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 ...
Style:
stylized, intense, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, murder, racism, blaxploitation, gunfight, corruption, police investigation, police corruption, drug lord, tough law enforcer, violence, suspense ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, switzerland, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, revenge, suspense, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, hitman, gangsters, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
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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 ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, harsh, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, chase, police officer, suspense, master criminal, stewardess, fighting crime, working undercover, police, murder, bomb ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, london, california, los angeles, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
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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 ...
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38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, harsh, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, murder, gangsters, violence, vigilantism, revenge, vigilante, gang, tragic event, violent, suspense, character change ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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
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19%
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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 ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, organized crime, investigation, police corruption, twists and turns, suspense, criminal, moral ambiguity, justice, betrayal, police detective, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
20K
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 ⇓
38%
164K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style:
clever, stylized, tense, brutal, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, chase, lone hero, loner, arms dealer, assassin, mentor, martial arts, tough guy, revenge, gangsters, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, chicago illinois, usa, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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