Movies like The Sniper 2009
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The Sniper (2009)
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Original name: 神鎗手
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, heroic, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
sniper, partner, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, disagreement, chase, moral dilemma, murder, police, hostage situation, danger, fight, military, heroic bloodshed, hostage, chases and races, resentment, buddies, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, fight for supremacy, high maintenance, vengeful fired employee, revenge ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, china
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about law enforcement, rivalry, gangster, police officer, murder, police and bloodbath mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Sniper: Vengeance (2009), Firestorm (2013), Black Ransom (2010), Fire of Conscience (2010), The Stool Pigeon (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, heroic bloodshed, hitman, vengeance, gangster, danger, murder, chef, professional killer, gunfight, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, macau, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A crew of seasoned criminals led by the notorious Nam, armed with high-powered weapons, pulls off another smooth and violent armored car heist in broad daylight in a crowded street. Whoever tries to get in their way, they will show no mercy. This ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, against the rules, police investigation, working undercover, tough law enforcer, master criminal, gain trust, law enforcement, chase, rivalry, gunfight, triad ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, vengeance, confined, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fire of Conscience is an 2010 Hong Kong action/thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Ren. The Chinese name is derived in one of the action scenes where Lai has to chase Ren through a street of dragon dance.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, tough heroes, investigation, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, loss of wife, brutality, cop, mitsubishi, torture, fire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
58%
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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, working undercover, undercover, law enforcement, danger, fighting crime, dishonesty, police detective, estrangement, gangster, spy, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, hitman, murder, tough heroes, police investigation, master criminal, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, rivalry, contests and competitions, martial artist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
49%
544
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, revenge, arms smuggling, criminal, police, violent content, partner, gangster, partners against crime, criminal heroes, buddies ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
44%
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, neo noir, crime drama, bloody, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, police, chinese mafia, triad, swat team, heist, violent content, heroes, vengeance, escapades, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, murder, police investigation, partners against crime, gang, partner, tough law enforcer, master criminal, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, new york, china, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kit comes from a very fortunate family, with an outstanding police officer father When the family starts to break up, Man impulsively shot Kit's mother. After Kit's parents divorced, Kit viewed Man his father as an enemy. As an adult, he ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, heroic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, police investigation, fighting crime, rivalry, partners against crime, undercover, betrayal, working undercover, police corruption, fall in love, partner, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is ...
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
hitman, chase, martial arts, vengeance, law enforcement, on the run, danger, good versus evil, life is a bitch, heroic bloodshed, violence, triad ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
41%
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:
crime drama, heroic, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, triad, chinese mafia, betrayal, chase, hostage, gangster, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, social misfits, gang, undercover ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, master criminal, police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, found footage, law enforcement, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the ...
Style:
psychological, heroic, detective, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, redemption, tough law enforcer, gang, law enforcement, urban, police officer, blood donor, police officer killed, police shootout, obsession, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, hong kong
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 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:
neo noir, heroic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, car chase, triad, chinese mafia, cop, heist, battles, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races, on the run, confined ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
38%
345
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, assassination attempt, tough heroes, danger, save the day, murder, politics, contests and competitions, car chase, couple relations, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Over the course of one night, a team of cops frantically search for their colleague's missing gun.
Style:
neo noir, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, goofy hero, gang, partners against crime, rivalry, investigation, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, master criminal, dishonesty ...
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ultra-violent and ultra-gritty tale of desperate Chinese would-be jewel thieves hoping to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Naturally, things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of ...
Style:
crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, big city, chinese mafia, armed robbery, triad, gun fu, gangster, ex soldier, illegal immigration, criminal gang, walled city ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rookie policeman Shing (Louis Koo) grapples with right and wrong in this action-packed story about Hong Kong gangsters. Assigned to go undercover, Shing is so successful in playing the part of a gang member that he becomes right-hand man to gang ...
Style:
heroic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, undercover police officer, undercover agent, heroic bloodshed, triad, spy, organized crime, fight club, undercover, gang, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
gang war, gangster, danger, tough law enforcer, vengeance, police surveillance, rivalry, police detective, law enforcement, nordic, murder, swedish ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, murder, investigation, hypnosis, undercover, police investigation, dishonesty, heroes, chases and races, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry ...
Place:
asia, china, hong kong
Similarity:
33%
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, wooing, chaos and mayhem, police corruption, working undercover, wrongfully committed, gory, police detective, law enforcement, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
malaysia, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are ...
Style:
bloody, cult classic, heroic, fast, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, police officer, fight club, police, gangster, betrayal, frame up, police corruption, partner, police detective ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
31%
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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, aesthetic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, gang, police investigation, smuggling, rivalry, danger, working undercover, epic battle ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, triad, gangster, police, organized crime, spy, vengeance, murder, police investigation, survival, asian gangster, recruit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, police corruption, snitch, undercover, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
30%
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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, chase, gang, car chase, hostage, vigilantism, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, contemplative ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
media, police, hostage, chase, on the run, tough law enforcer, police investigation, rivalry, gang, journalism, master criminal, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
police, police investigation, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, law enforcement, self discovery, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot:
gang, working undercover, hidden identity, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, partner, police officer killed, secret police, fighting crime, mafia, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
28%
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