Movies like Sunset Heat
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Sunset Heat (1992)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style:
erotic, independent film, neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, beach, hitman, female nudity, stolen money, drug overdose, photojournalism, heist, betrayal, undercover, life is a bitch, chase, frame up, journalism, chases and races, rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, false accusation, on the run, partner, police investigation, witnessing a crime, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Keyword:
gangsters, partners
Most similar movies to Sunset Heat
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and rough films with plots about dishonesty, gangster, law enforcement, rivalry, deadly, criminal heroes and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sunset Heat: Spanish Judges (2000), Cold Around the Heart (1997), Breach of Trust (1995), Top of the World (1997), Caught Up (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, heist, mentally challenged, murder ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speeding getaway car.
Style:
neo noir, tense, cynical, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, interracial, robbery, hitchhiker, chase, chases and races, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, betrayal, crime gone awry, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cartel, rogue agent, car chase, gunfight, computer, gangster, secret agent, partner, investigation, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, on the run ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, false accusation, criminal heroes, police investigation, crime gone awry, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, partner, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style:
hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, rivalry, femme fatale, crime gone awry ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles
Style:
neo noir, erotic, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vice squad, prostitution, drug dealer, prostitute, policewoman, female police officer, women, killer, woman with a gun, investigation, district attorney, money ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
204
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cisco is an ex-rock star who has become a drug dealer. A corrupt cop blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroin addict, corruption, marijuana, pimp, police investigation, police corruption, drug dealing, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, false accusation, addiction ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, gangster, drug dealing, chase, danger, dishonesty, partner, psychopath, hitman, car chase, drug abuse, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, betrayal, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, violence, money, kidnapping, brother, ghetto, criminal ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gangster, criminal's revenge, life is a bitch, rivalry, criminal heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation, drug dealing, addiction, showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, police investigation, investigation, police corruption, drug dealing, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, juvenile delinquency, gang, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, witnessing a crime, undercover, gangster, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, working undercover, introspection, crime gone awry, dishonesty, assassin ...
Place:
usa, cuba, miami, new york, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
art theft, heist, murder, urban, highway, on the road, police detective, friends, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, rivalry, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, addiction, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, undercover, gang, fighting crime, heist, dishonesty, master criminal, tough law enforcer, police investigation, partners against crime, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Michael Madsen stars as Max Walker, a down-and-out cop who becomes the target of a bloodthirsty drug cartel after he leads a narcotics bust to intercept a large shipment of heroin. When someone starts picking off his team members -- and the drugs ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, police corruption, partner, law enforcement, undercover, drug dealing, crime gone awry, partners against crime, dishonesty, working undercover, nypd, protagonist as suspect ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former ...
Style:
intense, talky, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, gangster, on the road, crime gone awry, hitman, on the run, prison, hostage, organized crime, police corruption, chase, ex convict ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
new mexico, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a ...
Style:
psychological, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fbi, gangster, drug addiction, murder, betrayal, undercover, haunted by the past, heist, mind game, dishonesty, drug dealing, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dishonesty, criminal heroes, heist, family relations, strong violent content, betrayal, crime gone awry, parents and children, disorder, violence, mafia, robbery ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flush with $3 million in counterfeit bills, a pair of small-time criminals hope to make the big time by trading it in for a cool million in authentic cash. However, when the trade goes awry, three men end up murdered- one a cop with a vengeful ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
There is no honor without truth. When gang wars spin out of control in downtown Washington D.C., one man steps onto the battlefirld to hunt down a ruthless killer. A young man has been released from prison and is determined to build a new life for ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police investigation, law enforcement, criminal heroes, friendship, partner, drug dealing, investigation, redemption, battles, reluctant partners, gang ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style:
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, plastic surgery, murder, betrayal, vengeance, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, revenge, police, girlfriend, doctor ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, violent content, gangster, special agent, hitman, tough heroes, drug dealing, master criminal, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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