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Taffin (1988)
2K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero (Brosnan) wages an all out war.
Style:
cult classic, political, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, independent film, freeze frame ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
small town, debt collector, gangster, violence, death, betrayal, brutality, chase, blood, greed, environmental, violent, 007, explosions, irish mob, martial arts, heroes, conspiracy, fighting the system, one man army, gang, life is a bitch, rebellion, vigilantism, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, california, san francisco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out f word, neo noir, suspenseful and surprise ending films with plots about pistol, blood, murder, brawl, violence, machine gun and shootout mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Taffin: A Working Man (2025), One in the Chamber (2012), Malone (1987), Detonator II: Night Watch (1995), Fire Down Below (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, chases and races, violence spree, mob hit, mob boss, murder, corruption, gangster, one against many ...
Time:
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Place:
cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, hitman, tough heroes, assassin, female assassin, cia agent, murder, undercover, uninhibited rivalry, on the run, chase, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oregon, los angeles, langley virginia
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
art theft, espionage, partner, undercover, forgery, female warrior, investigation, famous painting, spy, danger, escapades, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, asia, new york, hong kong
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31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, one man army, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
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31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police corruption, vengeance, danger, violence, brutality, dark hero, paranoia, sociopath, gangster, vigilantism ...
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to ...
Style:
action thriller, cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, die hard, caught having sex, evacuation, master criminal, one man army, danger, chase, on the run, race against time, heist, car chase ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
beverly hills, california
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, revenge, widower, professional killer, daughter, manhunt, police officer, mistaken identity, police, rescue, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
england, washington d.c., london
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
plot twist, daughter, child in peril, father son relationship, wilderness, tough guy, cocaine, archery, mountain cabin, home invasion, mercilessness, murder ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, chase, investigation, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
thailand, usa, asia, new jersey, cambodia ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, missing person, daring rescue, partner, justice, danger, confined, haunted by the past, one man army, crime boss, revenge, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
29%
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Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
Style:
serious, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Style:
independent film, neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
cia agent, conspiracy, female spy, shootout, strangulation, money laundering, husband wife relationship, rogue agent, wife, hostage, interrogation, death ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hungary, washington d.c., budapest, eastern europe
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill ...
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
journalism, sexual content, terrorism, mistaken identity, politics, journalist, spy, rough sex, novelist, terrorist, italian history, explosions ...
Time:
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Place:
italy, europe, venice, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
Style:
cliffhanger, dark comedy, black comedy, f word
Plot:
revenge, frame up, betrayal, chase, showdown, ambush, tough guy, murder, deception, psychopath, gambling, brutality ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities ...
Style:
perverse, retro, crime drama, action adventure, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, crime boss, hand to hand combat, kidnapping, rescue, shootout, blood, two man army, drug lord, violence, hostage ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hong kong, new york, asia, usa, china ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, gunfight, fugitives, strip club, damsel in distress, stripper, shootout, fistfight, tattoo, machine gun, plastic surgery, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, revenge, rape victim, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, underground, rape and revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralize criminals who had ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, frame up, investigation, assassination, death row, conspiracy, parachuting, manhunt, false accusation, reluctant partners, shootout, framed for murder ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iraq, los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, female assassin, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist, spy, female fighter, cia, woman fights a man, female agent, chase, one woman army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style:
exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, hitman, police officer, one man army, revenge, police, mafia, gangster, chase, police investigation, police corruption, car chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
chicago, usa, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style:
stylized, black comedy, detective, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aikido, police corruption, chase, undercover, bodyguard, martial arts, conspiracy, hand to hand combat, police investigation, violent, secret service, justice ...
Time:
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Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
28%
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