Movies like Tango & Cash
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Tango & Cash (1989)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
Style:
intense, buddy movie, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, sexy, humorous, campy, ridiculous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, police detective, reluctant partners, buddies, police, law enforcement, buddy cop, prisoner, prison escape, organized crime, escape, gunfight, buddy, rivalry, warden, dishonesty, guilty pleasure, violence, tough guy, crime boss, prison warden, police officer, torture, car chase, runaway ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, humorous, entertaining and realistic films with plots about gangsters, chase, justice, runaway, lone hero, car chase and mentor mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Tango & Cash: Lethal Weapon (1987), Metro (1997), Cobra (1986), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
buddy movie, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, chase, gunfight, reluctant partners, police officer, suspense, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, buddy, partners against crime, verbal byplay ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, vietnam
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
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exciting, intense, tense, realistic, serious ...
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boys' night, girls' night, teens, adult
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chase, hostage, car chase, revenge, swat team, violence, negotiation, sniper, hostage negotiator, police officer, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, tahiti, usa, california
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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
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
humorous, exciting, buddy movie, funny, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot:
prison, buddy cop, tough cop, revenge, villain, violence, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, police officer killed, fight, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is ...
Style:
neo noir, humorous, light, intense, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, motorcycle, biker, bar fight, revenge, gunfight, convict, investigation, ex convict, corrupt cop, police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to ...
Style:
funny, exciting, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
heist, police station, robbery, caper, african american, criminal, farce, law enforcement, safecracker, police, partners, chase ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa, latin america, california ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris' confesses, the convict appears, but will she ...
Style:
funny, buddy movie, suspenseful, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
surveillance, police, undercover, buddy cop, voyeurism, buddy, voyeur, deception, love, hostage, criminal, presumed dead ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, wyoming
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, rough, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
culture clash, cold war, buddy cop, drug dealer, police brutality, police officer, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, showdown, russian abroad ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, moscow russia, los angeles, california, ussr ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
buddy movie, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, gunfight, revenge, chase, car chase, buddy, suspense, home invasion, police officer, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, gangsters, betrayal, justice, police, adaptation, unlikely friendships, drug lord, buddy cop, criminal heroes, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, buddy movie, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police, buddy cop, car chase, buddies, gangsters, fight, buddy, fight scenes, police investigation, foul language, secret service, police officer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, hong kong, usa, china
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the ...
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buddy movie, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful, humorous ...
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manly, boys' night, teens
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa, california
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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
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style:
entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, partners, one man army, twists and turns, espionage, undercover, reluctant partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, pakistan
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style:
humorous, light, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, media, mexican standoff, journalism, partners, protagonist as suspect, law enforcement, buddies, gangsters, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, humorous, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, gunfight, police, drug lord, car chase, chase, gangsters, buddies, fight, partners, law enforcement, foul language ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, cuba, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, heist, robbery, twists and turns, cons and scams, casino, kidnapping, chase, disguise, court, crime gone awry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, idaho, nevada, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, chase, stereotypes, redemption, brutality, partners, heroes, investigation, unlikely partners, law enforcement, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued ...
Style:
humorous, intense, semi serious, captivating, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, fbi, chase, unlikely friendships, mistaken identity, african american, disorder, frame up, fish out of water, cons and scams, reluctant partners, hidden identity ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
Style:
humorous, melancholic, intense, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, train robbery, heist, buddy cop, new year's eve, perfect crime, happy ending, suspense, siblings relations, sibling relationship, criminal heroes, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
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Movies similar to Con Air
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by ...
Style:
funny, humorous, epic, light, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, buddy cop, revenge, undercover, investigation, gunfight, suspense, amusement park, vengeance, violence, car chase, death ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, police investigation, aikido, murder, justice, conspiracy, buddy cop, hitman, brutality, violence, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstandings martial arts is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, martial arts, investigation, murder, serial killer, undercover cop, surveillance, brutality, partners against crime, prison escape, track down, master criminal ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
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100%
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, police, police corruption, aikido, betrayal, kidnapping, police investigation, martial arts, gangsters, secret service, justice, suspense ...
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
Style:
light, stylized, humorous, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight scenes, car chase, murder, police, fight, justice, drug lord, gunfight, law enforcement, gangsters ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
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intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This movie tells the story of a man who goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, gangsters, adaptation, secret agents, vengeance, gang, stolen money, criminal heroes, confined, law enforcement, save the day, tough heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro (Don Johnson), learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley ...
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Audience:
manly, boys' night
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motorcycle, chase, biker, hitman, gunfight, drug dealer, heist, partners, buddies, drug dealing, friends, fight scenes ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, los angeles
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
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boys' night
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