Movies like Alex Cross

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Alex Cross (2012)
 5.2
 35K
Alex Cross (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, entertaining, rough, serious, exciting, action packed, neo noir, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, vengeance, revenge, murder, police investigation, twists and turns, mastermind, assassin, chase, brutality, investigation, danger, partner, drug addict, showdown, chases and races, rivalry, buddies, uninhibited rivalry, law enforcement, torture, killer, crime boss, gunfight ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: detroit, usa, washington d.c., michigan, indonesia, new orleans
Keyword: partners, reboot, gangsters, superior, german

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Most similar movies to Alex Cross

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about murder, revenge, shootout, shot in the chest, pistol, violence and shot to death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Alex Cross: Death Warrant (1990), Striking Distance (1993), Blitz (2011), Blue Steel (1990), Jack Reacher (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.7
 21K
Death Warrant (1990)
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: detective, exciting, suspenseful, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, martial arts, investigation, murder, serial killer, undercover cop, surveillance, brutality, partners against crime, prison escape, master criminal, deception ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Striking Distance (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, suspense, intense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police corruption, police, frame up, river, investigation, chase, murder mystery, plot twist, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, year 1991
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 91K
Blitz (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A tough, renegade cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Style: intense, serious, exciting, detective, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police detective, police investigation, revenge, serial killer, murder, life philosophy, tough law enforcer, police, fight scenes, vigilante, law enforcer killer, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, iran, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 18K
Blue Steel (1990)
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, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.0
 363K
Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style: detective, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style: suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, serial killer, kidnapping, drug dealer, secrets, murder of wife, investigation, violence, faked death, home invasion, hostage ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1999 ...
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 156K
Four Brothers (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style: harsh, entertaining, hood, intense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, revenge, robbery, vigilante, violence, funeral, adoption, murder, gangster, uncover truth, sibling relationship, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 316K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.6
 30K
12 Rounds (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When New Orleans cop Danny Fisher prevents a brilliant thief from successfully carrying out his latest heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. Hungry for revenge, the criminal mastermind breaks out of prison and kidnaps ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, police, life philosophy, danger, brutality, storytelling, mind game, chases and races, twists and turns, woman in danger, wrestler, rescue ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 72K
The Chaser (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, investigation, race against time, revenge, anti hero, police detective, murder, brutality, missing person, violent ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place: south korea, east asia, seoul, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 27K
Fire with Fire (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: revenge, firefighter, female warrior, murder, vigilantism, law enforcement, secret service, vigilante, gangster, hitman, chase, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, long beach california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.4
 329K
Salt (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: cia, female protagonist, espionage, secret service, spy, strong female lead, double agent, chase, agent as target, one woman army, female spy, female assassin ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 9K
Skin Trade (2014)
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: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, sex slavery, gangster, ak 47, tough heroes, rivalry, vengeance, police investigation, master criminal, fight, investigation, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, asia, thailand, new jersey, cambodia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.5
 5K
The Courier (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: hitman, danger, extortion, revenge, arms dealer, rivalry, murder, chase, twists and turns, killer, martial arts, woman with a gun ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, las vegas, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.4
 396
Maximum Force (1992)
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.7
 2K
Countdown (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot: countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, bomb, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, criminal, violence, mercilessness ...
Time: year 2016
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 4.4
 405
Mask of Death (1996)
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, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, fugitives, fistfight, fbi, timebomb, tattoo, plastic surgery, shootout, betrayal, undercover, assassination attempt, hitman ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
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.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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 6.0
 203K
Taken 3 (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, fast paced, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, on the run, murder, one man army, hostage, chase, bodyguard, police investigation, framed for murder, runaway, frame up ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, europe, usa, malibu california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Bullet to the Head (2012)
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, revenge, corruption, assassin, organized crime, tough law enforcer, conspiracy, betrayal, murder, police corruption, brutality, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, future, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Assassination Games (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: kickboxing, hitman, assassin, vengeance, assassination, chases and races, sniper, gang rape, martial arts, one against many, revenge, tragic hero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.4
 14K
Crying Freeman (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in ...
Style: emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, yakuza, martial arts, police investigation, assassin, danger, murder, rivalry, transformation, violence, revenge, redemption ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, china, san francisco, vancouver, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.0
 25K
Rage (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, revenge, murder, haunted by the past, rivalry, chases and races, violence spree, forced into action, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mafia, mob boss ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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 5.6
 37K
Exit Wounds (2001)
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, suspense, black comedy, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, chase, police, aikido, martial arts, kidnapping, police investigation, corrupt cop, conspiracy, secret service, justice, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.3
 130K
Max Payne (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, noir, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough heroes, tough law enforcer, dark hero, thigh high boots, assassin, gunfight, life is a bitch, murder, winter, violence spree, righting the wronged, supernatural ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 3.8
 5K
Kill Switch (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, tough law enforcer, chases and races ...
Place: memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Urban Justice (2007)
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, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.3
 88K
Assassins (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, assassination, sniper, professional, spy, gangster, rescue, danger, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, foe turned friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, seattle, detroit, puerto rico, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Glimmer Man (1996)
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: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.8
 43K
The Gunman (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his ...
Style: intense, suspense, exciting, rough, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, chase, hitman, agent as target, gangster, gunfight, undercover, danger, conspiracy, home invasion, betrayal, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, year 2014, 21st century
Place: south africa, europe, barcelona, london, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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