Movies like Nightmaster

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Nightmaster (1988)
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Nightmaster (1988)
Original name: Watch the Shadows Dance
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Robbie and his girlfriend, Amy, are among a group of students who play their private night games in the romantic thriller that catapulted Kidman to center stage. On screen throughout, Kidman discovers what will happen when a friendly game becomes real life ... and real life becomes a deadly game.
Style: serious, psychotronic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam veteran, drug dealer, high school sports, absent parent, martial arts, rivalry, drug dealing, ninja, fight, murderer, karate, murder, veteran, teenage boy, fight club, exploitation, drug abuse, dead boy, empire, deadly, wheelchair, trampoline, vietnam war veteran, adventure, crimes
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: australia

Most similar movies to Nightmaster

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, martial arts, fight, heroes, kung fu, master warrior and vengeance mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Nightmaster: Cage (1989), American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989), Rage of Honor (1987), Fists of Bruce Lee (1978), Ninja Vengeance (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cage (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, martial arts, competition, fight, friendship, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, gangster, confined ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ...
Style: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, tough heroes, fight scenes, good versus evil, terrorism, heroes, master warrior, one man army, mortal combat, vengeance, island ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, usa, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Rage of Honor (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style: retro, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, medieval, mixed martial arts, drug lord, shootout, explosions, law enforcement, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Fists of Bruce Lee (1978)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fighters ally with each other and fight for no apparent reason. The plot is meaningless, just a vehicle to see fight scenes.
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, secret agent, secret organization, battles, righting the wronged, drug abuse, kidnapping, working undercover, rivalry, dishonesty, drug dealing ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Ninja Vengeance (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Traveling from California to Houston, a martial arts expert suffers a motorcycle breakdown in a small Texas town. But his bad luck proves to be a blessing in disguise for the local townspeople when he discovers the corrupt sheriff and his KKK ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: ninja, revenge, martial arts, sexual content, violent content, nudity, small town, racism, master warrior, vengeance, society, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Rage and Honor (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female fighter, good versus evil, female fight, woman with a gun, righting the wronged, fighting crime, chases and races, on the run, witnessing a crime, gang, drug dealing ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Guillotines (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China, Haiti, Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political unrest, hitman, wuxia, danger, assassination, military, soldier, flying guillotine, qing dynasty, save the day, martial arts, fight club ...
Time: 18th century
Place: china, ancient china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, ninja, medieval, shaolin, kung fu classic, cannon, revenge, assassin, wanted, violent content ...
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Shaolin practitioners and brothers Wu and Hung kill the merciless Pai Mei. However, Pai Mei's even more merciless brother White Lotus takes revenge; killing most of the Shaolin disciples, including Wu and Hung's girlfriend, leaving only ...
Style: grindhouse, stylized, perverse, exciting, offbeat ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, kung fu classic, medieval, wuxia, ninja, karate, exploitation, monster, violent content ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Game Over (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: treet fighter Victor Knox (Andre McCoy), just freed from prison, needs money to be re-united with his wife and child. When invited to join an underground fight tournament promising easy cash, he quickly signs up. Under constant surveillance by ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, independent film, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tough heroes, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, moral dilemma, contests and competitions, starting over, chases and races, ex wife, ex convict, corrupt cop, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Pushed to the Limit (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst ...
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: female bodybuilder, wrestling, female fight, martial arts, women's wrestling, competition, fight, kickass, revenge, murder, female wrestler, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Kill and Kill Again (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, karate, kidnapping, rape, scientist, billionaire, female martial artist, daring rescue, escapades, confined, chases and races ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
New Fists of Fury (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung-Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other ...
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, fight, heroes, master warrior, wartime life, school, murder, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes ...
Place: taiwan, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Death Duel of Kung Fu (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ming General Cheng (Wang Dao) and his band of soldiers escape to Taiwan after Ching forces topple the Ming Dynasty. Still fearing the deposed general's deadly potential, however, the Ching prince Ta orders his own band of ruthless mercenaries ...
Style: serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: martial arts, fight, kung fu classic, escapades, master criminal, chases and races, vengeance, vigilantism, one man army, drug dealing, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s
Place: taiwan, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
L.A. Streetfighters (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Tony is the new kid at school. He befriend gang leader Young, whose top rival is Chan. Tony is also dating Chan's sister, Lily. When Young and Tony are hired as personal security, they head to a private party run by a drug dealer. When Young ...
Style: bloody, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, fight scenes, hitman, school, gang, gangster, teenage life, against the odds, drug dealing, criminal heroes, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Doing Hard Time (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, murder, criminal heroes, vengeance, vigilantism, prison life, confined, redemption, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty, police investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Scorpion (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Featuring a mix of Thai Boxing and Ultimate Fighting, SCORPION has been dubbed The French Fight Club. It stars Jerome Le Banner, who is also known as Hyper Battle Cyborg and The Bulldog of Paris, a true kickboxer, famous for his aggressive style - ...
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kickboxing, rivalry, redemption, underground fighting, imprisonment, contests and competitions, danger, fight, performer's life, hopes, athlete's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Honor (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: streetfighting, martial arts, gang, urban ghetto life, friendship, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, organized crime, showdown, gang war, underground tournament, underground fighting ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young martial artist seeks revenge on the ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, perverse, educational, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, kung fu classic, kung fu, fight, asian, exploitation, monster, wuxia, ancient, betrayal, samurai ...
Place: china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, shaolin, fight, medieval, kung fu classic, wuxia, revenge, exploitation, battles, heroes, one man army ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial ...
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kung fu, martial arts, kung fu classic, fight, wuxia, superhero, blind character, mute or deaf, blind man, disabled, disabled character, shaolin ...
Place: east asia, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 416
Sakura Killers (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Chuck Connors stars in this routine martial arts feature as the Colonel. He sends agents Sonny (Mike Kelly) and Dennis (George Nichols) to Taiwan in search of microfilm containing experiments on genetic engineering. The agents soon find themselves ...
Style: independent film, serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, warrior, fight, agent, death, ninjitsu, frame up, destiny, heroes, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Catch the Heat (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Gorgeous Checkers Goldberg, a police detective, goes undercover as a stripper in order to stop a ruthless kingpin who has been using unsuspecting starlets in order to smuggle drugs into the United States. With her hot looks, street smarts and ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, women, female fight, undercover cop, undercover, partner, police detective, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug dealing, switching roles ...
Time: 80s
Place: latin america, san francisco, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Shao Lin men (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.
Style: cult classic, fast, serious, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, medieval, exploitation, fight, master warrior, samurai sword, wing chun, secret agent, daring rescue, undercover, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time: middle ages
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Guy with Secret Kung Fu (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Guy with Secret Kung Fu stars Meng Fei and Li Chung Chien as two anti-Qing rebels and kung fu fighters who frequently rescue damsels in distress, including one memorable boat fight at the very beginning of the film. Thugs try to board a boat ...
Style: fast, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, zombie, ambush, hand to hand combat, fight, soldier, master warrior, heroes, wizards and magicians, danger, imaginary, gang ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Style: grindhouse, crime drama, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, karate, kung fu, yakuza, exploitation, guy, mixed martial arts, vigilante, knight, brutality, martial artist, tragic hero ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
5 Masters of Death (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kung fu classic, medieval, fight, karate, martial arts training, fistfight, violent content, master warrior, vengeance, danger ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Top Cop (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A city finds it is in the grips of a ruthless drug kingpin with little hope of any respite. A cop with an unorthodox style loses his partner after he is murdered by the drug lord's henchmen. Tired of the corruption and strife the criminals ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, independent film
Plot: cop, courtroom drama, hitman, rivalry, fighting crime, drug dealing, law enforcement, job, drug, killer, murderer, drug dealer ...
Time: 80s
Place: arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Circle of Pain (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of MMA at the top. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mixed martial arts, martial arts, forced into action, contests and competitions, rivalry, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, ambition, fight, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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