Movies like End of Watch
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End of Watch (2012)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, intense, tense, realistic, harsh, brutal, captivating, heroic, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
latinos, police officer, gang member, police, street gang, gangsters, gang war, gang, friendship, brutality, urban ghetto, organized crime, gunfight, found footage, suspense, police investigation, police partner, lapd, law enforcement, rookie, policewoman, surveillance, partners against crime, investigation, cop as target ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, year 2011, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to End of Watch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, tense, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, police, police officer, violence, corruption, suspense and gunfight mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like End of Watch: Training Day (2001), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Colors (1988), Crown Vic (2019), Harsh Times (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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445K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, ghetto, corrupt cop, gang member, drugs ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gunfight, suspense, siege, police station, survival, criminal's revenge, violence, police, master criminal, unlikely partners, undercover cop ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
28K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style:
realistic, psychological, exciting, serious, visually appealing ...
Plot:
police, gangsters, gang, killed during sex, chase, gunfight, ghetto, mafia, hip hop, partners, gang war, buddy cop ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey, south central los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets, Mandel and Holland must ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, tense, captivating, perverse ...
Plot:
suspense, rookie, friendship, partners, fighting crime, investigation, surveillance, evidence, realism, gunfight, responsibility, sergeant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging ...
Style:
tense, bleak, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
drugs, corruption, gangsters, gang, violence, transformation, addiction, redemption, depression, culture clash, police corruption, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, mexico, new jersey, latin america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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369K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style:
tense, brutal, exciting, emotional, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, kidnapping, vengeance, cia, vigilantism, vigilante, mercenary, lone hero, justice, friendship, suspense, deception ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, mexico city, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Style:
harsh, stylized, serious, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, police, gang, drugs, suspense, police officer, brothers, hitman, multiple storylines, nightclub ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
27K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Since premiering in 2009, Southland has redefined the police drama with its raw, authentic look at the lives and work of Los Angeles detectives and beat cops. The show centers on four main characters: Officer John Cooper (Cudlitz), a seasoned cop ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lapd, police detective, policewoman, law enforcement, partners against crime, police officer, police protagonist, fighting crime, police, peril, team, responsibility ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, southern california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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106K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Style:
intense, emotional, tense, factual, inspirational ...
Plot:
terrorism, police, tragedy, fbi, gunfight, suspense, terrorist, manhunt, explosions, violence, investigation, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts, boston, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
106K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police brutality, drug traffic, leader, favela, drug lord, slum, gangsters, torture, law enforcement, poverty, police ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, berlin germany, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, tense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, police, suspense, mole, organized crime, undercover cop, gunfight, violence, corruption, undercover, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, china, taiwan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
65K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, intense, brutal, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, drug cartel, vengeance, crime scene, suspense, revenge, death of friend, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, heist, violent, investigation ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
mexico, california, atlanta, georgia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, rough, tense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, mob boss, organized crime, police detective, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, power struggle, partners ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1949, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
194K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gulf war, war, iraq war, anti war, military, u.s. military, marines, american soldier, boot camp, desert, death, sniper ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s, year 1990, year 1989 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, vietnam, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
firefighter, fire brigade, rescue, fire department, paramedic, friendship, responsibility, life risking, lifesaver, emergency, chief, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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233K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Before there was Batman, there was GOTHAM.
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, neo noir, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, police, superhero, corruption, super villain, police corruption, police station, mafia, friendship, police detective, gang war, organized crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two detectives investigating a gang-related find themselves targeted by both gang members and crooked cops.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partners against crime, gang, police detective, police investigation, partners, police corruption, law enforcement, friendship, rivalry, mafia, gangsters, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun ...
Style:
twist ending, bloody, brutal, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
child abuse, gunfight, mafia, twists and turns, police corruption, undercover agent, suspense, violent, racism, police investigation, gangsters, mob boss ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, ...
Style:
intense, exciting, neo noir, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, police, gangsters, suspense, yakuza, culture clash, chase, gunfight, gang war, motorcycle, fish out of water, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, new york, osaka japan, los angeles, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
412K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Style:
tense, clever, neo noir, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, twists and turns, taxi, taxi driver, hostage, killings, assassin, merciless, victim, sociopath, murder witness, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Sicario related movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, revenge, suspense, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, chase, hitman, gangsters, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
74K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, betrayal, corrupt cop, murder, bank robbery, police corruption, suspense, violence, gangsters, strip club, mafia, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, los angeles, atlanta georgia, tel aviv israel, usa
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, neo noir, atmospheric, erotic ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, police investigation, suspense, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, corrupt cop, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
264K
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
733K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, revenge, police investigation, torture, vigilantism, brutality, serial killer, police, vengeance, twists and turns, missing child ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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TV series similar to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human ...
Style:
tense, political, realistic, unusual plot structure, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, corruption, politics, gangsters, police corruption, political corruption, favela, gunfight, swat team, poverty, police investigation, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, suspense, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
56K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, twists and turns, hostage, police, gangsters, surveillance, heist, vengeance ...
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, tense, realistic, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, drugs, police, investigation, murder, suspense, police investigation, police officer, addiction, twists and turns, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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