Movies like Savages

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Savages (2012)
 6.4
 134K
Savages (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Style: sexy, tense, intense, action packed, romantic, rough, erotic, noir, disturbing, art house ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: kidnapping, drug cartel, rescue, marijuana, violence, twists and turns, drug dealing, friendship, woman in danger, polyamory, gangster, drug lord, dea, drug, love triangle, female crime boss, mob boss, danger, betrayal, corruption, weed, caper, addiction, chase, police investigation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa, afghanistan, tijuana mexico, mexico ...
Keyword: gangsters, partners, reluctant, take over, eye candy

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Most similar movies to Savages

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, neo noir, suspenseful and serious films with plots about murder, pistol, violence, gangster, shot to death, organized crime and shotgun mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Savages: The Counselor (2013), Traffic (2000), Sicario (2015), Alpha Dog (2006), True Romance (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.4
 106K
The Counselor (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Style: neo noir, talky, bleak, suspense, philosophical ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: drug cartel, cocaine, lawyer, greed, betrayal, brutality, gratuitous violence, drug traffic, drug dealing, runaway, moral ambiguity, femme fatale ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: mexico, peru, texas, usa, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 219K
Traffic (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 147 min.
Story: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine ...
Style: suspense, bleak, political, realistic, dramatic ...
Plot: drug abuse, organized crime, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: mexico, latin america, california, ohio, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 470K
Sicario (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, hitman, drug cartel, revenge, swat team, fbi, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, crime boss, organized crime, cia agent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, texas, el paso texas, tucson arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.9
 108K
Alpha Dog (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
Style: disturbing, serious, rough, teen, harsh ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: kidnapping, gang, true crime, sex scene, youth, friendship, culture clash, crime gone awry, gangster, unlikely friendships, revenge, loss of virginity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2005, year 2003
Place: los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 241K
True Romance (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style: stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, cocaine, gunfight, mafia, organized crime, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, hotel, pimp, love, mobster, gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: los angeles, usa, detroit, california, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, intense, tense, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, gambling, gangster, organized crime, hitman, brutality, assassin, mafia, violence, murder, crime gone awry, gang ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, orlando florida, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 69K
Domino (2005)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The daughter of actor, Laurence Harvey turns away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Style: stylized, surreal, harsh, bad ending, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, lifestyle, strong female character, fbi, twists and turns, violence, mentor, drug, strong female lead, gangster, woman, lap dance ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, las vegas, usa, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon ...
Style: exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: organized crime, betrayal, surveillance, love triangle, drug dealer, drug lord, corruption, friendship, crime boss, drug, love, best friend ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 7.5
 413K
The Town (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style: suspense, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: bank robbery, heist, robbery, gunfight, thief, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, gang, organized crime, gangster, love affair, perfect crime ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style: neo noir, rough, suspenseful, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, loneliness, organized crime, murder, sniper, redemption, loner, life philosophy, killings ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, france, paris france, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 792K
Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.2
 74K
Hackers (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while ...
Style: exciting, serious, cyber, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, date night
Plot: hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, high school, programmer, secret service, geek ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1988
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, 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: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.7
 66K
Sabotage (2014)
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, intense, stylized, suspense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police investigation, drug cartel, vengeance, crime scene, revenge, death of friend, revenge killing, tough law enforcer, danger, dishonesty, drug, violent ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: mexico, atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.3
 103K
Running Scared (2006)
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: suspense, brutal, bloody, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: child abuse, gunfight, gangster, police corruption, mafia, undercover agent, mob boss, violent, racism, gory, police investigation, organized crime ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 7.6
 267K
End of Watch (2012)
Genre: Action, 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: tense, emotional, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: latinos, gang member, cop, police, shooting, street gang, friendship, urban ghetto, police investigation, organized crime, police officer, found footage ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.6
 152K
Smokin' Aces (2006)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Style: dark comedy, action packed, clever, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: hitman, assassin, gunfight, gangster, sniper, violent, multiple storylines, disguise, killer, violence, violence spree, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, nevada, los angeles, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 123K
Miami Vice (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Paraguay, Uruguay
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
Style: intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, buddy cop, justice, vengeance, police detective, shootout, partner, mole, drug, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, south america, usa, havana cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 6.9
 111K
Get the Gringo (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style: intense, clever, brutal, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, prison escape, lone hero, prison gang, criminal heroes, vengeance, gunfight, mafia, tough guy, gangster, corruption, prison life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america, usa, san diego california, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Point of Impact (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jack Davis is a tough, outspoken cop who finds himself wrongly accused for the death of a fellow agent by the depraved and power hungry chief of Miami Customs, Martin Cullen. Disgraced and dismissed, Jack swears revenge and goes to work for Roberto ...
Style: suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bodyguard, passionate sex, extramarital affair, older woman younger man relationship, death, revenge, partner, loss of partner, danger, nudity, sex scene, adultery ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, florida, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style: neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, gunfight, twists and turns, gangster, hostage, pregnancy, car chase, rags to riches, confined, disorder, mafia, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: bolivia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.0
 16K
6 Bullets (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, martial arts, danger, child in peril, daring rescue, missing child, father son relationship, organized crime, police detective, government agent, murder, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Marked for Death (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style: neo noir, controversial, intense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: chinese mafia, triad, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gangster, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, china, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.1
 197K
Desperado (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, action packed, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, lone hero, dark hero, hitman, vigilante, one against many, gangster, gory, musician, badass, gunfight, dangerous attraction ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Last Man Standing (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style: neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, gang war, small town, betrayal, shootout, violence, one man army, gunfight, tough guy, one against many, prohibition ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place: texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
A History of Violence (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Style: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological ...
Audience: date night, manly
Plot: gangster, self defense, revenge, sex scene, violent, small town, mobster, mafia, attempted robbery, organized crime, redemption, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.0
 123K
Den of Thieves (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, bank robbery, police brutality, tough guy, strip club, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, investigation, fbi, divorce ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Exterminator (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style: disturbing, suspense, stylized, brutal, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gory, violence, chase, murder, vigilante, gunfight, death, brutality, vietnam war, revenge, visceral, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, vietnam, new jersey, usa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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