Movies like Cartel War

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Cartel War (2010)
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Cartel War (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the king pin who devastated their families. Based on the true story of Mexico's most powerful drug lord, Cartel War is an action-packed journey into an all-too-real violent underworld.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama, independent film
Plot: rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, revenge, police, friendship, murder, male female relationship, fighting crime, war on drugs, police officer, police detective, illegal drugs, drug bust, drug, drug cartel, violence, female nudity, cartel, journey, bare breasts, blood, nudity ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about law enforcement, rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, murder, police and dishonesty mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Cartel War: UC: Undercover (2001), The City Is Mine (2008), New York Cop (1993), Two Coyotes (2001), Stiletto Dance (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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UC: Undercover (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: UC: Undercover is an action-thriller television series that focuses on the secret lives and private demons of an elite Justice Department crime-fighting unit that confronts the country’s deadliest, most untouchable lawbreakers by going undercover ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot: undercover agent, law enforcement, fighting crime, rivalry, undercover, partner, police detective, spy, murder, nypd, undercover cop, crime investigation ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The City Is Mine (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, police, love, prison ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.3
 255
New York Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, cop, yakuza, police detective, friends, betrayal, gang, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, vengeance, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.3
 64
Two Coyotes (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, betrayal, rivalry, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, addiction, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 5.3
 445
Stiletto Dance (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police detective, adultery, infidelity, gangster, fighting crime, police investigation, working undercover, partner, rivalry, master criminal, law enforcement, police corruption ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 3.8
 2K
Ambushed (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, law enforcement, rivalry, lapd, working undercover, police corruption, special agent, swat team, strip club, nypd, armed forces, die hard ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 3.9
 80
Narx (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, exciting, crime drama ...
Plot: drug dealer, undercover cop, corruption, murder, police, police detective, investigation, chase, youth, police officer, death, revenge ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.3
 282
Men with Guns (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets out of hand, ends with a bloodbath and they are left with a ...
Style: independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, violence, farm, drug dealing, stash, stoner, partner, tough heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, on the run ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 6.1
 100
Consignment (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, gangster, on the run, going straight, police investigation, starting over, gang, hitman, criminal's revenge, rivalry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 2.7
 2K
Crazy Six (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Slovakia, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: gangster, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, rivalry, government agency, master criminal, life is a bitch, addiction, violence, crime boss, communism ...
Time: future
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.9
 302
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 ⇓
52%
The Underground (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A cop must stop the killings of rap stars. But, he gets in too deep after his partner is killed.
Style: crime drama, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: black, buddy cop, die hard, cop, murder, chases and races, hotshot hero, hip hop, vengeance, urban ghetto life, investigation, chase ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A hard boiled tale of bloody revenge that interweaves the stories of nine criminals. The story takes place in one day, on the eve of an all out syndicate war. Through a twisted series of events, the interweaving narratives are put on an ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot: rivalry, partner, vengeance, police detective, police investigation, gang, partners against crime, criminal heroes, dishonesty, law enforcement, drug dealing, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Chicago Overcoat (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, hitman, rivalry, aging, elderly, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, one last chance, mafia, investigation, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 3.3
 280
Decisions (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: crime gone awry, urban ghetto, disorder, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.3
 10K
If You Knew Me (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.8
 260
The Big Score (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gang, strong violent content, profanity, nudity, partner, violent content, vengeance, drug dealing, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.8
 2K
Go Fast (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, law enforcement, drug dealing, rivalry, gang, working undercover, marijuana, loss of partner, car chase, undercover, police procedural, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 5.3
 214
Jackals (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, talky, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: smuggling, undocumented immigrant, society, dishonesty, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, heroes, small town, desert, small town life ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: mexico, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 3.8
 523
Out in Fifty (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: love triangle, scapegoat, revenge, ex convict, manipulation, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, going straight, crime gone awry, murder, disorder ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Extraordinary Mission (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An undercover police officer attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate from the inside.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, heroic
Plot: undercover, master criminal, crime boss, gain trust, war on drugs, working undercover, drug dealing, gang, drug bust, fighting crime, rivalry, mob boss ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.8
 938
Mission Park (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Four friends from the rough side of town grow apart when two are consumed by a life of crime, and the other two become FBI agents sent deep undercover - to bring down those childhood friends.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, special agent, drug dealing, police officer, undercover, ambition, danger, friendship, gang, law enforcement, urban, right hand man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug, die hard, car chase, police, cop, drug dealer, police shootout, conspiracy, police corruption, illegal drugs, partner, rebellion ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 5.8
 2K
The Loner (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, guy, boy, police officer, bad guy, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.2
 264
Probable Cause (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A series of cop murders plagues the city. The remaining officers on the force are increasingly worried as the deaths increase with no leads. As the department's finest must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: rape and revenge, serial killer, sexual harassment, police detective, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, investigation, murder, policewoman, rape, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 2.1
 204
Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Colombian Connection (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The year is 1976 and it is a dangerous year in the Straits of Yucatan. The man is Jack Hooks, a former cop set up by his corrupt partner and sent to jail for a drug crime he didn't commit. After being yanked out of prison with an early release ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: fighting crime, frame up, undercover, confined, rivalry, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, society, prison, smuggling, corrupt cop ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: cuba, mexico, latin america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Saints and Sinners (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After many years Pooch returns to his neighbourhood. To Big Boy, his best friend, Pooch is valuable asset in his plans of becoming local crime lord. To Pooch, this reunion is painful because he is, actually, undercover cop sent to bring Big Boy down.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friends, couples, love triangle, working undercover, friendship, drug abuse, going straight, dishonesty, master criminal, love and romance, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: crime boss, gangster, prison gang, prison, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency, prison life, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, drug dealing, urban ghetto ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.1
 1K
The Raid (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Five undercover cops at Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous areas, have their covers blown by drug dealers. Arrested, they wait execution or to be rescued by police forces that would risk expose a larger operation.
Style: exciting, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: slum, fighting crime, working undercover, drug dealing, danger, undercover, law enforcement, society, urban ghetto, race against time, trapped, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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