Movies like Edge of Fury
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Edge of Fury (1978)
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Original name: 撈家撈女撈上撈
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A chauffeur is pursued by drug dealers after his boss, a convicted drug kingpin, is sentenced to death.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, bleak, period piece, cult film
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, chauffeur, fight scenes, loyalty, betrayal, drug traffic, corruption, chase, organized crime, urban, underdog, corrupt businessman, drug, underworld, revenge, investigation, poverty, choreography, working class, moral ambiguity, rescue, femme fatale, social inequality, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, bangkok thailand
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Most similar movies to Edge of Fury
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, noir, suspenseful and crime drama films with plots about revenge, corruption, betrayal, urban, organized crime, underworld and moral ambiguity mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Edge of Fury: The Brotherhood (1976), Blazing Flowers (1978), The Gambling Syndicate (1975), A Tooth for a Tooth (1973), Call Me Dragon (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, action drama, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
triad, gangster, martial arts, organized crime, loyalty, brotherhood, underworld, betrayal, revenge, violent, heist, street life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
poliziottesco, crime drama, tense, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
organized crime, violence, underworld, gang, drug traffic, prostitute, corruption, betrayal, moral ambiguity, informant, street life, urban ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
milan italy
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
Style:
detective, crime drama, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
gambling, organized crime, revenge, syndicate, corruption, gangster, investigation, underworld, betrayal, violence, moral ambiguity, urban ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Kung fu sensation Cheung Lik stars as the rough and ready kung fu kid who is tricked into robbing a triad boss. Amongst the things he steals is a contract for opium distribution between the triad boss and the Japanese Yakuza. Now the stage is set ...
Style:
crime thriller, brutal, intense, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, kung fu, hand to hand combat, fight scenes, underworld, yakuza, criminal underworld, betrayal, violence, revenge, heist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, hong kong
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Golden Sand City is filled with brothels and casinos funded by drug lord Yim Kung Ho (evil Mr. Yem) and policed by the iron fist of his henchman Panther (Leopard Head). Vigilantes Inspector Big Dragon (Bruce Liang), Little Mouse, and Black Cat plan ...
Style:
crime drama, action thriller, suspense, tension, period piece ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, crime boss, vigilante, drug lord, hand to hand combat, fight, gangster, choreography, streetfighting, loyalty ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chicken Feet (Andy Lau) assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan (Siu-Ming Lau) and his son Kit (Wong Kit). Having previously tried to shut down the gambling den and take over by paralyzing Fan and framing Kit for ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, tense, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
betrayal, gangster, gambling, revenge, triad, heroic bloodshed, murder, kidnapping, underworld, fight scenes, casino, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kim Man-sul who is released from prison after serving time for illegally smuggling and manufacturing methamphetamines turns up missing. Police investigator Pak Geo-ryong infiltrates the headquarters of a cult religious group called Baewon-gyo after ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, dark
Plot:
martial arts, hand to hand combat, undercover cop, violent, methamphetamine, drug traffic, escape, organized crime, police procedural, investigation, rescue mission, underworld ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Crowder is a an unethical private detective in pursuit of a gangster who's after embezzled money.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, private detective, gangster, embezzlement, betrayal, corruption, underworld, anti hero, investigation, moral ambiguity, violence, missing husband ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted for harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members.
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, fast paced, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infiltration, undercover, gang, martial arts, justice, organized crime, danger, restaurant, corruption, violence, betrayal, police procedural ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Local gangsters apply pressure to the wrong family when they realize that the leader of the family is a mother with powerful kung fu skills.
Style:
fast paced, cult classic, period piece
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, revenge, female protagonist, avenge, female martial artist, hand to hand combat, empowerment, criminal syndicate, vigilante justice, violent, gangster ...
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Style:
crime drama, dark, suspenseful, tense, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, urban, mature, betrayal, underworld, corruption, slow burn, urban decay, cat and mouse, justice, mission
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Part 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts.
Style:
dark, crime drama, disturbing, anthology, bleak ...
Plot:
rape, brothel, kidnapping, violence, prostitution, underworld, gang, organized crime, addiction, moral ambiguity, exploitation, sexploitation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A pacifist village is beset by bandits in this martial arts thriller. "Savage Five" hands-down rivals the ornateness of "Kid With The Golden Arm" and the twist-heavy "Five Deadly Venoms". The always great David Chiang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, period piece, melancholic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, bandit, heroism, hand to hand combat, sacrifice, brutality, violence, wuxia, revenge, siege, robbery ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
"The Green Hornet" (a red spandex and cape wearing duo) is called in to assist in rescuing a kidnapped scientist.
Style:
cult classic, retro, suspense, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, secret formula, kidnapping, crime fighter, rescue mission, hand to hand combat, superhero team, superhero, vigilante justice, friendship, urban ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing a major fight, a professional MMA fighter returns home from Vegas, where he reunites with various individuals from his past - including a father/son duo who recruit him to engage in their daring bank heists.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, mixed martial arts, father son relationship, family drama, violent, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, betrayal, fbi investigation, redemption, moral ambiguity, bookies ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
kansas city, las vegas
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall story of Ma Yung Chen and it reunites the directors and some of the cast in a similar but much slighter tale of a lesser gangster's rise and fall ...
Style:
crime drama, period piece, tense, noir, tragic
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, betrayal, anti hero, rivalry, organized crime, fistfight, rise and fall, power struggle, male protagonist, violent, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael and his right-hand man Scorpion, who find themselves embroiled in their father Ko's turf war against rival gangs in Taipei, setting off a conflict between old and new generations of gangsters. The film is the latest installment in the ...
Style:
crime drama, noir, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
gangster, gang warfare, organized crime, father son conflict, power struggle, betrayal, ambition, violence, revenge, loyalty, brotherhood, right hand man ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
Style:
crime drama, neo noir, detective, dark, tense ...
Plot:
murder, interpol, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, urban, underworld, police procedural, violent, revenge, exploitation, nightlife ...
Time:
year 1971
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a botched robbery, a local crime syndicate sends a rookie enforcer to take care of a loose end. When the hit goes sideways and his civilian girlfriend ends up missing, her brother, Rodd, a mild-mannered guidance counselor, conducts an ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, fast paced, brutal ...
Plot:
kidnapping, organized crime, revenge, violent, mysterious past, siblings, gang, rescue, missing person, brother, martial arts, urban ...
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
After vanishing from Mumbai's underworld for a decade, mob boss Ojas Gambheera resurfaces—feared, unstoppable, and with a single goal: to reclaim his empire and exact vengeance on the current tyrant, Omi Bhau. As loyalties fracture and ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, brutal, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
mob boss, underworld, gangster, crime boss, organized crime, betrayal, retribution, power struggle, violence, revenge, vendetta, rivalry ...
Place:
mumbai india
Similarity:
44%
673
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, gang, moral dilemma, breakup, nightclub, rivalry, danger, love and romance, murder, sacrifice, loyalty, underworld ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
When a dedicated rescue worker inadvertently gets caught up in the kidnapping plot of a mogul's tween daughter, he must save her from the clutches of rival gangs hunting them down with unpredictable dangers around every corner.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, tension, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
kidnapping, child in peril, chase, organized crime, hostage, underworld, danger, rescue, gang, corruption, survival, violent ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Drama about a former police officer who's framed for murder and a young boy who attempts to help him clear his name.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
ex cop, police corruption, drug cartel, justice, accusation, drug, drug traffic, drug dealing, teamwork, corruption, criminal, framed for murder ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Style:
tense, crime drama, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, triad, criminal heroes, right hand man, heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, underworld, brotherhood, organized crime, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
corrupt cop, police corruption, money, corruption, needing money, handgun, police partner, police, money problems, police officer, urban, class conflict ...
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A martial arts-trained lawyer (Jeff Wincott) is forced to fight in illicit matches after he is framed for a crime, is dismissed from his firm, and all his assets are tied up, including his clothing and furniture after he is evicted from his ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, bleak, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
martial arts, falsely accused, frame up, underground fighting, fight scenes, revenge, survival, underdog, urban, criminal underworld, betrayal, corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Ekin Cheng plays Autumn Yip, a triad mobster who gets caught in Thailand and does 8 years in prison before being released. He visits "The Doctor" and asks for a loan before returning to Hong Kong where he is eagerly awaited by his old ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, crime drama ...
Plot:
gangster, prison, redemption, police detective, tough heroes, criminal heroes, master criminal, rivalry, heroes, law enforcement, partner, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
thailand, hong kong, east asia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m Eastern time in 1977.
Lou Antonio played Sgt. Jack Ramsey, an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, who found himself teamed with a ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
shooting, gangster, investigation, murder, violence, gunfight, police procedural, urban, organized crime, trauma, police station, corruption ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
New York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, gang warfare, crime family, rise and fall, criminal underworld, underworld, power struggle, urban violence, violent, corruption, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1992
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.
Style:
action packed, retro, crime thriller, cult classic, period piece
Plot:
martial arts, blaxploitation, exploitation, kung fu, revenge, violent, streetwise, urban, rivalry, one man army, tournament, underdog ...
Time:
70s, year 2016
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
40%
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