Movies like Hollywood Cop
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Hollywood Cop (1987)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
exploitation, woman with a gun, buddies, cop, child kidnapping, dog, rape, revenge, fight, dead man, police, female nudity, kidnapping, blonde, death, torture, hostage situation, car chase, hotel, hospital, book, boy, gunfight, tragedy, rescue ...
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Most similar movies to Hollywood Cop
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, neo noir, rough and suspense films with plots about murder, death, violence, blood, revenge, gangster and shot to death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Hollywood Cop: Samurai Cop (1991), The Exterminator (1980), Deadly Force (1983), Killpoint (1984), Live by Night (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Japanese organized crime imbeds itself within LA, the police turn to one man to take down the deadly Yakuza — Joe Marshall, aka "The Samurai." With his fearless swagger and rock hard jaw, The Samurai tears a two-fisted hole through ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, katana, womanizer, gangster, police detective, cop, exploitation, female criminal, psychopath, gang, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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 ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend ...
Style:
cult classic, slasher, crime thriller, grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
murder, murder investigation, taxi driver, serial killer, coroner, psycho, homicidal maniac, cop, cigarette smoking, cover up, photograph, false identity ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, new york, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
401
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film
Plot:
rape, murder, cop, hand to hand combat, bodybuilder, nightclub, smuggling, martial arts, fistfight, weapons, police, gangster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, period piece, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
organized crime, prohibition, chase, mafia, revenge, betrayal, criminal, friendship, murder, police, gangster, death ...
Time:
1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
florida, boston, massachusetts, america, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
policewoman, female protagonist, female warrior, revenge, sociopath, haunted by the past, sex with a minor, women, gang, murder, bank, strong female lead ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 ⇓
56%
96K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
criminal, ambulance, hostage, heist gone wrong, hospital, fear, homosexual, mob boss, gunfight, betrayal, police, car chase ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
16K
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 ⇓
51%
38K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he ...
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, cult classic, retro, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, safecracker, mafia, organized crime, heist, character study, criminal, bank robber, great ending, betrayal, bank, hustler ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style:
suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, triad, cop, gangster, gang, chinese mafia, heroes, law enforcement, missing person, chases and races, rivalry, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style:
rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot:
addiction, vengeance, life is a bitch, police, violence, brutality, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge, martial artist, gory ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, jail, home invasion, gangster, vigilante justice, rape, urban, rape and revenge, underground ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.
Style:
slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, revenge, rape, violence against women, violence, female vigilante, gang, tough girl, nudity, payback, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
80s, 1950s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, female assassin, gangster, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, murder, death, one woman army, black, violence, strong female lead ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot:
prison, organized crime, police, prison gang, violence, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, danger, brutality, ex convict, dishonesty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey, France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When Bo was a child, a mysterious stranger sadistically murdered his parents. Only Bo and his sister, Ingrid survived the bloodshed. Now, twenty years later... Bo and his sister are grown up. They are now employees at a diamond mineshaft located in ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
female nudity, bare breasts, brother sister relationship, bare butt, lesbian, blonde, sister, incest, erotica, siblings, diamond mine, nudity ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Style:
slasher, cult classic, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, exploitation, vigilante, revenge, cannon, anti hero, drug, guy, superhero, truck, automobile, vietnam war ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, entertaining, perverse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, kidnapping, child in peril, child kidnapping, hostage, killer, witness protection, professional, gangster, psychopath, assassination attempt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
austin texas, texas, houston texas, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
872
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Tough drama looks at the plight of a young L.A. prostitute, who shoots heroin to get through the day, sells sex just to survive, and eats roadkill sometimes when there isn't anything else available. Into this futile existence is thrown a psycho ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, serial killer, prostitute, killer, cop, rescue, on the run, runaway, illiteracy, heroin, youth, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gambling, spy, aikido, downfall, danger, introspection, life is a bitch, dishonesty, redemption, father daughter relationship, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style:
detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Kidnap similar movies
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%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, surprise ending, rough ...
Plot:
masochist, chase, serial killer, police investigation, murder, ransom, fbi, police station, psychopath, police detective, danger, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, miami, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
Style:
erotic, suspense, detective, independent film, neo noir
Plot:
organized crime, martial arts, mobster, wrestling, making love, sex scene, green beret, unrequited love, vigilante, buddy cop, gun fu, thug ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, police, violence, organized crime, death, crime boss, betrayal, arms dealer ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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