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China Gate (1998)
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China Gate (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel Krishnakant Puri and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Krishnakant agrees to assist her, and summons about a dozen of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him. They all assemble at Devdurg with all the necessary ammunitions and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Puri and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter Puri and his men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg and gain the confidence of the villagers. What the villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had all been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice and retreating when attacked by the enemy. Will Puri and his men abandon Devdurg and let history repeat itself?
Style: powerful, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, crying, weeping
Plot: military, french foreign legion, mission, village, mexican standoff, bandit, mercenary, courage, honor, cowardice, colonel, court martial, evil man, showdown, male bonding, soldier, rescue, village life, vengeance, rivalry, danger, police corruption, punjabi, dishonesty, disgraced ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
Keyword: punjab, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about rivalry, shootout, revenge, vengeance, murder, violence and blood mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like China Gate: Broken Arrow (1996), Karma (1986), Flames of the Sun (1975), Call (2000), Mercenary for Justice (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Broken Arrow (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, danger, chases and races, escapades, fighter jet, female warrior, rivalry, aviation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, utah
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Karma (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story: When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests Dr. Michael Dang, the leader of the international terrorist group PSO, the group blast the jail Dang is lodged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his ...
Style: masala, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
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Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min.
Story: A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? ...
Style: cult classic, exciting, freeze frame, epic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, fight, revenge, bandit, martial arts, partner, best friend, harmonica, flashback, villain, widow, bounty hunter ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1975
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.7
 3K
Call (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min.
Story: Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer Hussein (Om Puri) manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, romantic ...
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, criminal's revenge, danger, vengeance, rivalry, master villain, unfulfilled love, love triangle, betrayal, friendship, terrorist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Mercenary for Justice (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, escapades, vengeance, hostage, danger, mercenary, rivalry, chases and races, martial arts, rescue, brutality, spy ...
Place: miami, athens greece, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Men of War (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Nick Gunar is a burnt-out, jaded and hard-up former mercenary who is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. At the end of his rope, he is hired by the Nitro Mine Corporation to strong-arm the natives of a South China Sea island into ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: mercenary, jungle, heroes, battles, betrayal, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, rescue, moral dilemma, escapades, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia
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The Uniform (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
Style: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala ...
Plot: terrorism, murder, muslim, dishonesty, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, rookie, heroes, small town, small town life ...
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Salvation (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Denmark, UK, South Africa, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Style: brutal, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: vengeance, revenge, lone hero, rape, murder, small town, wild west, good versus evil, rape and revenge, violence, modern west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2014, 2010s, 1870s
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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God Is My Witness (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min.
Story: Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he ...
Style: realistic, serious, epic, crying, weeping
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Time: 90s
Place: afghanistan, asia, middle east, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
A Touch of Spice (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: he film opens with an arrogant subedar (Naseeruddin Shah) (local tax collector in colonial India) and his soldiers rampaging through a village. The subedar has an eye for women and soon spots Sonbai (Smita Patil) on the riverbank. Sonbai is an ...
Style: parallel cinema, art film, experimental, offbeat, sincere ...
Plot: feminist, female empowerment, women, indian woman, village, soldier, factory, against the odds, village life, collector, friendship, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.3
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Akela (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: twins, murder, heartbreak, miscarriage of justice, police commissioner, drinking, death of brother, frustration, alcoholic, psychopath, alibi, death of friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Deadly Outbreak (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
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20%
Texas Rangers (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or ...
Style: harsh, serious, exciting, touching, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: texas ranger, american civil war, civil war, danger, rescue, rivalry, love triangle, vengeance, murder, violence, betrayal, cowboy ...
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20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Sidharth (Aamir Khan), is a Mumbai 'Tapori' and a boxing champion. His elder brother, Jai (Rajat Kapoor) works with Raunak Singh (Sharad Saxena), who now rules their "Basti" through terrorising its people and collecting ...
Style: suspenseful, emotional, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro ...
Style: spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bounty hunter, old west, treasure hunt, heroes, murder, train, partner, gang, chases and races, escapades, fugitives, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: mexico, europe, latin america, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.8
 14K
The Wild Geese (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style: exciting, harsh, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
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Style: suspense, intense, entertaining, tense, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: good versus evil, revenge, bounty hunter, dark hero, mercenary, criminal, deception, outlaw, duel, showdown, small town, murder ...
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19%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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19%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Story: When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save the 35,000 capacity crowd, one of which is the daughter of his fallen comrade.
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Time: 90s, year 1999, 2010s
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 4.9
 6K
The Marine 2 (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2009, 21st century
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19%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ...
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Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2007, 90s, year 1991
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The Fire (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Karan is a former soldier. One day when Karan finds out that his father committed suicide in prison after he is falsely charged with a crime, he suspects Ravi Verma, a city attorney who has a wife and a kid. When Karan spots Ravi on the street with ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 8.3
 17K
Truth (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
Style: cult classic, experimental, dark, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: underworld, gangster, mafia, revenge, anti hero, death of protagonist, crime boss, indian mafia, hindu, gang, rivalry, criminal underworld ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the ...
Style: spaghetti western, stylized, atmospheric, epic, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: gunfight, old west, wild west, cowboy, small town, violence, greed, gang war, vengeance, tough heroes, brutality, hitman ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: mexico, latin america, arizona, new mexico, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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