Movies like The Man Who Stole the Sun
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The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
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Original name: 太陽を盗んだ男
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A high-school teacher (Kenji Sawada) builds an atomic bomb to hold Tokyo hostage, then cannot decide what he wants.
Style:
philosophical, exciting, tense, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
Plot:
terrorism, mental disorder, technology, professor, atomic bomb, plutonium, sexploitation, high school teacher, car chase, satire, nuclear threat, dark humor, radiation, teachers and students, laboratory, law enforcement, track down, unlikely criminals, police officer, cat, teacher, police, hostage, hijacking, misfit ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Most similar movies to The Man Who Stole the Sun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting and serious films with plots about law enforcement, chases and races, danger, police, police officer, rivalry and gunfight mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Man Who Stole the Sun: Big Bullet (1996), Detective Doberman (1977), The Bullet Train (1975), Cold Eyes (2013), Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style:
bloody, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, swat team, heist, police, loss of partner, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, fighting crime, vigilantism, heroes, escapades, vengeance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gangsters, yakuza, rivalry, rescue, fish out of water, law enforcement, disorder, murder, fighting crime, female nudity, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, railway, disaster, speed, stranger on a train, runaway train, race against time, mastermind, heroes, rivalry, master criminal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, hokkaido
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
HA Yoon-ju becomes the newest member to a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high profile criminals. She teams up with HWANG Sang-Jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, fighting crime, partners against crime, partners, track down, heist, law enforcement, gang, police, stalking, advanced technology, hunt down ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
Style:
road movie, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, car chase, on the run, robbery, mechanic, car, exploitation, partners, store, buddies, race against time, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
southern california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, harsh, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, chase, police officer, suspense, master criminal, stewardess, fighting crime, working undercover, police, murder, bomb ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, london, california, los angeles, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
fighting crime, law enforcement, estate, gang, detective sergeant, suspense, murder, bus, tough law enforcer, motorcycle chase, car chase, sergeant ...
Time:
year 1974, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A parolee (Paul Walker) becomes the target of a massive police manhunt after inadvertently picking up a rental car with a female whistleblower tied up in the trunk. Now, as the police attempt to silence the woman before she can testify about the ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, chase, hostage, car chase, mistaken identity, on the run, woman in danger, dirty cop, dishonesty, law enforcement, car, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In 2006, with the ever looming dangers of the underworld in Malaysia, Don broke the morale of his associates by infiltrating the gang with an alias and taking advantage of the enmity of Singhania & Vardhaan. He rose to become the undisputed King ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
heist, policewoman, law enforcement, chase, master criminal, confined, heroes, interpol, tough heroes, slick, escapades, flirting ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, europe, asia, malaysia, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, hijacking, save the day, race against time, confined, law enforcement, heroes, terrorist plot, terrorist group, militia, hostage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, save the day, on the run, hostage, undercover, race against time, suspense, gunfight, hijacking, railway, heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This is probably the best example of a 70's Italian crime movie, though not the "best" movie of the genre (does that make sense?). It has, besides Saxon, an entirely Italian cast but most of them are pretty recognizable regulars in ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, cult film
Plot:
police officer, police, mafia, organized crime, gangsters, strong violent content, tough heroes, car chase, master criminal, vengeance, chase, against the rules ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Style:
exciting, serious, patriotic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, espionage, fighting crime, law enforcement, tough heroes, graphic violence, spy, terrorist plot, behind enemy lines, suspense, anti terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Japanese yakuza films certainly have a well-earned reputation of being violent and chaotic. Some are more frenetic than others and Street Mobster is unbelievable high on savagery and energy. It dawned the re-birth of the genre, telling the story ...
Style:
bloody, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gangsters, gang, female nudity, prison, rape, murder, sex, samurai, japanese man, mafia, organized crime ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, train, heist, murder, gangsters, runaway train, terrorism, gang, subway, mayor, criminal, railway ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Chechnya, an American doctor takes a detour in life when he helps a mysterious woman escape from her would-be assailant.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, on the run, mysterious character, heroes, save the lady, woman in danger, daring rescue, mistaken identity, spy, police officer, law enforcement, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
europe, bulgaria, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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:
special agents, working undercover, drug dealing, police officer, ambition, undercover, friendship, gang, right hand man, criminal heroes, law enforcement, child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style:
rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
bank robbery, investigation, mistaken identity, workplace situations, hostage, swat team, couple relations, dishonesty, law enforcement, crime gone awry, love triangle, moral dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Kidnapped by a Los Angeles crime syndicate, a group of schoolgirls must fight and seduce their way to vengeance after one of them committed suicide, teaching the criminals a lesson in kicking butt and taking names.
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
revenge, suicide, rape, rivalry, law enforcement, schoolgirl, violence, stripper, sexy girl, sexploitation, porn, woman with a gun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings), is at his wits' end. Fed up ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer, police, drugs, undercover police officer, spy, undercover agent, gunfight, heroin, undercover, interpol, motorcycle chase, drug dealer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, car chase, battles, gang, on the run, confined, law enforcement, rivalry, partners, heist, mafia, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, car chase, kidnapping, auto mechanic, police, master criminal, partners against crime, police investigation, vengeance, car, auto racing, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, murder, hitman, police investigation, master criminal, track down, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, psychopath ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, sexy, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, race against time, cell phone, home invasion, hostage, psychopath, police corruption, conspiracy, murder, twists and turns, lone hero, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police officer, blaxploitation, car chase, academy, partners, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement, sexual content, graphic violence, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
swat team, hitman, fighting crime, law enforcement, daring rescue, rivalry, basic training, ambush, gunfight, criminal's revenge, heroes, officers and cadets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, vietnam war, organized crime, racism, nightclub, injustice, criminal heroes, vigilantism, gang, society, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
street gang, murder, undercover, police corruption, master criminal, fighting crime, dishonesty, partners against crime, partners, track down, law enforcement, police investigation ...
Place:
usa, louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
sniper, track down, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, partners, disagreement, moral dilemma, chase, murder, police, hostage situation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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