Movies like The Knock Out Cop
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The Knock Out Cop (1973)
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Original name: Piedone lo sbirro
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!
Style:
exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, law enforcement, chase, police, conspiracy, martial arts, heroes, farce, murder, corruption, chief of police, graphic violence, escapades, rivalry, drug dealing, one man army, obsessive quest, tough law enforcer, tough heroes, teenager, gangsters, drugs, fight, karate, violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
africa, italy, napoli italy, naples italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, exciting and serious films with plots about fistfight, heroes, violence, showdown, tough guy, martial arts and brawl mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Knock Out Cop: Flatfoot in Africa (1978), Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975), Project A 2 (1987), The Tough Ones (1976), In the Line of Duty 4 (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Commissary Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediatlz before this meeting the south African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his little son Bodo. Riyyo travels to ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, conspiracy, heroes, tough law enforcer, gang, escapades, against the odds, graphic violence, police officer, diamond theft, sidekick, ambulance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
south africa, africa, napoli italy, italy, naples italy
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100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Piedone (Bigfoot) Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
Style:
cult film
Plot:
buddy cop, police, chinese mafia, heroin, kung fu fighting, parkour, competition, wu shu, kendo, big city, martial artist, two man army ...
Place:
hong kong, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, frame up, police, corruption, conspiracy, heroes, police corruption, rivalry, fighting crime, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police officer, car chase, gangsters, psychopath, chase, injustice, vigilantism, serial killer, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, buddy comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disorder, gang, law enforcement, heist, friendship, partners, dishonesty, gangsters, crime gone awry, confined, kidnapping, missing person ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, ...
Style:
perverse, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, police officer, fight, spy, femdom, fight club, gangsters, heroes, tough heroes, police detective, who to trust ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, murder, hitman, police officer, gunfight, mafia, police, corruption, urban setting, nypd, chase, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are interested in it. ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, humour, kidnapping, prosecution, investigation, fistfight, silly humor, heroes, escapades, partners, missing person, drug traffic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
egypt, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows up to be quite good though he keeps his knowledge a secret ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, one man army, heroes, power relations, rivalry, youth, graphic violence, violence, one against many, brawl ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
martial arts, police shootout, two man army, karate, police detective, siblings relations, kgb, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, crime boss ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, rough, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, kidnapping, fight, police, mafia, yakuza, rivalry, master criminal, partners, undercover, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo, hong kong, asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Style:
perverse, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, mitsubishi, disabled person, gang, brother, family relations, siblings relations, family life, love affair, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Style:
exciting, not serious, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, cons and scams, police, criminal heroes, partners, gangsters, odd couple, misfit, heroes, gang, partners against crime, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
Style:
cult film
Plot:
chase, brutality, drugs, revenge, murder, car chase, violence, showdown, heroes, maverick cop, bar fight, fistfight ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, yakuza, medieval, abduction, showdown, gunfight, karate, gangsters, heroes, one man army, graphic violence, vigilantism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
japan, usa, asia, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, medieval, drug lord, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners, betrayal, rivalry, drug dealing, vengeance, undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, gunfight, jail, prison, conspiracy, heroes, murder, kung fu, confined, police investigation, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
murder, vigilante, gangsters, revenge, gang, vigilantism, heroes, small town, graphic violence, nude, tough heroes, fighting crime ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
car chase, law enforcement, car, job, dark humor, chase, terminal illness, retirement, police officer, disorder, parents and children, cons and scams ...
Time:
80s
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drugs, police, car chase, drug dealer, police shootout, conspiracy, police corruption, illegal drugs, master criminal, rivalry, tough law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Almost the whole staff of a tax consultant office is slayed by a team of professional killers, only Paul Damone can escape. He didn't know that his partner used to wash gangster Louis Sarazin's money and had to testify as chief witness ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police protection, suspense, revenge, vigilante, one man army, police officer, murder, master warrior, heroes, gangsters, bounty hunter ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
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exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, suspense, police investigation, aikido, murder, justice, conspiracy, buddy cop, hitman, brutality, violence, car chase ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
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blaxploitation, exploitation, robbery, hitman, vigilante, nude, vigilantism, heroes, gangsters, graphic violence, sexual content, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, rough, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, exploitation, kung fu, yakuza, samurai, brutality, tragic hero, martial artist, karate, master warrior, graphic violence, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style:
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
Style:
scenic, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, monster, fight club, fight scenes, wu shu, heroes, undercover, gangsters, hostage, comedy of errors ...
Time:
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Action, Drama
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United ...
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, cult film
Plot:
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