Movies like Black Cobra
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Black Cobra (1987)
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Original name: Cobra nero
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A lone cop struggles to protect a female photographer from a gang of psychopathic bikers. Early in "Black Cobra," Detective Robert Malone establishes himself as a maverick, uncompromising policeman when he guns down several criminals during a hostage standoff. Next, he finds himself protecting a female photographer who has witnessed a murder. She is sought by a moronic gang of motorcyclists who have been murdering and raping at will. Malone finds them, confronts them, and takes care of (police) business.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, monster, hostage, murder, blaxploitation, street gang, serial killer, fashion, psychopath, heroes, gang, terrorism, insomnia, injustice, gays and lesbians, rivalry, who done it, law enforcement, confined, on the run, police corruption, lone wolves, police investigation, witnessing a crime, campaign ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, deadly, law enforcement, murder, gunfight, chases and races and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Black Cobra: Three the Hard Way (1974), Midnight Witness (1993), Instinct to Kill (2001), Hijack (1998), Hit List (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs ...
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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.
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Plot:
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Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Trained KGB assassin, EDWARD GENN (code name ICARUS), worked years ago as a sleeper agent in America. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, he quickly found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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