Movies like Black Cobra

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Black Cobra (1987)
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Black Cobra (1987)
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: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, detective, poliziottesco, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, martial arts, monster, urban, dirty harry, hostage, murder, street gang, serial killer, fashion, psychopath, heroes, gang, terrorism, insomnia, chases and races, injustice, gays and lesbians, rivalry, who done it, danger, law enforcement, confined, on the run, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york

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Most similar movies to Black Cobra

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, rivalry, law enforcement, shootout, murder, chases and races and violence mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Black Cobra: Three the Hard Way (1974), Instinct to Kill (2001), Hijack (1998), Hit List (1989), Cold Steel (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Three the Hard Way (1974)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story involves a white supremist plot to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim ...
Style: grindhouse, crime drama, grim, action thriller, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, martial arts, black, african american, tough guy, vigilante, criminal activity, evil, genocide, racism, injustice, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, detroit, los angeles, chicago, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Instinct to Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
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 ...
Style: serious, rough, disturbing, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, martial arts, police investigation, psychopath, murder, master criminal, danger, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, infidelity, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Hijack (1998)
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, chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, law enforcement, race against time, save the day, die hard, terrorist plot ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.6
 687
Hit List (1989)
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.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, organized crime, mafia, missing person, disorder, vengeance, rescue, investigation, mistaken identity, drug dealing, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Cold Steel (1987)
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 ...
Style: tense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, psychopath, ex cop, investigation, rivalry, femme fatale, police detective, serial killer, xmas, revenge, police, police officer ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Kill Reflex (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Williamson plays a cop called 'Soda Cracker', whose partner was killed in a mysterious assassination. He is convinced that the murder was committed by his old enemy, Ivan Moss, played by Bo Svenson. Despite threats from the mob and from ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, woman with a gun, gangster, battle zone, murder, police corruption, law enforcement, assassination, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, investigation ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Street Fighters (1982)
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 ⇓
65%
Midnight Witness (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
Style: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: police corruption, law enforcement, chases and races, misfit, dishonesty, life is a bitch, on the run, danger, chase, witnessing a crime, police detective, injustice ...
Time: 90s
Place: las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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The Detonator (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, terrorism, undercover, on the run, woman in danger, save the day, survival, espionage, race against time, witnessing a crime, rivalry, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 912
Bloodmoon (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ken O'Hara (Gary Daniels) is a "Mindhunter" - a serial killer specialist enlisted to find the mass murderer (Darren Shahlavi) intent on killing the strongest fighters in New York City. Trying to catch this cunning and clever killer is ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, fight, tough heroes, terrorism, fighter, hacker, hand to hand combat, murder investigation, motorcycle, profanity, performer's life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 3.8
 496
Armstrong (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Cold War has just heated up! CIA Agent Bob Taylor (Charles Napier) arrives in Moscow with his new wife Susan (Kimberley Kates) with a highly secret video tape of Russian missiles leaving an unknown base near Moscow under the cover of darkness. ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, die hard, 007, world war, kidnapping, chase, shootout, cia agent, nuclear missile, nuclear, secret agent, gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Killing Machine (2010)
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 ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret identity, special agent, tough heroes, confined, danger, murder, hitman, triad, heroes, one man army, killer, strong violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, vancouver, british columbia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Another Meltdown (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, die hard, martial arts, best friend, criminal heroes, undercover, partners against crime, confined, chases and races, daring rescue, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, europe, hong kong, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.0
 277
Forced to Kill (1994)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A repo man tries to deliver a repossessed Jaguar. He's captured by a bizarre family, straight out of the backwoods, who force him to fight in an illegal, bare-fist tournament run by an insane sheriff.
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hicksploitation, master warrior, chase, one man army, martial arts, murder, tough heroes, law enforcement, lone wolves, danger, mad scientist, vigilantism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and ...
Style: fast, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, dojo, die hard, home invasion, hostage, gangster, heroes, master warrior, heroic mission, fighting crime, forgery, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Tough Ones (1976)
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: poliziottesco, cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, car chase, chase, psychopath, gang rape, rape, violent content, law enforcement, serial killer, vigilantism, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Flight of Fury (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, terrorism, tough heroes, soldier, chases and races, espionage, secret agent, gays and lesbians, gang, government agency, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 4.9
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Bulletproof (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, terrorist plot, danger, daring rescue, heroes, one man army, love interest, terrorist, rescue, tough heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Raw Target (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, murder, fight, kickboxing, competition, master warrior, heroes, gang, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The First Shot (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During a period of widespread police corruption, Ti Lung is a stubborn cop who takes on both the mob and the political establishment.
Style: heroic, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, law enforcement, kung fu, gunfight, dirty cop, martial arts, undercover cop, corruption, murder, gangster, police detective, betrayal ...
Time: 70s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 3.6
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The Collectors (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, gangster, violent content, car chase, criminal's revenge, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes, gory, tough heroes, buddies, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new orleans, new york, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.0
 4K
Shadow Man (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroes, espionage, undercover, save the day, secret agent, danger, terrorism, master criminal, government agency, rivalry, race against time ...
Place: europe, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Scar City (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, law enforcement, police investigation, partner, undercover, cop, murder, partners against crime, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, police corruption, villain ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a ...
Style: grindhouse, neo noir, grim, hood, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, gangster, black, mafia, gang, murder, mobster, gotham city, underground, ghetto, police corruption ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, martial arts, assassination, heroes, on the run, murder, conspiracy, politics, manhunt, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Against the Law (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A trigger-happy outlaw goes on the run and a burned out, disillusioned cop gives chase. They end up head-to-head in a Los Angeles shoot out.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cop killer, police officer, tough cop, beach, reporter, duel, showdown, cop, journalism, chases and races, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.2
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Hologram Man (1995)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, timebomb, revenge, psychopath, law enforcement, confined, danger, captivity, rivalry, prison, police officer killed, martial arts ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 4.0
 228
On the Edge (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, tough heroes, vigilantism, rivalry, law enforcement, drug dealing, partners against crime, vengeance, urban ghetto, drug dealer, black, crime fighter ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.7
 22K
F/X (1986)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, murder, gangster, chase, manhunt, assassination, disguise, car chase, faked death, witness protection, mission of murder, frame up ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.8
 863
Black Gunn (1972)
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: independent film, neo noir, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vietnam war, organized crime, black, gangster, racism, nightclub, injustice, chase, gang, fighting the system, chases and races ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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