Movies like Savage Dawn
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Savage Dawn (1985)
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Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A motorcycle gang take over a small city in Arizona.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
biker, gang, biker gang, gangsters, vietnam veteran, gang leader, exploitation, heroes, desert, small town, tank, military, battles, soldier, terrorism, graphic violence, injustice, rivalry, contests and competitions, disability, clergy, against the odds, buddies, small town life, battle zone ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, arizona
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, rough, serious and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, gang, heroes, vengeance, deadly, danger and gangsters mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Savage Dawn: Hell's Belles (1969), Death Before Dishonor (1987), Jackals (1986), Deadbeat at Dawn (1988), Chrome and Hot Leather (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.
Style:
road movie, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, gang, money, theft, revenge, desert, bicycle, race, cons and scams, tough heroes, farm ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico, latin america, arizona, tucson arizona
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and ...
Style:
campy, clever, ridiculous, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, kidnapping, fight, torture, revenge, hostage, terrorist, u.s. embassy, betrayal, weapons, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
208
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
Style:
serious, realistic, talky, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, undocumented immigrant, rivalry, dishonesty, society, heroes, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, immigrants, small town life, desert, murder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
Style:
controversial, bloody, indie film, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, martial arts, gang, violence, gangsters, rivalry, erotica, heist, murder, revenge, fight, death of protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
midwest, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, gang, vengeance, vietnam war, vigilante, exploitation, gangsters, green beret, revenge, graphic violence, track down ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Films like Red Dawn
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle gang, revenge, hospital, motorcycle, murder, vietnam veteran, decapitation, small town, vietnam war, teenager, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, miami, vietnam, asia, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the two roving factions are soon at odds with one another and chaos ensues.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
biker, biker gang, hippie, motorcycle, gang, motorcycle chase, on the road, drug dealing, tough heroes, psychopath, jail, murder ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The "Satans" are a very cruel biker gang led by Anchor. The gang goes to a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert where they begin to terrorize Lew and his patrons and his waitress, Tracy. After a little killing, one of ...
Style:
campy, serious, realistic, scary, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle gang, biker, criminal, biker gang, gang leader, motorcycle, lsd, exploitation, suicide, terror, murder, good versus evil ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, desert, anti establishment, anti conformity, motorcycle gang, rivalry, gang, filmmaking, woman in danger, revenge, sex ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Following the Civil War, Confederate Captain Justice Cain has retired to a quiet life with his young son and black wife. However, the men of his old outfit, known as Cain's Cutthroats, have turned to lives of murder, torture and robbery. They ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, civil war, murder, rape, graphic violence, small town, heist, american civil war, small town life, campaign, injustice, mutant ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Biker Boyz similar movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, gang, small town, motorcycle gang, hippie, vigilante, police, rape, revenge, vietnam veteran, gangsters ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, vietnam war, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, battles, friends, gangsters, military, society, gang, buddies, babies and infants ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Motorcycle mechanic C.C. Ryder joins "The Heads," an outlaw biker gang. Fellow gang members menace fashion journalist Ann when her limo breaks down in the desert, but C.C. comes to her rescue. The bikers disrupt a motorcross event tied in ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, gang, exploitation, swing, reporter, motorcycle gang, graphic violence, nude, friends, moon, fashion ...
Time:
60s
Place:
baltimore, new york, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000 – and a bloody past – suddenly finds himself under attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
gang, rivalry, track down, violence, small town, desert, fight, cowboy, gunfight, heroes, female thief, woman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, gang, motorcycle, revenge, love triangle, kidnapping, exploitation, criminal activity, nude, biker gang, gang war, fight ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, gang, dishonesty, rivalry, vengeance, gangsters, law enforcement, death of family, revenge, police, deadly
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
699
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, fight, competition, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, misfit, rivalry, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gang, rivalry, criminal's revenge, drug dealing, gangsters, urban ghetto, ego clash, buddies, police, prison, love ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, desert, teenager, motorcycle gang, kidnapping, gang, gang rape, tough heroes, heroes, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Three bad boy motorcyclists get kicks raping other people's women and generally being a nuisance. When they rape a veterinarian's wife, he takes exception and pursues them, teaming up with a Cajun woman whose husband they killed. The ...
Style:
campy, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, rape, revenge, vietnam war, redneck, misfit, freak, terror, criminal, juvenile delinquent, martial arts ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Australia, USA, Philippines
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, siege, sergeant, battles, survival, war, escapades, soldier, military base, against the odds, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Diane McBain, who'd been a sort of star at Warner Bros. in the early 1960s, is the leading lady of The Mini-Skirt Mob. She's in charge of a fearsome (and toothsome) gang of biker chicks, even though she herself looks as though she'd ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, woman with a gun, strong female lead, exploitation, chase, couples, manipulation, graphic violence, strong female presence, obsessive quest, vengeance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mike (Tom Stern), a biker, returns to California after serving in Vietnam. He uses his war-hero experience to organize a new, united super outlaw gang. When one member is shot by police because he killed a girl at a pot orgy, an all-out cop vs. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, vietnam war, exploitation, small town, vengeance, heroes, gang, vigilantism, innocence lost, rivalry, small town life ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, small town, injustice, social relations, lone wolves, society, contests and competitions, vengeance, rivalry, life is a bitch, gang ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events: This heroic saga depicts an elite counter-terrorism team's black ops incursion into Iraq four days prior to Operation: Desert Shield and the harrowing consequences its members faced when their covert mission was ...
Style:
serious, rough, tense, realistic
Plot:
battles, desert, military, escapades, save the day, isolation, soldier, basic training, confined, suspense, u.s. navy, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
As host of gladiator-style duels in which gangbangers battle to the death, East Los Angeles drug kingpin Chesare (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) capitalizes on gang antagonisms. But Chesare hasn't counted on the tactics of vengeance-minded Aurelio ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, streetfighting, martial arts, gang violence, mixed martial arts, heroes, gangsters, gladiator, coming of age, law enforcement, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, war, male nudity, battles, wartime life, heroic mission, against the odds, heroes, race against time, terrorism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Terrorists threaten to launch a missile armed with deadly disease at Europe. A special unit is put together to stop them.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, military, bar fight, escapades, heroes, aerial combats, heroic mission, graphic violence, misfit, air raid, aerial combat, pilot ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassination, death, escapades, vengeance, bio weapon, master warrior, heroes, chase, save the day, cave, helicopter, death of father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, ex soldier, soldier, master warrior, terrorism, battles, mortal combat, graphic violence, sword fight, suspense, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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