Movies like Savage Dawn
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Savage Dawn (1985)
1K
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A motorcycle gang take over a small city in Arizona.
Style:
hood, action adventure, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
biker gang, biker, gang, gangster, bike, siege, ghetto, underground fighting, vietnam veteran, gang leader, exploitation, outlaw, heroes, desert, small town, tank, man in a wheelchair, military, battles, soldier, gory, terrorism, profanity, injustice, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, arizona
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Most similar movies to Savage Dawn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, rough, independent film and serious films with plots about rivalry, gang, vengeance, biker, motorcycle, bike and gangster mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Savage Dawn: Hell's Belles (1969), Northville Cemetery Massacre (1975), Death Before Dishonor (1987), Motorpsycho! (1965), Jackals (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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:
period piece, grindhouse, independent film, road movie, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, bike, biker gang, gang, woman with a gun, theft, revenge, money, desert, race, tough heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
latin america, mexico, arizona, tucson arizona
Similarity:
100%
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:
hood, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, biker gang, motorcycle, bike, rape, gang, small town, rape and revenge, serial killer, 666, stoner, ghetto ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
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:
independent film, cult classic, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, female assassin, machine gun, terrorist, revenge, kidnapping, hostage, u.s. embassy, shootout, blood, embassy, ambassador ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
middle east, lebanon, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
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:
grindhouse, road movie, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
motorcycle, rape, biker, exploitation, revenge, bike, biker gang, vietnam war, redneck, vietnam veteran, rape and revenge, outlaw biker ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, california
Similarity:
100%
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233
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:
independent film, serious, realistic, talky, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, undocumented immigrant, society, dishonesty, rivalry, chases and races, heroes, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, murder, small town, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
mexico, arizona, usa
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:
independent film, action adventure, cult horror, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, gang war, street gang, violence, gory, martial arts, gang, rivalry, gangster, death of girlfriend, brutality, train station ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ohio, columbus ohio, midwest
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's prison run by sadistic guards and a lesbian warden.
Style:
erotic, sensual, sexual, cult classic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
women in prison, women's prison, prison, sexploitation, woman in danger, sodomy, lesbianism, sexual abuse, exploitation, confined, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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:
hood, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
biker, black bra, motorcycle, gang, vietnam war, bike, vigilante, biker gang, vengeance, exploitation, gangster, ghetto ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
31%
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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:
cult classic, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vietnam veteran, motorcycle gang, home invasion, hospital, intimidation, motorcycle, biker, vietnam war, small town, murder, rape ...
Time:
80s
Place:
miami, usa, asia, vietnam, florida ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 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, motorcycle, gang, motorcycle chase, on the road, drug dealing, psychopath, tough heroes, bike, exploitation, jail ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Similarity:
25%
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:
independent film, grindhouse, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker gang, biker, criminal, gang leader, bike, lsd, exploitation, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, suicide, outlaw, stoner ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
asia, vietnam
Similarity:
25%
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:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, bike, motorcycle, desert, motorcycle gang, anti establishment, anti conformity, chases and races, danger, gang, rivalry, woman in danger ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
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:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, biker gang, gang, motorcycle, revenge, bike, nudity, kidnapping, love triangle, exploitation, slavery, gang war ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
24%
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:
psychedelic, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, bike, motorcycle, biker gang, desert, teenager, motorcycle gang, kidnapping, gang, gangster, tough heroes, gory ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
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:
dark, crime drama, tension, independent film, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker gang, biker, gang, bike, revenge, vigilante, outlaw, violence, anti hero, retribution, police corruption, broken family ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
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:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, vietnam war, biker gang, motorcycle, bike, stoner, motorcycle gang, best friend, gangster, buddies, military, society ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
vietnam, california, usa
Similarity:
22%
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, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle, biker, biker gang, bike, swing, motorcycle gang, gang, bare chested male, exploitation, naked woman, reporter, outlaw ...
Time:
60s
Place:
baltimore, new york, usa, arizona
Similarity:
22%
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, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, vietnam war, exploitation, biker gang, bike, small town, heroes, gang, rivalry, innocence lost, vengeance ...
Time:
60s
Place:
vietnam, cuba
Similarity:
22%
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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:
grindhouse, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, biker gang, bike, outlaw, small town, social relations, injustice, contests and competitions, society, gang, chases and races ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Similarity:
22%
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:
grindhouse, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, biker gang, bike, woman with a gun, outlaw, strong female lead, exploitation, tough girl, couples, chase, manipulation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
violence, desert, gang, lone wolves, rivalry, danger, cowboy, small town, modern western, criminal, blood, fight ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
21%
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, tense, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gang, criminal's revenge, rivalry, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, love, prison, police ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
786
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:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, underground fighting, competition, fight, friendship, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, gangster ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, vietnam
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman whose car breaks down in the desert finds her way to an abandoned town, where she is menaced by a gang of psycho bikers.
Style:
dark, tense, brutal, suspenseful, action packed ...
Plot:
biker, bike, biker gang, motorcycle gang, small town, desert, survival, violent, isolation, female protagonist, lawlessness, motorcycle ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
20%
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:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
streetfighting, gang, martial arts, underground fighting, gang violence, gangster, heroes, gladiator, rivalry, coming of age, law enforcement, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A graduate student and martial-arts expert rents a room in a house owned by a single mother who lives there with her son. A local street gang is trying to recruit the son, but the new tenant tries to help the boy's mother keep him out of the ...
Style:
hood, action adventure, independent film, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, martial arts, one man army, master warrior, gangster, vigilante, ghetto, karate, kung fu, mixed martial arts, heroes, single mother ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
710
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A sexy stuntwoman gets herself thrown into prison to avenge the death of her sister.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
women in prison, women's prison, prison, lesbianism, female protagonist, female nudity, heroin, lesbian, female exploitation, murder, nudity, sex ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
"From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in Blood. They say that when you confess your sins, only then can you be redeemed. This is my ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underground fighting, martial arts, prison, tough heroes, rivalry, vengeance, starting over, vigilantism, contests and competitions, haunted by the past, redemption, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense, but years later, when David's wife Gail and daughter Kim are killed by a group of terrorists led by Ali ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
revenge, vietnam veteran, vigilante, muslim, religion, church, vengeance, terrorism, airport, murder, faith, battles ...
Time:
80s
Place:
lebanon, italy, vietnam, rome italy
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A ruthless motorcycle gang rides into a California town and terrorizes its denizens.
Style:
psychotronic, grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
biker, motorcycle, nobility, bike, biker gang, gang, vigilante, exploitation, hippie, vietnam war, gangster, native american ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
california, vietnam, usa, asia
Similarity:
19%
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