Movies like Steel 1979
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Steel (1979)
894
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. But when an old friend needs him to help put up a building, and when the old friend gets harassed and threatened by an Evil Corporate Type, he comes out of retirement and assembles the creme de la creme of the construction world. Together, they race against time to finish the building while the Evil Corporate Type tries to stop them.
Style:
sexy, action thriller, independent film, exciting, rough, uplifting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
explosions, stuntman, skyscraper, race against time, friendship, friends, danger, ambition, workplace intrigue, partner, workplace, against the odds, boss and employee, workplace situations, power relations, anti hero, motorcycle, truck, climbing, fire, construction, helicopter, old man, chauffeur, office ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
kentucky
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Most similar movies to Steel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about danger, rivalry, heroes, chases and races, escapades, violent content and explosion mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Steel: The Climb (2002), Vigilante Force (1976), Keaton's Cop (1990), Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013), Stormforce (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
854
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A pair of mismatched rock climbers must learn to work together to conquer one of the world's most treacherous mountains in this adventure tale. After rescuing a wealthy man, solo climbers Michael and Derrick are rewarded with a chance to summit ...
Style:
serious, realistic, christian film, suspense, uplifting
Plot:
survival, friendship, interracial friendship, christian, human spirit, ambition, adventurer, against the odds, danger, escapades, underdog, forces of nature ...
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95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Vigilante Force is a 1976 American action film concerning a Vietnam War veteran (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies, who are hired by his brother (Jan-Michael Vincent) and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field ...
Style:
hood, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, shootout, bike, human trafficking, bad cop, vigilante justice, gang, violence, oil industry, bar fight, ghetto ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake, an old friend of Keaton's, and Gable, a violent cop who takes an immediate disliking to the aging gangster are called in to keep ...
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, semi serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cannon, cop, chase, hitman, partner, violent content, gangster, odd couple, assassination attempt, partners against crime, chases and races, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle race, rivalry, gang, betrayal, vengeance, biker, tough heroes, dishonesty, social relations, motorcycle chase, bike, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Na een ‘incidentje’ tijdens een receptie voor de hoogste legertop wordt duiker Rick Symons naar het 40ste Search and Rescue smaldeel in Koksijde gestuurd. Rick wordt er opgenomen in een even competente als aparte Sea King crew. Zijn grootste ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy, danger, daring rescue, mission gone awry, partner, escapades, lone wolves, demotion, rescue mission, terrorism, rivalry, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, volcano, survival, darkness, climate, evacuation, journalism, danger, escapades, society, racism ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
oregon, washington state
Similarity:
69%
3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
friendship, juvenile delinquency, friends, society, urban ghetto life, teenage life, power relations, youth, organized crime, heroic bloodshed, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taiwan, asia
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of centuries-old crime fighters known as the FISTS become modern day motorcycle riding superheroes by using spectecular ninja techniques to battle the forces of evil. The Dark Monk (their arch nemesis) has resurfaced from the criminal ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, manhunt, undercover, heroic mission, gang, one man army, supernatural ability, government agency, fighting crime, master warrior, superhero, master criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, california
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is ...
Style:
independent film, grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, gang, street gang, vigilantism, violence, revenge, nightclub, sailor, criminal gang, city, criminal, urban ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Johnny and Clyde are two serial killers who are madly in love and on an endless crime spree. Alana (Megan Fox) is the confident and cunning owner of a prosperous casino that generates tens of millions of dollars each year. Johnny and Clyde decide to ...
Style:
tense, detective, thrilling, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
love, male nudity, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, female protagonist, danger, relationships, love affair, fight, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Style:
psychotronic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, hotel, resort, ranch, escape, pandemic, survival, infidelity, love affair, trapped, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, chase, escapades, obsessive quest, airplane, adventurer, one man army, survival, danger, aviation, wilderness, treasure hunter ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A "gangster noir" set in the 1970s, when Gangnam, Seoul goes under development. Political powers and darker organizations collide as they seek to grab control of the influential and exclusive area.
Style:
sexy, erotic, exciting, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, passionate sex, buddies, political corruption, friends, dishonesty, violent content, asian sex, political unrest, danger, graphic violence ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
east asia, seoul, asia, korea
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An adventurer (Hamilton) decides to go in search of the lost city in the Amazon jungle. A motley crew of other people with reasons of their own decide to join him for the wealth of the lost city. But to their horror they find out that they have bit ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot:
jungle, treasure hunt, adventurer, amazon tribe, mad scientist, nazi hunter, amazon river, betrayal, investigation, chase, heroic mission, daring rescue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s, year 1965 ...
Place:
south america, usa, brazil
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Road of no Return follows the final nine days in the lives of four atypical hit men who are secretly brought together in a covert operation to fight the drug trafficking epidemic in the country.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, danger, politics, law enforcement, introspection, race against time, anti hero, rivalry, chases and races, heroes, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
54%
293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, disorder, urban ghetto, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dolph Lundgren is Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. His son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the ...
Style:
cliffhanger, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, tough heroes, one man army, die hard, rescue, escapades, race against time, danger, vengeance, undercover, chases and races, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
angola
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.
Style:
suspenseful, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
spy, military, chase, escape, swamp, manhunt, cold war, us military, stowaway, espionage, soldier, danger ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa, cuba, california
Similarity:
51%
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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:
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:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his own ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
monastery, terrorism, hang glider, kidnapping, hang gliding, castle, hostage, machine gun, aviation, airplane, explosions, missing person ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Style:
light, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, false accusation, chase, fugitives, danger, manhunt, runaway, escape, rescue, captivity, prison life, helicopter ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
mexico, latin america, ireland, boston
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman with a gun, yakuza, cop, violent content, partner, gangster, police detective, friends, undercover, fighting crime, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
Style:
detective, neo noir, grim, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, elevator, murder, drug dealer, chase, prostitute, disco, flashback, investigation, big city, explosions, undercover ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
46%
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330
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
heroes, save the day, rescue, police investigation, family relations, parents and children, law enforcement, danger, rebelliousness, escapades, woods, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than gold. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, unlikely partners, on the run, bounty hunter, escapades, danger, friendship, partner, chases and races, old west, conspiracy, civil war ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A martial artist tries to form a new life after leaving her husband who is a part of organized crime. But after her daughter is kidnapped, it's time for her to spring into action.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, rivalry, female martial artist, murder, mother daughter relationship, betrayal, haunted by the past, save the day, assassin, on the run, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
Style:
intense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, martial arts, trucker, small town, corruption, vengeance, missing person, justice, police corruption, judge, buddies, partner ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
usa, california, texas
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, tough guy, violence, gunfight, wind, battles, capitalism, shootout, machine gun ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An epic tale about a supremely intelligent young African-American male who rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to being a shining star in the lucrative world of high finance at Wall Street's most prestigious ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, action thriller ...
Plot:
law firm, wall street, rise to the top, ambition, workplace, urban, corporate world, moral dilemma, murder, rivalry, betrayal, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A martial arts instructor must enter the world of illegal pit fighting in order to save his family and his dojo.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
martial arts, ambition, rivalry, contests and competitions, dishonesty, fight, underground fighting, corruption, gambling, violence, battles, wrestler ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
42%
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