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Number One with a Bullet (1987)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, buddy movie, buddy comedy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, friendship, murder, investigation, undercover, working undercover, law enforcement, police corruption, partners, drug abuse, demotion, buddies, dishonesty, partners against crime, reluctant partners, mafia, airplane, drugs, musician, drug addict, aviation, police officer, truck, death, torture ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, rough and serious films with plots about law enforcement, murder, partners, gunfight, deadly, police investigation and tough law enforcer mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Number One with a Bullet: Death Toll (2008), Nighthawks (1981), Shakedown (1988), Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011), The Corruptor (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, ...
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usa, louisiana, new orleans
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
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boys' night
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lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, fighting the system, legal action, police investigation, bad cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, rivalry, drug dealing, reluctant partners ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) delivers an intense, electrifying performance in this explosive follow-up to the gritty urban crime thriller Street Kings. Liotta plays Detroit detective Marty Kingston, the leader of an undercover narcotics team, whose ...
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boys' night
Plot:
murder, police investigation, police corruption, investigation, working undercover, vigilantism, partners against crime, uncover truth, gunfight, corruption, twists and turns, cop as target ...
Time:
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detroit, usa, michigan
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81%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
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boys' night
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gangsters, chase, police investigation, murder, police corruption, organized crime, partners, law enforcement, buddy cop, police, gunfight, partners against crime ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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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 ...
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68%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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usa
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65%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, eleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment of his wife. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
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59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same stark realism of the original. In Saga Two, the Royal Hong Kong Police put into operation a new plan to counteract the problem of increasing violent ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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894
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named ...
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Duration: 90 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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