Movies like Sunland Heat
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Sunland Heat (2004)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 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, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, rivalry, assassin, betrayal, murder, mother daughter relationship, female martial artist, haunted by the past, save the day, suspense, starting over, on the run, female fight, woman with a gun, heroes, revenge, kidnapping, sex scene, death, divorce, mistress, father daughter relationship, martial arts training, female fighter ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
brazil
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about rivalry, danger, heroes, martial arts, vengeance, suspense and murder mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Sunland Heat: Streets of Rage (1993), Ten Dead Men (2008), Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013), Falcon Rising (2014), Tajomaru: Avenging Blade (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Melody Sails is an investigative reporter on Hollywood's juvenile delenquincy, and runs across Lunar, the crimelord. With the help of a 12-year old street-kid, she will get to him, but will she down him in the climactic fight to the death, or ...
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realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
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martial arts, female martial artist, female fight, monster, women, femme fatale, prostitution, swat team, law enforcement, prostitute, journalism, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in ...
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exciting, serious, tense, captivating, realistic ...
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gangsters, martial arts, vengeance, betrayal, rivalry, murder, haunted by the past, starting over, chase, suspense, prodigy, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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75%
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 ...
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tense, captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
motorcycle race, rivalry, gang, vengeance, betrayal, dishonesty, motorcycle chase, tough heroes, social relations, biker, suspense, motorcycle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, marine, gangsters, fight, master warrior, rivalry, urban ghetto, track down, rage, betrayal, male nudity, monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures ...
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exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
save the kingdom, escapades, rivalry, martial arts, heroes, bandit, medieval, revenge, love and romance, murder, suspense, betrayal ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Captured international assassins are locked up inside a high-tech bunker known as the Killing Chamber. To break out of this concrete hell they must duel each other, fight deadly ninjas and battle against gangs of masked maniacs. And... if they ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, murder, survival, rivalry, mortal combat, captivity, battles, violence, brutality, medieval, female fighter, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, usa
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69%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the seedy underground of illegal prizefighting, a corrupt boxing promoter is embroiled in a dangerous fight-fixing scheme with his female prizefighter.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female boxer, martial arts, haunted by the past, dishonesty, betrayal, contests and competitions, athlete's life, chase, cons and scams, father daughter relationship, female fighter, suspense ...
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oklahoma, florida, utah, missouri, kentucky ...
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69%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Manit (Jon Foo) witnessed the murder of his parents when he was just 10 years old. The killers shot him in the head, but he miraculously survived. However, the damage to his brain left him unable to experience regular human emotions. A martial arts ...
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exciting, tense, captivating, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, martial arts training, track down, master warrior, murder, suspense, revenge, graphic violence, karate, one man army, kung fu ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female fighter, good versus evil, female fight, woman with a gun, suspense, righting the wronged, gangsters, witnessing a crime, rivalry, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
revenge, bounty hunter, female protagonist, female gunfighter, female fighter, society, death, murder, violence, suspense, on the run, chase ...
Time:
1860s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, save the day, rescue, confined, government agency, espionage, undercover, one man army, secret agents, law enforcement, dishonesty, female gunfighter ...
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68%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A laborer moves to Shanghai in the hope of becoming rich. But ends up using his kung fu skills to survive. Remake of The Boxer From Shantung.
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exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, gang, rivalry, fight, suspense, society, master warrior, heroes, graphic violence, hopes, kurd ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
shanghai, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, undercover, vengeance, suspense, woman with a gun, spy, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, confined, race against time, forced into action, suspense, murder, graphic violence, heroes, kidnapping, tough heroes, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape and revenge, biker, revenge, female fighter, woman with a gun, motorcycle, martial arts, women, female fight, desert, female martial artist, beauty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
uncover truth, rivalry, haunted by the past, hitman, heroes, dishonesty, political corruption, vengeance, vigilantism, betrayal, life is a bitch, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Magnificent Mimi is a woman with a destiny and a bright future ahead of her. She is the world's greatest female wrestling champion, she has a loving boyfriend and loyal family members who care and love her. But things take a turn for the worst ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
wrestling, female fight, martial arts, fight, competition, women's wrestling, revenge, murder, female bodybuilder, femme fatale, graphic violence, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, on the run, pregnancy, haunted by the past, rivalry, drug dealing, vigilantism, revenge, murder, death of father, suspense, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
puerto rico, usa, latin america, new york, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During the Roman Empire, General Crassius ruled a small province with an Iron fist. Serena, a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her parents. Crassius and Serena's destiny would lead them to the Gladiator ring; the Amazons Warrior ...
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serious, captivating, exciting, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
amazon, female warrior, sword fight, rivalry, vengeance, heroes, heroic mission, roman empire, girl power, female fighter, medieval, gladiator ...
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65%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father
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exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gang, rivalry, tough heroes, desert, old west, escapades, murder, chase, suspense, hunt down, vengeance ...
Time:
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64%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense
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boys' night, teens
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martial arts, vengeance, gang, vigilantism, gangsters, escapades, murder, brutality, suspense, violence, revenge, righting the wronged ...
Place:
los angeles
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64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Modesty, raised by a casino owner after being abandoned by her parents, has become skilled in the ways of fighting and now acts as the casino owner's bodyguard. When she's unable to prevent the owner's murder at the hands of an old ...
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boys' night
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gorgeous lethal killer, brainwashed by the villain, makes a startling discovery in a mission to eliminate a person she can in no way imagine.
Style:
realistic, captivating, rough, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, martial arts, kung fu, murderer, suspense, master warrior, woman in danger, rivalry, master villain, revenge, gang, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Stacie Randall plays Harley, a Special Forces agent-turned-investigator, who arrives on the scene of an apparent mob hit to help the local police. In actuality, she's hunting down Francis Lydell, her former C.O. and lover, who shot her in the ...
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exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female martial artist, female fighter, terrorism, female fight, woman with a gun, suspense, women, gulf war, rivalry, undercover, partners against crime, special agents ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Spears, a private detective working in L.A. receives word from an old friend that the friend's sister (and Spears' ex-girlfriend), Kim, has been kidnapped by a criminal gang. At first, Spears doesn't want to get involved, especially ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger ...
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boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, kung fu, betrayal, mortal combat, vengeance, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, dishonesty, track down, haunted by the past ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia, ancient china
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vengeance, secret agents, undercover, working undercover, hitman, government agency, heroes, starting over, murder, female agent, suspense ...
Place:
usa, florida, colombia
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64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
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exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female martial artist, female fighter, suspense, woman with a gun, female fight, heroic bloodshed, fistfight, fight, heroes, kickboxer, graphic violence ...
Time:
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Place:
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63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to ...
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Plot:
chinese mafia, gangsters, rivalry, dishonesty, betrayal, medieval, love triangle, fight club, heroic bloodshed, graphic violence, criminal heroes, gang ...
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Place:
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