Movies like Wild Thing
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Wild Thing (1987)
661
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's slums. Years later he emerges to help the residents of the area who are being terrorized by street gangs and drug dealers.
Style:
fairy tale, campy, rough, uplifting, serious, realistic, surreal
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban legend, gang, stalking, orphan, life is a bitch, rivalry, society, drug dealing, hopes, save the day, heroic mission, urban ghetto life, righting the wronged, urban ghetto, rape, ghetto, prostitute, crime boss, tarzan, drug dealer, african american, savage, crooked cop, nightclub, social worker ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to Wild Thing
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about life is a bitch, gang, society, rivalry, gangsters, urban and urban ghetto life mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Wild Thing: Stryker (2004), Oxy-Morons (2010), Corrupt (1999), Enemy Territory (1987), The Zone (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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203
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film follows a 14-year-old arsonist in Winnipeg who becomes involved in a turf war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad (a now defunct Filipino gang). He is known only as Stryker, a slang term for a prospective gang member.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, tense, bleak
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, youth, rivalry, life is a bitch, society, coming of age, urban ghetto life, nude, urban ghetto, immigrants ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It's an action-packed thriller that borders on horror centered around the effects of the opioid Oxycontin.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, disturbing
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, life is a bitch, society, addiction, drug abuse, urban ghetto life, suspense, gang, urban ghetto, siblings relations, graphic violence, karate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, hip hop, hip hop culture, urban setting, urban ghetto, drug dealing, life is a bitch, social misfits, criminal heroes, youth, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, survival, confined, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, street gang, violence, murder, suspense, racial injustice, insurance agent ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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209
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, hostage, conspiracy, battles, save the day, one man army, good versus evil, rivalry, special agents, confined, espionage ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who becomes caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime families while struggling to leave the streets behind. When Black's family raids one of ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hip hop, gangsters, gang, rivalry, urban ghetto life, vengeance, drug dealing, going straight, introspection, lifestyle, moral dilemma, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
201
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, police investigation, gang, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, police corruption, urban ghetto life, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rival gang, working undercover, undercover, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, rivalry, partners against crime, partners, gang war, african american, gang warfare ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco ...
Style:
campy, surreal, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disco, blaxploitation, martial arts, drugs, exploitation, gangsters, nightclub, cult, drug abuse, black cop, vice squad, intoxication ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 ⇓
68%
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Lockdown similar movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
People always told Santos he was something special. His Uncle told him to get a skill, so he became a hustler and with his three,they became "The Stick Up Kids" Harlem would never be the same. They thought they had it all... Money, cars, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, buddies, friends, urban ghetto life, society, dishonesty, cons and scams, african american, graphic violence, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Plot:
gang, gangsters, arms dealing, kids in trouble, african american, police, hip hop culture, rap, hip hop, blaxploitation, troubled youth, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vietnam war, revenge, ku klux klan, vigilantism, racial issues, racism, vietnam veteran, injustice, vengeance, rebellion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, murder, vigilantism, criminal heroes, vengeance, prison life, police investigation, dishonesty, life is a bitch, confined, redemption, law enforcement ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, gangsters, prison gang, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, prison life, life is a bitch, dishonesty, drug dealing, gang, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Films like Never Die Alone
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style:
uplifting, touching, rough, serious, feel good ...
Plot:
going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, society, parents and children, hopes, street kid, urban ghetto life, gang, blaxploitation, gangsters, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, rough
Plot:
street art, juvenile delinquency, gang, social decay, hip hop, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, society, youth, teenage life, politics, art ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ronald, an eight year-old biracial boy, sees his life turning upside down after witnessing the brutal murder of his mother by his father. Often moved from one foster home to the next, Ronald is recruited by a street gang where he dwells in a life of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
gangsters, going straight, gang, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, family relations, death of mother, revenge, children, held captive, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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346
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, redemption, addiction, drug dealing, rivalry, life is a bitch, heroes, lone wolves, city life, fight, violence, kidnapping ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack in an organization called YIP, run by Carlos.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychotronic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, undercover, drugs, social worker, addiction, alcohol abuse, working undercover, urban ghetto life, teenage life, society, youth, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Movies like State Property
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Plot:
rivalry, hip hop, gangsters, injustice, martial arts, criminal heroes, law enforcement, urban ghetto life, arms deal, arms dealer, hip hop culture, african american ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
2K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bleak
Plot:
gang, girl gang, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, vengeance, social decay, gang leader, youth, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, society, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
859
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, hostage, injustice, false accusation, murder, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, legal investigation, who done it, police corruption, legal action ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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422
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Trane is a decorated war hero just shipped home to the States from Afghanistan after the brutal murder of his wife and child back in Rockaway, Queens. Upon his return, Trane encounters his old friend Dave, who describes the new forces of crime and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, rough, tense, serious
Plot:
downfall, soldier, vengeance, police corruption, vigilantism, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, law enforcement, gangsters, criminal's revenge, murder, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, rough, realistic, serious, bleak
Plot:
prison, gang, prison riot, prison life, false accusation, life is a bitch, redemption, confined, murder, family life, dishonesty, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Films like Sket
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a violent gang war, the police commissioner must find who is killing young children before the next innocent victim dies.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Plot:
drug dealing, gang, racism, dishonesty, unlikely partners, urban ghetto life, serial killer, gang violence, immigrants, society, city life, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, daring rescue, rescue, confined, save the day, rivalry, race against time, undercover, special agents, escapades, government agency ...
Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ray Trueblood, member of a street gang, is framed by an enemy of a rival gang, Billy "Spider" Masters. Ray is accused of killing a cop and he has to escape leaving behind his little brother, Donny. Ten years later Ray returns to his ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, frame up, vengeance, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, criminal heroes, family relations, siblings relations, false accusation, brother brother relationship, woman with a gun, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, cons and scams, going straight, drug dealing, law enforcement, addiction, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, drug abuse, rivalry ...
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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468
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Journalism student Simon Tate thinks it's strange when four students at the university suddenly die in "unrelated" accidents. When his friend, Dr. Benjamin Roanic, becomes the prime suspect and is suddenly murdered, Simon sets out to ...
Style:
serious, experimental, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
aids, conspiracy, journalism, rivalry, law enforcement, uncover truth, life is a bitch, gambling, on the run, graphic violence, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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