Movies like The Suspect 1998

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The Suspect (1998)
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The Suspect (1998)
Original name: 極度重犯
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Louis Koo plays an assassin who wants to go straight after getting out of prison, so he turns down a job from his former employer Simon Yam to kill a politician. Yam carries out the hit himself and manages to frame Koo for the crime, who then must run from both the cops and criminals as he tries to clear his name.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, politics, conspiracy, false accusation, die hard, friendship, murder, ex convict, prison, heroes, investigation, undercover, life is a bitch, fugitives, chases and races, media, law enforcement, confined, campaign, dishonesty, going straight, state affairs, wrongfully committed, prison escape, hostage ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about law enforcement, rivalry, deadly, chases and races, dishonesty, danger and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Suspect: Full Alert (1997), Black Ransom (2010), The First Shot (1993), Eye in the Sky (2007), Marked Man (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Full Alert (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style: heroic, neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, car chase, cop, triad, heist, battles, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, danger, confined, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Black Ransom (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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83%
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The First Shot (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During a period of widespread police corruption, Ti Lung is a stubborn cop who takes on both the mob and the political establishment.
Style: heroic, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, law enforcement, kung fu, gunfight, dirty cop, martial arts, undercover cop, corruption, murder, gangster, police detective, betrayal ...
Time: 70s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Eye in the Sky (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: master criminal, undercover, fighting crime, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Marked Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: frame up, murder, wrestling, chase, law enforcement, dishonesty, chases and races, on the run, life is a bitch, confined, criminal heroes, wrongfully committed ...
Time: 90s
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Prison on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ching and Yiu and problems they face with Mickey, a fellow inmate and "Assassin", a prison guard. Yiu is sentenced to three years for manslaughter. In a fight for his father, he pushed a man and was run over by a bus. Ching was sent to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, prison escape, prison break, favoritism, escape, gangster, injustice, friends, survival, confined, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
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55%
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Golgo 13 (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, martial arts, yakuza, assassination, superhero, killer, triad, female assassin, assassin, sniper, karate, drug cartel ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: asia, tokyo, kyoto japan, hong kong
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Heroic Duo (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, investigation, hypnosis, undercover, police investigation, dishonesty, haunted by the past, police corruption, memory loss, martial arts, frame up ...
Place: china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Proximity (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: prison, false accusation, law enforcement, frame up, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, confined, protagonist as suspect, criminal heroes, anti hero, jail, trial ...
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Silent Partner (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot: politics, cia, investigation, undercover, law enforcement, state affairs, political corruption, dishonesty, spy, criminal heroes, chases and races, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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Road of No Return (2009)
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: tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, undercover, danger, introspection, race against time, politics, law enforcement, anti hero, heroes, rivalry, orphan, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Double Tap (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, police detective, murder, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, master criminal, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, triad ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Once a Thief (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong ...
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, gangster, renegade, rivalry, manhunt, haunted by the past, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, master criminal, going straight, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Women on the Run (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The plot includes the plight of two women who both find themselves betrayed by the men they love. It's a violent female 'buddy' movie, with two mismatched heroines, a policewoman (Cheung) & a drug addicted prostitute(Guo) ...
Style: fast, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nude fight, kung fu, martial arts, partner, violent content, police detective, injustice, heroes, life is a bitch, dishonesty, chases and races, prostitute ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, canada
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Crusader (2005)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The World Of Mass Communication Is About To Become Unplugged.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tech noir
Plot: murder, investigation, uncover truth, journalism, protagonist as suspect, terrorism, dishonesty, danger, politics, political corruption, false accusation, frame up ...
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Triad Wars (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, kidnapping, police investigation, hitman, gangster, vigilantism, vengeance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger, gory ...
Time: 21st century
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Century of the Dragon (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rookie policeman Shing (Louis Koo) grapples with right and wrong in this action-packed story about Hong Kong gangsters. Assigned to go undercover, Shing is so successful in playing the part of a gang member that he becomes right-hand man to gang ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, spy, organized crime, fight club, undercover agent, undercover police officer, criminal heroes, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, unlikely partners ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, terrorism, special agent, secret agent, violent content, conspiracy, rivalry, state affairs, race against time, working undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, england, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Tiger Cage (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are ...
Style: bloody, cult classic, heroic, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, police officer, fight club, police, gangster, betrayal, police corruption, frame up, partner, police detective ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong
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38%
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Black Cat (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Catherine is a violent and disturbed young lady who is shot down by the government in one of her escapades. She wakes up in a training facility and is taught to use weapons, combat, and is put through heavy endurance training. When she is done, she ...
Style: fast, serious, realistic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, spy, female protagonist, heroic bloodshed, kung fu, brutality, assassin, rage, murder, love, conspiracy, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia, japan
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38%
The Stool Pigeon (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, danger, fighting crime, police detective, estrangement, dishonesty, gangster, spy, undercover police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Legendary Assassin (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An assassin who is fresh from his latest kill becomes stranded in an island, when he inadvertently befriends a female police officer. As the night progresses, the unspoken truth honored by the two sides of the law is broken. After the remains of a ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police investigation, mysterious character, on the run, gang, friendship, law enforcement, moral dilemma, rivalry, medieval, hitman, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Countdown (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: terrorism, hostage, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, murder, conflict, circus, confined, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Prison on Fire II (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Ching is a prisoner in a Honk Kong jail that has a large population of Mainland Chinese prisoners. Ching escapes to see his young son, who he has been put in an orphanage. He surrenders himself to authorities, but the vengeful chief of security, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, heroic bloodshed, jail, triad, partner, violent content, tough heroes, friends, chases and races, rivalry, vengeance, confined ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Slow Burn (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, murder, psychopath, female detective, reluctant partners, law enforcement, police investigation, who done it, partner, dishonesty, life is a bitch, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Rebellion (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over ...
Style: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, assassination attempt, tough heroes, danger, save the day, murder, politics, car chase, couple relations, heroes, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Assassins Tale (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a better life. Together, they prove to be the most trustworthy in this tangled web of murder, greed, friendship and betrayal.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: medieval, destiny, dishonesty, murder, danger, violence, woman with a gun, assassin, mobster, loyalty, low lives, gambling ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Third Wave (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: murder, organized crime, police detective, gangster, dishonesty, danger, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, gang, woman in danger, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
Style: heroic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: triad, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, martial arts, gangster, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, gang, betrayal, life is a bitch, fighting crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Zero Tolerance (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After surviving a sneak attack on himself and fellow agents Jimmy and Gene as they were transporting drug kingpin Raymond Manta out of a Mexican jail, FBI agent Jeff Douglas becomes an uwitting pawn of the White Hand drug cartel. Mistakenly told ...
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: die hard, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, violent content, gangster, special agent, hitman, tough heroes, drug dealing, master criminal, criminal's revenge ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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