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Sweeney! (1977)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The film followed the adventures of DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen) is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it. Baker is the rising star of government, regarded a future prime minister, who is closely controlled by his urbane, manipulative American press secretary Elliot McQueen (Barry Foster). When Regan investigates the mysterious death of a prostitute as a favour to one of his informants, he becomes aware that Baker and McQueen might be involved. A spate of killings follow - which sees Regan take on both the criminals and the hierarchy of the Metropolitan Police and British security services. The outcome of the film was similar to that of the Profumo affair, through with a typical Sweeney bittersweet ending.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot:
police, president, investigation, politics, political conspiracy, police investigation, police detective, espionage, political intrigue, manipulation, law enforcement, bittersweet, dishonesty, state affairs, uncover truth, international crisis, fight, prostitute, police officer, escape, violence, hitman, assassin, female nudity, journalist ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard, big ben london, tower bridge london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and surprise ending films with plots about police, murder, violence, death, pistol, gun and chase mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Sweeney!: Sweeney 2 (1978), All Things To All Men (2013), A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Absolute Power (1997), Spooks: The Greater Good (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, poliziottesco, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, bare breasts, robbery, partners against crime, private detective, dishonesty, police investigation, investigation, law enforcement, gang, tough law enforcer, master criminal ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, scotland, england, europe, malta
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, scotland yard, london
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, female assassin, redemption, on the run, gangster, haunted by the past, clergy, going straight, assassin, crime boss, ex soldier, one last job ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, london, northern ireland, europe
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
murder mystery, secret service, politics, usa president, political corruption, father daughter relationship, political conspiracy, president, conspiracy, justice, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, female agent, british intelligence, escape, one man army, corruption, disobeying orders, police, secret agent, uncover truth ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Style:
tense, exciting, stylized, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
master criminal, conspiracy, organized crime, police corruption, police detective, chase, criminal, justice, betrayal, moral ambiguity, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, iceland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, psychological, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorist, murder, assassination attempt, secret agent, manhunt, frame up, uncover truth, danger, espionage, state affairs, on the run ...
Time:
1910s, year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one ...
Place:
big ben london, london, england, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the '70s UK TV show, The Sweeney is an action-packed British police thriller from the director of Football Factory. Jack Regan (Ray Winstone), a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police brutality, police corruption, murder, machismo, investigation, internal affairs, arrest, partner, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, partners against crime ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of ...
Style:
detective, black comedy, fast, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
culture clash, fish out of water, car chase, violence, assassin, gunfight, kidnapping, chase, gangster, buddy cop, police investigation, reluctant partners ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, suspense, political, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, murder, president, secret service, corruption, political conspiracy, assassin, murder investigation, framed for murder, illicit affair, white house ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, korea, asia, north korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
french police, chase, police, danger, police detective, murder, death, violence, law enforcement, partners against crime, partner, buddy cop ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
marseille, france
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, private detective, conspiracy, twists and turns, betrayal, politics, infidelity, mayor, political corruption, corruption, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tragic ending, serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
marseille, paris france, france, bronx new york city
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, black comedy ...
Plot:
one woman army, female warrior, police, danger, survival, gunfight, crime boss, chase, bomb, messenger, trap, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Style:
tense, neo noir, detective, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, police officer, police investigation, police brutality, cop, corruption, investigation, profanity, rookie, robbery, partner, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, y2k, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, terrorism, bodyguard, espionage, undercover, female assassin, murder of a nude woman, female warrior, secret agent, assassination, assassination attempt, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, jerusalem, austria, zurich switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Style:
independent film, christmas horror, cult classic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, karate, police, serial killer, xmas, martial arts tournament, santa claus, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
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 ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, cannon, undercover, investigation, murder, friendship, chases and races, dishonesty, reluctant partners, partners against crime, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, reluctant partners, aikido, police investigation, murder, brutality, violence, hitman, buddy cop, justice, buddy, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
32%
15K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped inside, including her younger ...
Style:
crying, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, f word
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
united kingdom, britain, london, england
Similarity:
32%
60K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, police detective, bank robbery, police investigation, hostage, brutality, gangster, dirty cop, vengeance, conspiracy, corruption, buddy cop ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, delivery man, ex special forces, one against many, black ops, dark heroine, crime boss, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, badass female lead, mystery woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, london, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
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