Movies like Sweeney!

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Sweeney! (1977)
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Sweeney! (1977)
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 serious, suspenseful, realistic and neo noir films with plots about police, murder, pistol, death, violence, tough guy and machine gun mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Sweeney!: Sweeney 2 (1978), All Things To All Men (2013), Absolute Power (1997), Spooks: The Greater Good (2015), The Sweeney (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sweeney 2 (1978)
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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, poliziottesco
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, bare breasts, robbery, police investigation, tough law enforcer, private detective, master criminal, dishonesty, gang, partners against crime, investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 70s
Place: europe, london, england, scotland, malta
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95%
All Things To All Men (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, cons and scams, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Absolute Power (1997)
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: political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political ...
Plot: secret service, political corruption, murder mystery, politics, political conspiracy, conspiracy, assassination, president, justice, usa president, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, spy, corruption, disobeying orders, undercover, police, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, british intelligence, missing person ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Sweeney (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 51 min.
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Story: The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. The programme's title derives from ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: police, partners against crime, city, cop, partner, police brutality, violence, rivalry, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, realism, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: terrorism, redemption, on the run, gangster, haunted by the past, going straight, clergy, crime boss, anti hero, one last job, ex soldier, espionage ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: ireland, england, northern ireland, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
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, exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric ...
Plot: conspiracy, terrorism, espionage, hitman, assassin, politics, terrorist plot, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, terrorist, assassination ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Brannigan (1975)
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, realistic, semi serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: culture clash, car chase, chase, gangster, violence, assassin, gunfight, buddy cop, police investigation, fish out of water, police, revenge ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: chicago, england, london, scotland, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Triple 9 (2016)
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: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Sweeney (2012)
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, partner, murder, investigation, machismo, internal affairs, gold bar, partners against crime, law enforcement, jail ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: england, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Broken City (2013)
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: investigation, conspiracy, private detective, infidelity, betrayal, politics, mayor, political corruption, twists and turns, corruption, ex law enforcer, blackmail ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Murder at 1600 (1997)
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: suspenseful, suspense, political, tense, rough ...
Plot: conspiracy, politics, investigation, president, murder, secret service, corruption, white house, state affairs, love affair, secret service agent, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, asia, korea, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Beckett (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: While vacationing in Greece, Beckett, becomes the target of a manhunt after a devastating car accident forces him to run for his life across the country to clear his name but tensions escalate as the authorities close in and political unrest mounts ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: political conspiracy, tourist, tragic event, car accident, conspiracy, government conspiracy, anxiety, runaway, life risking, political unrest, escape attempt, evil plot ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: greece, athens greece
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34%
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Vantage Point (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, conspiracy, president, assassination, bomb, chase, betrayal, assassin, terrorist, espionage ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Point Blank (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, hospital, race against time, hostage, on the run, twists and turns, danger, life turned upside down, unlikely partners, confined, wanted, ransom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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34%
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Rain Fall (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police officer, hitman, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty, danger, chases and races, tough heroes, chase, police, conspiracy, deception ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, new york, asia, usa, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dark Blue (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
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: neo noir, tense, detective, harsh, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police investigation, police brutality, cop, police, corruption, investigation, police officer, rookie, robbery, partner, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, y2k, 90s, year 1992
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hard to Kill (1990)
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: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Courier (2019)
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, psychotronic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: female warrior, delivery man, one against many, dark heroine, black ops, ex special forces, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, mystery woman, haunted by the past, attempted murder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: washington d.c., new york, tower bridge london, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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32%
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
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, organized crime, investigation, police corruption, anti hero, criminal, moral ambiguity, justice, betrayal, police detective, law enforcement, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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The Courier (2019)
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, captivating, entertaining, exciting, crime thriller ...
Plot: police, female warrior, one woman army, danger, survival, crime boss, bomb, messenger, gunfight, chase, trap, chases and races ...
Time: 2010s
Place: tower bridge london, washington d.c., empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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32%
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Until Death (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style: rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot: addiction, vengeance, life is a bitch, police, violence, brutality, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge, martial artist, gory ...
Time: year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Point Men (2001)
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: terrorism, mossad, espionage, assassination, undercover, secret agent, vengeance, save the day, working undercover, female warrior, bodyguard, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: new york, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, austria, zurich switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Glimmer Man (1996)
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, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Maximum Force (1992)
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Chaos (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, bank robbery, police detective, investigation, police investigation, hostage, gangster, police, heist, vengeance, conspiracy, brutality ...
Time: year 2005
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Rogue City (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Caught in the crosshairs of police corruption and Marseille’s warring gangs, a loyal cop must protect his squad by taking matters into his own hands.
Style: suspense, tragic ending, tense, exciting, serious ...
Plot: mafia, french police, police corruption, police detective, italian mafia, police officer killed, police brutality, betrayal, police investigation, police shootout, coworker relationship, fighting crime ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: marseille, bronx new york city, paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Cutter (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, rescue, chase, missing person, martial arts, police investigation, daring rescue, rivalry, danger, escapades, master criminal, law enforcement ...
Place: los angeles, usa, europe, germany, vienna ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
A Force of One (1979)
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, police, karate, serial killer, xmas, murder mystery, vigilante, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, showdown ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Callan (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assasination of a german businessman, but Callan refuses to co-operate until he finds out why this man is marked for death.
Style: political thriller, freeze frame, poliziottesco, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot: spy, assassin, fight, post traumatic stress disorder, retirement, drunkenness, interrogation, flashback, corruption, disguise, torture, pistol ...
Time: 70s
Place: tower bridge london, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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