Movies like Dragon Flies

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Dragon Flies (1975)
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Dragon Flies (1975)
Original name: The Man from Hong Kong
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng (Jimmy Wang Yu) from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
Style: grindhouse, perverse, realistic, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco, campy, cult film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, car chase, kung fu, 007, police, corruption, dojo, car, gangster, heroes, undercover, chase, chases and races, rivalry, society, drug dealing, working undercover, law enforcement, fighting crime, fight, karate, police officer, investigation, violence, drug lord ...
Time: 70s
Place: australia, hong kong, asia, sydney australia
Keyword: twilight, gangsters, chinese, australian

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Most similar movies to Dragon Flies

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, violence, martial arts, heroes, gangster, fistfight and law enforcement mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Dragon Flies: A Queen's Ransom (1976), The Knock Out Cop (1973), Legacy of Rage (1986), Rage of Honor (1987), My Father is a Hero (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Queen's Ransom (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: woman with a gun, 007, martial arts, crime investigation, terrorism, evil man, city, refugee, investigation, assassination, murder, princess ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Knock Out Cop (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!
Style: slapstick, fast, exciting, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, law enforcement, chase, cop, police, conspiracy, martial arts, heroes, gangster, murder, corruption, chief of police ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: africa, napoli italy, italy, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Legacy of Rage (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael, an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. Michael covets May ...
Style: heroic, cult classic, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, medieval, heroic bloodshed, gun fu, fight club, triad, revenge, gangster, heroes, friends, law enforcement ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.4
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Rage of Honor (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Japanese cop, Shiro, and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they are betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Singapore.
Style: retro, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ninja, medieval, mixed martial arts, drug lord, shootout, explosions, law enforcement, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: singapore, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Style: grindhouse, crime drama, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, karate, kung fu, yakuza, exploitation, guy, mixed martial arts, vigilante, knight, brutality, martial artist, tragic hero ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
My Father is a Hero (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An undercover cop struggling to provide for his son and ailing wife, must infiltrate a ruthless gang. But things turn sour when another cop blows his cover and he quickly finds himself battling for his life and the lives of his family.
Style: cult classic, scenic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, tough heroes, fight, triad, fight club, fight scenes, karate, epic battle, monster, wuxia, wu shu ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Last Man Standing (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police corruption, martial arts, chase, partner, bank, master criminal, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance, friendship, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old ...
Style: detective, cult classic, crime drama, independent film, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, one man army, friendship, one against many, teacher student relationship, homecoming, father son estrangement, showdown, brother brother relationship, crime boss, revenge ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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The Last of the Finest (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s
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Deadly Target (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, cop, gangster, gang, chinese mafia, heroes, law enforcement, missing person, chases and races, rivalry, tough heroes ...
Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Bodyguard (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to ...
Style: grindhouse, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: medieval, martial arts, yakuza, kung fu, shootout, abduction, showdown, karate, gangster, heroes, one man army, violent content ...
Time: 70s
Place: japan, usa, new york, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style: suspense, serious, cult classic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, police, partner, danger, fighting crime, drug dealing, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, police, gangster, buddy cop, drug lord, undercover cop, undercover, heroes, police detective, law enforcement, working undercover ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Island of Fire (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Style: action adventure, cult classic, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Stone (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In this classic Aussie counterculture flick, an undercover narc named Stone (Ken Shorter) is dispatched to infiltrate a satanic biker gang after one of its members witnesses a political assassination -- and the killer decides to take out the whole ...
Style: cult classic, hood, psychedelic, saga, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, biker, motorcycle, bike, gangster, murder, gang, underworld, underground, ghetto, investigation, motorcycle gang ...
Time: 70s
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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The Big Boss (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Chen is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at an ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the ...
Style: stylized, grindhouse, harsh, brutal, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, master warrior, smuggling, factory, brutality, martial artist, drug, fight scenes, drug smuggling, chinese immigrant ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: china, east asia, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Forced Vengeance (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
Style: cult classic, psychotronic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1982, 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A special agent assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kidnapping, police corruption, police investigation, kung fu, corruption, rescue, heroes, chases and races, rivalry, danger, good versus evil ...
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Rapid Fire (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
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Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Above the Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals ...
Style: action comedy, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, lawyer, vigilante, heroic bloodshed, fight, female fight, wuxia, master warrior, heroes, vigilantism ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The notorious “One-Armed Swordsman” who has spent the last two years retired from the martial world as a simple farmer with his wife. Of course this idyllic life is about to be sliced to ribbons by Chang’s wicked imagination. He concocts a ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, offbeat
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, violent, swordplay, handicapped, master warrior, one man army, poison gas, ambush, hostage ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
In the Line of Duty (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend ...
Style: perverse, hood, cult classic, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, kung fu, kickass women, terrorism, police shootout, police, female fight, gang, hot chick, woman with a gun, fight ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.3
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Dragon Squad (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: interpol, kidnapping, gangster, martial arts, undercover, chase, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, terrorism, law enforcer killer, master criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Code of Silence (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style: exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police officer, one man army, revenge, explosions, police, mafia, gangster, chase, hitman, police investigation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Street People (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Mafia boss is enraged when he is suspected of smuggling a heroin shipment into San Francisco. He dispatches his nephew, a hotshot Anglo-Sicilian lawyer, to identify the real culprit. The lawyer also enlists the aid of his best friend, a grand prix ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot: car chase, lawyer, car, 007, exploitation, smuggling, driver, mafia, gangster, partner, violent content, nudity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, san francisco, california, europe, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 3K
Yes, Madam! (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass ...
Style: stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, female martial artist, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, women, police detective, espionage, fish out of water, undercover, danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Heart of a Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
Style: cult classic, perverse, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu fighting, kung fu, karate, mitsubishi, mental health, disabled person, wuxia, gang, mental disorder, brother, rivalry ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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