Movies like Three
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Three (2016)
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Original name: 三人行
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Realising that he will be defeated in no time during a police showdown, a thug shoots himself to force the cops to cease fire and take him to the hospital. In the hospital, he claims human rights to refuse immediate treatment in order to buy time for his underlings to rescue him. The detective in charge sees through his scheme but decides to play along so as to capture his whole gang once and for all.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, heroic, exciting
Plot:
police officer, husband wife relationship, police detective, police, policewoman, robbery, police shootout, gangster, triad, gunfight, heroic bloodshed, woman with a gun, paralysis, criminal, doctor, hospital, surgeon, coma, capture, bomb, surgery, telephone call, classical music, police station, human rights ...
Place:
china, hong kong
Keyword:
chinese, gangsters, doctors
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, heroic and realistic films with plots about police, violence, police officer, shootout, heroic bloodshed, police officer killed and gangster mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Three: Loving You (1995), The White Storm (2013), Drug War (2012), Rock N' Roll Cop (1994), Double Tap (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong detective has a change of heart after taking a bullet in the head.
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
An operation against the notorious druglord in Thailand changed the destiny of a HK narcotic team- the workaholic captain lost his men and bright career; the loyal officer was abandoned and went missing; the undercover cop who was salvaged chose to ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Hong Kong cop is sent to mainland China to find a group of killers. Meanwhile, a cop discovers that his former love is aiding the gang of crooks.
Style:
heroic
Plot:
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Place:
hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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:
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Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, police detective, murder, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, master criminal, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, triad ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Former cop-turned-bar owner Kwok and his underachieving half-brother befriends a drunken woman, they soon find themselves targeted by both her former lover, a high-powered attorney, and the gangster he employs. A suitcase full of tainted cash enters ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; in order to do this he must obtain some handguns; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or ...
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Place:
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55%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Myanmar
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong, China
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Hong Kong
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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