Movies like Prime Target
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Prime Target (1991)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Maverick Cop John Bloodstone is taken off suspension to ferry a Mob Boss into custody. But all is not what it seems.....
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Plot:
fbi, bandit, prison, gangsters, special agents, on the road, bank, law enforcement, small town, police detective, small town life, dishonesty, criminal heroes, mafia, police officer, violence, hostage, court, gunfight, tough cop, informant, testimony, police shootout, final showdown, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, rough, serious and suspenseful films with plots about law enforcement, dishonesty, deadly, chases and races, rivalry, criminal heroes and gangsters mostly in Crime, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Prime Target: Twisted Justice (1990), High Voltage (1998), Swelter (2014), Hitman's Run (1999), Bad Cop (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of "The Bullseye Murderer," a psychotic rapist who takes a new drug ...
Style:
futuristic, realistic, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, monster, distopia, illegal drugs, psychopath, police corruption, chase, mad scientist, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, investigation ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, criminal heroes, disorder, gangsters, law enforcement, good versus evil, crime gone awry, rivalry, bank, murder, money laundering, mexican standoff ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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94%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal heroes, uncover truth, track down, betrayal, dishonesty, small town, twists and turns, police shootout, memory loss, graphic violence, police officer, police officer killed ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that has a list ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
fbi, gangsters, suspense, witness protection, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, woman in danger, husband wife relationship, crime boss, one man army, buddy, bandit ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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211
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cop Angel Almaraz saves the life of a local crime boss who, in return, offers him a job as part of his security. Almaraz accepts but soon has doubts.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
police corruption, law enforcement, legends and myths, criminal heroes, dishonesty, gangsters, police detective, bandit, gunfight, drug dealer, drugs, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough, gloomy ...
Plot:
murder, rivalry, life is a bitch, investigation, vengeance, dishonesty, law enforcement, terrorism, legal, contests and competitions, small town life, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, law enforcement, fish out of water, criminal heroes, dishonesty, culture clash, disorder, tough heroes, organized crime, hitman, spy, killer ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, paris france, usa, california, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, art theft, murder, gangsters, on the road, cons and scams, on the run, partners, law enforcement, dishonesty, rivalry, misfit partners ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, crime gone awry, obsessive quest, nothing goes right, criminal's revenge, disorder, on the road, ex convict, erotica ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A former actress, unjustly sent to prison eight years earlier, is forced to testify against a mafia hit man.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
district attorney, witness, police detective, law enforcement, on the run, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, chase, legal, life is a bitch, couple relations, woman in danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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325
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir
Plot:
on the run, warehouse, mob boss, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, gang, dishonesty, criminal heroes, going straight, gangsters, crime gone awry ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, murder, hitman, police officer, gunfight, mafia, police, corruption, urban setting, nypd, chase, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A cop teams up with an FBI agent to track down a counterfeiter.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam veteran, police officer, fbi, counterfeiter, confined, special agents, law enforcement, rivalry, vengeance, track down, undercover, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
721
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, suspense, nypd, youth, police, xenophobia, ku klux klan, white supremacy, reluctant partners, witnessing a crime, partners, vigilantism ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. ...
Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
gangsters, master criminal, fighting crime, heist, missing person, kidnapping, criminal's revenge, uninhibited rivalry, folk hero, obsessive quest, rivalry, crime gone awry ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Movies similar to Kill Switch
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ma Barker (Theresa Russell) and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's "most wanted" list in the 1930s.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
gangsters, heist, missing person, dishonesty, criminal, criminal heroes, confined, special agents, law enforcement, robbery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence ...
Time:
1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
201
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, police investigation, gang, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, police corruption, urban ghetto life, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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:
campy, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
frame up, murder, chase, confined, law enforcement, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, on the run, dishonesty, death row, wrongfully committed, prison life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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180
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
rescue, law enforcement, intrigue, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, kidnapping, revenge, special agents, loss of partner, criminal's revenge, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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:
realistic, serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, vigilantism, murder, drug abuse, hostage, graphic violence, gangsters, track down, heroes, law enforcement, fighting crime, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manipulation, dishonesty, gang, tv show, rivalry, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, track down, criminal heroes, journalism, media, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
law enforcement, torture, fbi, police investigation, police corruption, master criminal, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, disorder, gangsters, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, accountant ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
special agents, investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, master criminal, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, track down, martial arts, serial killer ...
Place:
memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robbery, police shootout, police detective, alcohol abuse, store, heist, rivalry, track down, law enforcement, partners, criminal heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, gangsters, prison gang, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, prison life, life is a bitch, dishonesty, drug dealing, gang, urban ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Movies similar to Joyride
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. The next thing she knows, she has been drugged, kidnapped, made a redhead, tattooed, and wearing ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
fbi, ransom, kidnapping, beach, space travel, cons and scams, college, down on your luck, missing person, unlikely criminals, law enforcement, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and ...
Style:
exciting, cynical, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, yakuza, martial arts, undercover agent, heroes, murder, showdown, hitman, tough heroes, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, mafia, exploitation, murder, gang, dishonesty, on the run, witnessing a crime, legal, rebellion, law enforcement, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It is 1985, and a small, tranquil Florida town is being rocked by a wave of vicious serial murders and bank robberies. Particularly sickening to the authorities is the gratuitous use of violence by two “Rambo” like killers who dress themselves ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
criminal, police, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, crime gone awry, rivalry, chase, police investigation, on the run, fighting crime, special agents ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
usa, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
murder, special agents, investigation, uncover truth, private detective, who done it, law enforcement, dishonesty, small town, ex husband ex wife relationship, fbi agent, frame up ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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