Movies like Across the Crescent Moon

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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
Original name: Across The Crescent Moon
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.
Plot: terrorist, police officer, kidnapping, muslim, human trafficking, kidnapper, acceptance, interfaith relationship
Place: the philippines

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, erotic, crying and poliziottesco films with plots about police officer, kidnapping, police, murder, revenge, gangster and prison mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Across the Crescent Moon: Manila's Finest (2015), Ekis: Walang Tatakas (1999), Hangga't May Hininga (1996), Batas Ng Lansangan (2002), Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Manila's Finest (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A film based on the life of retired Western Police District Colonel Jimmy Tiu, who last served as Sta. Mesa Police Station Commander.
Plot: police, van, pistol, chase, police officer, swat
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Ekis:  Walang Tatakas (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A reluctant kidnapper tries to leave his life of crime behind in this sexy thriller. Gene works for the local underworld syndicate but always treats his abductees with kindness. He begins a dangerous affair with ex-bar girl Dolor, who's ...
Style: erotic, crying
Plot: erotica, kidnapping, ransom, adultery, sex, fish, gymnasium, bread, swimmer, swimming pool, cyclist, news reporter ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Hangga't May Hininga (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Ellis gets imprisoned from trying to avenge the death of his brother, who helped him expose the illegal engagements of a military general. Ellis tries to recover from the tragedies in his life by being a relentless inmate in the jail. Ellis becomes ...
Plot: lawyer, legal action, prisoner, police officer, helicopter, government official, motorcycle, ex soldier, gang war, shot to death, exploding helicopter, revolver ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Batas Ng Lansangan (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with ...
Plot: assassin, military officer, murder, father daughter relationship, gangster, revenge, drug dealer
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A mother gives birth to twins. Unfortunately, they are separated. One of the children ends up in neighbouring Pakistan and grows up a devout Muslim named Tauheed, while the other grows up as a Hindu named Ajay. With the on-going rivalry and hatred ...
Plot: airport, soldier, twins separated at birth, writers, patriotism, patriot, muslim, hindu, terrorist, dual role
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Lost Command (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Philipino War Movie
Plot: nudity, child with gun, child, police officer, schoolboy, bus, murder, soldier, machine gun, rape, blood, jungle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.9
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Escape (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman ...
Plot: dictatorship, businessman, dictator, media, political repression, historical event, militarism, martial law, hunger, physical torture, despot, torture ...
Time: 70s, year 1977
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.0
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New Moon (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Ahmad belongs to the Bangsamoro people. While many of his kind are bent on fighting, thinking that Mindanao is only for the Muslims, Ahmad prefers to live a simple and peaceful life. He works as a doctor in Manila while his wife, Fatima, and his ...
Plot: rebel, muslim, military officer, lieutenant, soldier, rebellion, mutiny, conflict, family relations, doctor
Place: iraq, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Birador (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mike Santana is technically as person for he uses his position as a policeman to savagely murder people; he also manhandles his wife Gina. His partner in service is Frankie, a young loyal police who sticks with him through thick and thin. But in end ...
Plot: labor leader, police officer, womanizer, emergency room, bank robbery, fight, labor strike, assassin, bank robber, religious faith, church, mistress ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.9
 96
Whiteforce (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Australia, Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Johnny Quinn has been set up by a drug lord and must find a way to clear his name before the bad guys and his own agency put him in the ground.
Style: independent film
Plot: jungle warfare, jungle, intrigue, government, drug dealer, false accusation, espionage, secret agent, treason
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Coming Out Alive (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
Style: independent film
Plot: kidnapping, canuxploitation, terrorism, woman, father, obstacle, terrorist, assassin, son
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Kyoto Connection (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Christina, on arriving in Japan, acquaints a Japanese man at the airport who looks like a sap. He takes her to his apartment where he brutally rapes her and keeps her hostage and bound in chains. Christina's alluring beauty eventually enchants ...
Style: erotic
Plot: kidnapping, exploitation, rape, martial arts, female nudity, sex scene, woman, sex, bomb, airport, bare breasts, kidnapped woman ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Afuang Bounty Hunter (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An honest to goodness cop who labors to keep the honor of his badge. Fighting ruthless criminals, he has acquired the fury of the syndicates he is fighting. But despite all the threats that are coming his way he does not give up.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: murder, police, police station, robbery, arrest, billiards, bounty hunter, bribery, police officer, criminal syndicate
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Clementine (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: kidnapping, intergender wrestling, fighter, father daughter relationship, estranged parent, single father, hand to hand combat, cage fighting, girl, father, woman, daughter ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Heavens Indivisible (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A wealthy man comes to terms with his adopted sister.
Plot: damage, rivalry, jealousy, death of father, heart attack, stepmother, stepfather, death of mother, blind date, crystal, car, only child ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Mistah - Mga Mandirigma (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Witness the soldiers who risk their lives for the protection of the people. Giving up their personal hapiness to respond to the call of duty, the dedicated servicemen encounter tremendous excitement in the battlefield as the conflict between ...
Plot: civil war, soldier, firefight, restaurant, revenge, rape, suicide, military, military officer, ambush, military camp, buddy ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style: independent film
Plot: police officer, sheriff, kidnapping, corruption, daughter, town, wife, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Mano Po (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 110 min.
Story: During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly ...
Plot: immigrant, birthday, sister sister relationship, funeral, flashback, kidnapping, engagement, pregnancy, family business, rebellious daughter, patriarch, interracial romance ...
Time: year 1949
Place: the philippines
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39%
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No Way Out (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Joaquin (Polo Ravales), an unassuming fisherman, is forced to confront his homosexuality when his sex-starved wife Cynthia (Althea Vega) returns from her overseas job eager to get pregnant. His young and impulsive lover, Waldo (Joseph Bitangcol), ...
Style: queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, corrupt cop, male nudity, crooked cop, gay interest, kidnapping, gay sex, male stripper, kidnapper, police officer ...
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37%
Beauty and the Bestie (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min.
Story: For an important case, a policeman needs the help of his former best friend to impersonate the daughter of a foreign dignitary in a beauty pageant.
Style: captivating, satirical, entertaining, disturbing
Audience: chick flick
Plot: buddy, best friend, beauty pageant, working undercover, investigation, uncover truth, escapades, friends, con trick, friendship, police, disguise ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Whisper to God (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated ...
Plot: brain tumor, tumor, homicide, blindness, blind man, kidnapping, jail, friend, singer, rape, dancer, road accident
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The One-Armed Executioner (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. ...
Style: grindhouse, absurd
Plot: exploitation, interpol, espionage, martial arts, revenge, disabled person, rogue agent, dwarf, drug, boat, depression, husband wife relationship ...
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Ishmael (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of ...
Style: one man show
Plot: getting home, piano, locked in, worship, island, sin, pig, religious cult, church, tattoo, boat, water ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Tagore (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Tagore (Chiranjeevi) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. As pressure builds on Police and Government to track ...
Plot: vigilante justice, blood, kidnapping, hospital, corruption, death, prison, flashback, murder, corpse, ocean, death of friend ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Wala Ka Nang Puwang Sa Mundo (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: After many years of imprisonment, Miguel is finally freed. On the day of his liberation, Miguel promises himself a clean and honest life to win back the family he has lost during his incarceration. However, nobody wants to take in an ex-convict, his ...
Plot: old age, car crash, kidnapping, pistol, violence, gangster, prison, elderly, death, blood, driver, ex convict ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Iskalawag: Ang Batas Ay Batas (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An Filipino action police film directed by Francis Posadas .
Plot: firefight, father son relationship, robbery, friendship, police corruption, police, corrupt cop, police station, best friend, childhood friend, bank robber, bank robbery ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Bukas Bibitayin Si Itay (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: Elmo is an ex-convict who swears on his mother’s remains to live uprightly. After his life in prison, Elmo makes sure to avoid any conflict despite the mistreatment he receives from people. His wife Cathy seems discontent with the meager money her ...
Plot: wife, shootout, smoking, adultery, murder, bank, police, judge, confession, rage, father daughter relationship, torture ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Russian Terminator (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary is enlisted back into the life to rescue the boyfriend of the daughter of a powerful mogul.
Plot: woman with a gun, terminator, kidnapping, bare chested male, gangster, helicopter, kidnapper, ninja, kidnapped, boxer shorts, bathtub
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Squalor (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Four men, four stories, all intersect in Manila. Episode one is about Ariel, a con-man. Episode two is about Boy, an expectant father. In the third episode, Ronald goes to Manila to sell a building. And in the fourth story Baste saves his sister ...
Plot: nudity, swindle, con man, male nudity, drinking, restaurant, real estate, motel, police, baby, suicide, cell phone ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Utol (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Filipino crime drama film directed by Toto Natividad.
Plot: hooligan, firefight, shootout, reformed criminal, little brother, police officer, worker, brother vs brother, salesman, toys, betrayal, police ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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