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'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
 5.6
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'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
Original name: Sheba, Baby
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Style: detective, grindhouse, neo noir, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, undercover, female protagonist, private detective, woman with a gun, martial arts, revenge, machine gun, strong female lead, women, black cast, exploitation, social commentary, female fight, badass female lead, homecoming, gangster, african american, organized crime, parents and children, chases and races, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, strong female presence ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: kentucky, chicago, illinois, louisville kentucky, usa, united states of america
Keyword: gangsters, operation

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, violence, gangster, murder, martial arts, shootout and deadly mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like 'Sheba, Baby': Foxy Brown (1974), Coffy (1973), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Original Gangstas (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Foxy Brown (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, hood, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, revenge, rape, rape and revenge, vigilante, gangster, female exploitation, prostitution, exploitation, black, drug addiction, social commentary ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.8
 13K
Coffy (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Style: grindhouse, hood, sexy, neo noir, grim ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vigilante, revenge, gangster, female exploitation, tough girl, violence, vigilantism, exploitation, addiction, black, murder ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A United States Special Agent is assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy her.
Style: hood, action adventure, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, female warrior, martial arts, female spy, spy, exploitation, murder, police, black, jazz, black history, women ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Style: epic, neo noir, hood, grim, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, murder, gangster, private detective, chase, exploitation, police investigation, undercover, black, investigation, racism, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Original Gangstas (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style: hood, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vigilante, urban, female warrior, vigilantism, gang, murder, black, ghetto, vengeance, tough heroes, culture clash ...
Time: year 1996, year 2016, 90s
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, black man white woman relationship, exploitation, black, woman with a gun, robbery, vigilante, hitman, nudity, gangster, vigilantism, heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.7
 2K
Trouble Man (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, music, woman with a gun, boxing, gambling, police, murder, billiards ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Black Mama White Mama (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight ...
Style: grindhouse, realistic, serious, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: women in prison, blaxploitation, prostitute, prison, female prisoner, female exploitation, lesbian, racial tension, jungle, women's prison, sexual desire, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 6.0
 34K
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 ⇓
46%
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%
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gunfight, survival, police station, siege, claustrophobia, ambush, street gang, prison, gang, convict, revenge, gangster ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.1
 2K
Bucktown (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, black, african american, martial arts, redneck, brother, betrayal, prostitute, racism, nightclub, small town ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Marked for Death (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a ...
Style: grindhouse, neo noir, grim, hood, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, gangster, black, mafia, gang, murder, mobster, gotham city, underground, ghetto, police corruption ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.5
 372K
Jackie Brown (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style: suspense, dark comedy, neo noir, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, stewardess, greed, heist, airport, robbery, deception, flight attendant, blaxploitation, bail bondsman, female protagonist, ex convict ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Rage and Honor II (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female martial artist, female fighter, female fight, woman with a gun, heroic bloodshed, fistfight, fight, heroes, kickboxer, partner, special agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Friday Foster (1975)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, crime drama, hood, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, murder, conspiracy, black, woman with a gun, photograph, photography, african american, fight, strong female lead, black cast ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her ...
Style: hood, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, martial arts, spy, kung fu, murder, women, woman with a gun, black superhero, female fight, black, strong female lead, black history ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: hong kong, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Point of No Return (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom ...
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female assassin, hitman, espionage, female warrior, female killer, female martial artist, murder, female spy, death penalty, chase, kick-butt women, spy ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: washington d.c., new orleans, california, venice, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Hickey & Boggs (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.
Style: neo noir, detective, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, murder, private investigator, investigation, blaxploitation, rescue, kidnapping, money, revenge, chase, vietnam veteran, suitcase of money ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.1
 10K
Stone Cold (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked ...
Style: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: biker, motorcycle, gang, fbi, drug dealing, undercover cop, bike, law enforcement, investigation, partner, tough heroes, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: mississippi, new orleans, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.8
 18K
Blue Steel (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: policewoman, serial killer, psychopath, chase, stalking, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, dangerous attraction, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
33%
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 6.3
 10K
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
Place: chicago, los angeles, usa, bangkok thailand, beijing china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 21K
Shaft (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, anti hero, mafia, organized crime, urban, gunfight, hitman, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, america, africa, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gambling, spy, aikido, downfall, danger, introspection, life is a bitch, dishonesty, redemption, father daughter relationship, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
Style: grindhouse, hood, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, murder, revenge, gangster, ghetto, redneck, cowboy, volunteer, gang, heroes, small town ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.7
 1K
Hit Man (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: blaxploitation, lawyer, martial arts, revenge, exploitation, black, tough heroes, hitman, rivalry, criminal's revenge, vengeance, lone wolves ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.9
 6K
Murphy's Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, police investigation, vigilantism, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, danger, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Urban Justice (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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