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'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
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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, woman with a gun, private detective, martial arts, revenge, tough girl, machine gun, african american, organized crime, strong female lead, women, black cast, exploitation, social commentary, female fight, badass female lead, homecoming, gangster, parents and children, chases and races, rivalry, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
kentucky, chicago, illinois, louisville kentucky, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to 'Sheba, Baby'
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about gun, murder, gangster, shootout, gunfight, rivalry and pistol mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like 'Sheba, Baby': Point of No Return (1993), Black Angel Vol. 1 (1998), Foxy Brown (1974), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Coffy (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, girls' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, female assassin, female spy, killer, female killer, female warrior, espionage, female martial artist, tough girl, murder, contract killer, death penalty ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, california, europe, venice ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious ...
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
yakuza, female assassin, hitman, tough girl, femme fatale, woman with a gun, killer, sex, big city, woman, contract killer, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
100%
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, sexy, cult classic, hood, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, sexualized violence, rape and revenge, vigilante, rape, female vigilante, black hero, rape victim, female exploitation, gangster, exploitation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
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, cult classic, action adventure, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, female warrior, martial arts, female spy, strong female lead, exploitation, murder, police, black, jazz, women, black history ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
34%
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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, sexy, hood, erotic, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vigilante, tough girl, woman with a gun, revenge, sexy girls, female exploitation, gangster, vigilantism, exploitation, addiction, hired killer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
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29%
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, grim, hood, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, private detective, murder, gangster, chase, exploitation, police investigation, undercover, black, investigation, black cop, racism ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, tokyo, africa
Similarity:
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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, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, frame up, female boss, woman with a gun, boxing, music, police, gambling, private detective, gang ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
28%
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, vigilante, female warrior, urban, vigilantism, gang, murder, black, ghetto, vengeance, tough heroes, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
27%
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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, hitman, police officer, one man army, revenge, police, mafia, gangster, chase, police investigation, police corruption, car chase ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
chicago, usa, texas, new jersey
Similarity:
26%
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, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black man white woman sex, black, woman with a gun, robbery, vigilante, hitman, nudity, gangster, vigilantism, heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
25%
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:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, action adventure, crime drama, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, swimming pool, gangster, black, mafia, tough guy, exploitation, mobster, organized crime, gang, power, criminal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1965, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
24%
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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, tense, suspenseful, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, mafia, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping, urban, hitman, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, america, africa, harlem ...
Similarity:
23%
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:
blaxploitation, women in prison, prostitute, prison, lesbian, female exploitation, female prisoner, female voyeur, women's prison, vigilante, massage, sexual perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangster, vietnam war, organized crime, murder, black man white woman sex, male nudity, mobster, mafia, black hero, interracial sex, airport ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style:
exciting, detective, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, violence, brother brother relationship, murder, gangster, death of brother, organized crime, justice, vigilantism, cemetery, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
kentucky, chicago, appalachia, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
22%
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:
cult classic, tense, grindhouse, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, gunfight, police station, street gang, claustrophobia, siege, violent, prison, female warrior, gang, convict, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america
Similarity:
22%
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, neo noir, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, gangster, vigilante, lone hero, murder, vengeance, jamaican, violence, hand to hand combat, drug lord, voodoo ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, latin america ...
Similarity:
22%
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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:
vigilante, aikido, gambling, murder, life is a bitch, danger, downfall, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, one man army, sniper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
21%
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
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, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, black, african american, redneck, martial arts, brother, prostitute, betrayal, interracial relations, racism, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
kansas city, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
Style:
neo noir, talky, suspense, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, car chase, violent, vigilantism, vigilante, organized crime, violence, bullying, vengeance, arms dealer, assassin, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
colorado, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
20%
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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, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, private investigator, investigation, money, revenge, chase, blaxploitation, rescue, kidnapping, suitcase of money, vietnam veteran ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, chase, investigation, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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, karate, police, serial killer, xmas, martial arts tournament, santa claus, kung fu, blaxploitation, immunity, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female warrior, death, kick-butt women, violence, assassin, female killer, murder, female protagonist, female assassin, african american, gangster, revenge ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
Similarity:
20%
41K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a ...
Style:
intense, rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
vigilante, fbi, one man army, mafia, small town, vengeance, gangster, tough heroes, revenge, heroes, law enforcement, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
chicago, usa, north carolina
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, undercover, prostitute, chase, cop, partner, police corruption, against the odds ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
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, suspenseful, erotic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, chase, stalking, murder, police investigation, police, dangerous attraction, psychopath, investigation, life philosophy, runaway, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
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