Movies like Rules

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Rules (2009)
 4.6
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Rules (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: With its dark horror-crime underworld storyline and outlandish martial arts action, Rules inspired by a true story is an offbeat action film, it tells the story of a mysterious Italian, who as a nightclub security guard, threatens the customers and exacts his personal revenge as he tries to deal with his personal issues. "Would you always listen to your intuition?"
Plot: love, sex, martial arts, fight, money, italian mafia, friendship, bodyguard, millionaire, hostage, torture, prostitution, bully, celebrity, hollywood, security guard, corruption, bartender, radio, anger, nightclub, boss, bouncer, psychological abuse, nightlife ...
Place: los angeles

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Most similar movies to Rules

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and exciting films with plots about violence, murder, martial arts, blood, gangster, fight and revenge mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Rules: Club Life (1986), Legacy of Fear (2006), The Bouncer (2018), Mahaan (2022), New Jack City (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Club Life (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young man from a small town goes to Hollywood to make his fortune. He gets hired as a bouncer at a disco club, but soon finds himself caught up in drugs, gangsters and eventually has to flee when his boss and another bouncer are murdered by drug ...
Style: erotic
Plot: bouncer, disco, drug dealing, funeral, singer, dancing, female nudity, gangster, sex, nunchaku, nightclub, martial arts ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
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95%
 5.3
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Legacy of Fear (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A serial killer, never caught, leaves clues and messages signed 'BSP' after quickly murdering each man but torturing his girl to death. His last case is an exception, the detective in charge finds his wife murdered while has pre-teen ...
Style: surprise ending
Plot: killed during sex, female police officer, murder of mother, fire, nightclub, death of mother, love, sex, dinner, male stripper, grandmother granddaughter relationship, serial killer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
 5.9
 7K
The Bouncer (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A former bodyguard who chained small security jobs in nightclubs to raise his 8-year-old daughter finds himself forced to collaborate with the police. His mission: infiltrate the organization of a dangerous Flemish gang leader.
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, realistic, cult classic
Plot: bouncer, father daughter relationship, widower, fight, betrayal, loss of job, bodyguard, nightclub, danger, interpol, teenager, mobster ...
Place: belgium
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 7.6
 18K
Mahaan (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a ...
Style: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece
Plot: violence, friendship, gangster, mafia, revenge, father son relationship, fight, gang, mob boss, crime family, patriarch, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 6.6
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New Jack City (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style: hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gang war, ghetto, gangster, drug, hip hop, mafia, gang, chase, betrayal, urban, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: harlem, new york, usa, america, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.2
 165
Fatal Past (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A mobster's mistress and her bodyguard share a forbidden love and discover they may be doomed by an ominous past life.
Style: independent film, sexploitation film
Plot: bodyguard, erotica, mobster, mistress, extramarital affair, past, affair, sex scene, sex, sexploitation, female nudity, male female relationship ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.3
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Red Nights (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Story of a Idealistic Young man (Played by Chris Parker), who goes to Los Angeles to become an actor, but is disillusioned and jaded when the cold and realistic violent world of Hollywood shatters then explodes all around him.
Style: neo noir, independent film
Plot: hollywood, drug, puffy nipples, porn, gangster, aspiring actor, female nudity, movie business, murder, actor, revenge, addiction ...
Place: los angeles, california, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Point of Impact (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jack Davis is a tough, outspoken cop who finds himself wrongly accused for the death of a fellow agent by the depraved and power hungry chief of Miami Customs, Martin Cullen. Disgraced and dismissed, Jack swears revenge and goes to work for Roberto ...
Style: suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bodyguard, passionate sex, extramarital affair, older woman younger man relationship, death, revenge, partner, loss of partner, danger, nudity, sex scene, adultery ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, florida, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Merantau Warrior (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, protector, fight, journey, violence, on the run, heroes, kung fu, rescue, life is a bitch, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.0
 320
Haymaker (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Haymaker follows a retired Muay Thai fighter working as a bouncer, who rescues an alluring transgender performer from a nefarious thug, eventually becoming her bodyguard, protector, and confidant. The relationship leads Sasso's character to ...
Plot: lgbt, transgender, muay thai, trans woman, thug, love, transgender woman, boxer, travel, rape, concert, bouncer ...
Place: usa, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 4.9
 6K
The Marine 2 (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, hostage, marine, heroes, resort, save the day, danger, spouse in danger, u.s. marine, heroism, wrestling ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.3
 482
Nails (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective
Plot: ex wife, drug, automobile, shootout, heroes, con artists, showdown, male female relationship, urban setting, pistol, chase, car chase ...
Time: year 1992
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, political, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: secret service, obsession, election, assassin, assassination attempt, conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination plot, president, gunfight, hitman, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Tough and Deadly (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
Style: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, independent film
Plot: martial arts, wrestling, amnesia, buddy, mobster, drug, thug, bare chested male, shootout, fugitive, car crash, ex cop ...
Place: washington d.c., los angeles, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Fighting for My Daughter (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Unable to get the police to help, a woman launches her own investigation to save her daughter from a dangerous prostitution ring.
Plot: drug, bare chested male, physical abuse, drinking, mother daughter relationship, jail, sex, prison, male female relationship, nightclub, fight, prostitution ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.7
 858
Final Voyage (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Restored to former glory, a nostalgic cruise ship repeats a tragic past...
Style: independent film, suspense, christian film
Plot: cruise ship, die hard, ship, boat, cruise, sinking ship, blood, pistol, terrorism, hijacking, terrorist group, tough girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.2
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Panama Red (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A hippie musician needs to make $60,000 through selling high grade Panama Red in just three days to pay back a drug smuggler known as The Money Man.
Plot: stoner, drug, money, female nudity, pursuit, police, husband wife relationship, airport, van, marijuana, drug deal, drug smuggling ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
 16K
6 Bullets (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, martial arts, danger, child in peril, daring rescue, missing child, father son relationship, organized crime, police detective, government agent, murder, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 5.4
 2K
Donnybrook (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex-marine who struggles to provide for his family and a violent drug dealer with an undefeated fighting record are determined to compete in the Donnybrook, a legendary, bare-knuckle brawl with a cash prize of $100,000.
Style: captivating, intense, exciting, serious, slang
Plot: drug dealer, revenge, female nudity, tournament, martial arts, survival, danger, mortal combat, prize, race against time, rivalry, gambling ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.3
 127
Clean (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A limo driver attempts to outrun his bad habits.
Plot: stripper, fame, power, hollywood, addiction, greed, driver, sex, lie, gangster, betrayal, limousine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.3
 59K
Proof of Life (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, hostage, terrorism, rescue, survival, brutality, runaway, insurance, prisoner, new love, gain trust, couple relations ...
Time: year 2000, 90s
Place: south america, latin america, colombia, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.6
 200K
Red Sparrow (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, sexy, rough, brutal ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: spy, uncle niece relationship, female spy, female agent, russian spy, female assassin, secret agent, deception, femme fatale, secret mission, torture, strong female character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: russia, budapest, ussr, hungary, chechnya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
 222K
Gangster Squad (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style: rough, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot: mob boss, organized crime, mafia, gangster, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, squad, power struggle, love triangle ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place: los angeles, california, israel, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Saratov Approach (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Ukraine
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An inspirational true story. On what seemed like any other day, Elders Travis Tuttle (Corbin Allred) and Andrew Propst (Maclain Nelson) are approached by Nikolai (Nikita Bogolyubov) to teach a friend. But then the missionaries experience the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, captivating, serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, abduction, ransom, missionary, missing person, captivity, confined, religions or cults, survival, torture, trapped, trap ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 21K
In Hell (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Style: harsh, stylized, brutal, emotional, intense ...
Plot: martial arts, revenge, prison, prison violence, murder, vengeance, redemption, prison escape, prison life, corruption, violence, warden ...
Time: year 2003
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
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Snitch (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, intense, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: father son relationship, drug lord, drug dealing, agent, prison, protective parent, organized crime, secret service, family relations, police investigation, suspicion, frame up ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Fire Down Below (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, brutality, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, beautiful scenery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: kentucky, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Chok Dee: The Kickboxer (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dida Diafat plays himself in this story based around his thai boxing career.
Style: sincere, exciting, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, athlete and trainer, rise to the top, going straight, starting over, ambition, rivalry, human spirit, athlete's life, juvenile delinquency, prison life, kickass ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, asia, thailand, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Deadly Tower (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tower, sniper, murder, serial killer, true crime, danger, mental illness, obsession, investigation, shooting, university, mass murder ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.1
 2K
Detention (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: hostage, rescue, survival, corrupt cop, confined, high school student, dedicated educator, danger, youth, master warrior, teachers and students, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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