Movies like Cool Breeze

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Cool Breeze (1972)
 5.4
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Cool Breeze (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
Style: neo noir, detective, black cinema
Plot: blaxploitation, cheerleader, heist, exploitation, martial arts, robbery, black, ex convict, sex, dog, gambling, abduction, police officer, police, caper, football player, female nudity, sex scene, death, betrayal, mistress, church, taxi, corruption, diamond ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: texas, los angeles, california

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Most similar movies to Cool Breeze

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, neo noir and rough films with plots about murder, female nudity, gangster, police, blaxploitation, violence and dishonesty mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Cool Breeze: Hit Man (1972), Straight Time (1978), Willie Dynamite (1974), Bucktown (1975), Cairo (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
 7.4
 10K
Straight Time (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, parole officer, robbery, bank robbery, murder, friendship, crime gone awry, going straight, dishonesty, life is a bitch, bank, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Willie Dynamite (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life ...
Style: crime drama, grim, hood, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: blaxploitation, prostitute, black, urban, pimp, african american, cop, violent content, isolation, cons and scams, social decay, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 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 ⇓
79%
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 5.4
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Cairo (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Egypt, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.
Style: noir, british noir
Plot: heist, exotic locale, jewel theft, thief, treasure, airport, belly dancer, nightclub owner, jewel thief, gem, heist gone wrong, museum ...
Time: year 1963
Place: egypt, africa, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 5.9
 320
The Slams (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict (Jim Brown) who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
Plot: blaxploitation, prison, organized crime, murder, black, heist, jail, mobster, prison escape, interracial relations, african american, sadism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.5
 745
Hammer (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, boxing, martial arts, black, gangster, interracial sex, prizefight, athlete's life, ambition, rivalry, criminal's revenge, master criminal ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
City of Industry (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, violence, money, kidnapping, brother, ghetto, criminal ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 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 ⇓
55%
 6.6
 3K
The Mack (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Style: grindhouse, hood, funny, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, urban, black, exploitation, african american, ghetto, black history, gangsta, mafia, tough guy, blues, hip hop ...
Time: 70s
Place: bay area, usa, california, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 6.3
 4K
Phoenix (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Style: neo noir, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, addiction, redemption, dirty cop, police corruption, betrayal, heist, crime gone awry, casino, cop, police officer, death of protagonist ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Book of Numbers (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
Style: independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, gambling, great depression, black, depression, waiter
Place: arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.5
 11K
Blue Collar (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style: neo noir, realistic, disturbing, clever, cynical ...
Plot: union, working class, heist, labor union, drinking, robbery, caper, female nudity, blaxploitation, fighting the system, crime gone awry, business ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.7
 388
Lady Cocoa (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.
Style: independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, black, urban, crooked cop, prison, hotel, revenge, female nudity, bare breasts, witness, gangster ...
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.0
 14K
Hardcore (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in California to look for his runaway teenage daughter who is making porno films in the porno pits of Los Angeles.
Style: neo noir, disturbing, erotic, psychological, art house ...
Plot: porn industry, sex, female nudity, private detective, making love, strip club, sex worker, father, sleaze, sexuality, prostitution, porn ...
Time: year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, san francisco, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.3
 1K
Detroit 9000 (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Style: action thriller, crime thriller, neo noir, independent film, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, urban, heist, exploitation, teenager, female boss, black, cop, hitman, police, murder, prostitution ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 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 ⇓
44%
Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
Style: poliziottesco, grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot: prison, exploitation, women's prison, lesbian, corruption, lgbt, lesbianism, water, bare breasts, death, heroin, female nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Onion Field (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: courtroom drama, murder, police investigation, true crime, legal, moral ambiguity, manipulation, brutality, courtroom, trial, law enforcer killer, haunted by the past ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place: los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.8
 1K
Grand Slam (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts ...
Style: poliziottesco, grindhouse, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, caper, robbery, criminal, bank robber, twins, professor, chase, gang, safecracker, diamond theft, diamonds ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: brazil, las vegas, italy, rio de janeiro, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
True Confessions (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute
Style: neo noir, detective, intelligent, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, catholic priest, cop, priest, politics, serial killer, redemption, clergy, political corruption, police corruption, desert, catholic ...
Time: 1940s, year 1981, 20th century, 1950s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style: intense, entertaining, bad ending, realistic, serious ...
Plot: gang, prison gang, prison, street gang, drug abuse, ghetto, drug addiction, violence spree, destiny, jail, police shootout, survival ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s, 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, panama, beverly hills ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
 12K
Hoodlum (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style: hood, stylized, black and white, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, mobster, african american, gangster, black, gangsta, black history, urban, corruption, gunfight, death ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century
Place: harlem, new york, israel, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 6.0
 1K
The Split (1968)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Style: neo noir, retro, suspense, detective
Plot: blaxploitation, bank robber, heist, caper, assault, soccer match, airplane, football, gang of thieves, loot, arrest, murder investigation ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot: mafia, criminal, gangster, mob boss, mobster, gang war, mafioso, black man white woman sex, cosa nostra, organized crime, criminal underworld, crime boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1971, 70s, year 1967, year 1972
Place: new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.8
 648
Mr. Ricco (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? ...
Style: political
Plot: lawyer, blaxploitation, militant, dog, attorney, lieutenant, exploding car
Time: 70s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.0
 988
Poodle Springs (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Style: neo noir, detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: private detective, murder, private investigator, prostitute, gambler, small town, casino, father in law son in law relationship, businessman, pimp, dysfunctional marriage, love ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1963
Place: california, nevada, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 8.3
 714K
Heat (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the ...
Style: neo noir, tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: robbery, heist, gunfight, bank robbery, chase, cop, master criminal, police detective, gangster, police, obsession, bank ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.3
 159K
Rounders (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style: neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gambling, poker, addiction, friendship, law student, debt, mafia, gambling debt, poker player, prison, underdog, ex convict ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank ...
Style: neo noir, cynical, noir, retro, crime thriller ...
Audience: manly
Plot: gangster, criminal, betrayal, bartender, heist, hustler, robbery, mafia, organized crime, gang, city, politics ...
Time: year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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