Movies like Thunder III
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Thunder III (1988)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
They took his wife... but he's still Walking Tall, they drew First Blood, but he's gonna fight back like Billy Jack.
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
native american, dirty cop, revenge, kidnapping, car chase, racism, rambo, bare breasts, sheriff, vigilantism, vengeance, vigilante, small town, pacifist, exploitation, one man army, bait, small town sheriff, militia, pacifism, navajo indian, arizona desert, new mexico desert, drug, paramilitary ...
Place:
arizona, new mexico
Keyword:
american
Most similar movies to Thunder III
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, cult classic and exciting films with plots about vengeance, heroes, martial arts, revenge, rivalry, murder and violence mostly in Action, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Thunder III: Thunder II (1987), Thunder (1983), Billy Jack (1971), Giant Killer (1984), Delta Force Commando (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. Thunder manages to break out of ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
native american, dirty cop, cop, bare chested male, carnage, prison break, narcotics, gun fu, arizona desert, exploitation, combat, indian chief ...
Place:
arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
595
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and ...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
car chase, redsploitation, rambo, gun fu, high speed chase, car crash, nudity, female hostage, carnage, automobile, canyon, radio dj ...
Time:
80s
Place:
arizona, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
Style:
independent film, grindhouse, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
hippie, rape, vigilante, counterculture, vigilantism, small town, swing, kung fu, revenge, culture clash, violence, tough guy ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new mexico, vietnam, usa, asia, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An Arizona policeman (Bo Svenson) and his pilot buddy (Fred Williamson) discover a scheme to rob Las Vegas slot machines by computer.
Style:
cult classic, poliziottesco
Plot:
car chase, shootout, violence, police officer killed, police chase, money, fistfight, hand to hand combat, martial arts, casino, maverick cop, gunfight ...
Place:
las vegas, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the needless death of his wife and unborn child during a theft and raid on an army base (and it was really needless as the hoods just burst in and shoot up his apt for no reason) an ex-member of Delta Force and decorated war veteran Fred ...
Style:
macaroni combat, cult classic, eighties
Plot:
blaxploitation, cavalry, shootout, u.s. army, jungle, hand to hand combat, one against many, pregnancy, military base, martial arts, one man army, warrior ...
Place:
nicaragua, central america, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, South Africa, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action superstar, Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Street Fighter), is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gangster, child in peril, murder, mortal combat, danger, rivalry, tough heroes, chase, mafia, loss of wife ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, neo noir, neo western
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, fighting crime, vengeance, danger, gang, heroes, law enforcement, small town, special agent, revenge, cowboy ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After studying martial arts in the Philippines and defeating his opponent Quino, Anthony Scott heads back to the U.S. to attend college. Making the promise to his teacher that he will not fight, Anthony finds himself the target of the Tigers, a ...
Plot:
karate, surprise party, bully comeuppance, school bully, mascot, bully, grandparent, birthday, name calling, gay slur, tournament, art ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a 'half-breed', he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his ...
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
horse, cowboy, half breed, canyon, fiancee, wild west, indians, native american, shootout, youth, horseman, fistfight ...
Time:
70s
Place:
europe, ireland, usa, new mexico, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, revenge, vietnam veteran, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, home invasion, hospital, intimidation, vietnam war, murder, small town, gunfight ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, miami, florida, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Style:
cult classic, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, ronin, katana, snake, gangster, violent content, village ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikonoichi's recent robbery and murder and the imprisonment of his virginal daughter, Osayo, in a ...
Style:
cult classic, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, one man army, ninja, handicapped, swordplay, katana, village, murder, sword, violent content ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
161
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Sara, a young archaeology student, organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave. Guided by Yabey, Sara and her four friends, discover a hidden TaÃno tribe, believed to be extinguished 500 years ago.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
teenage girl, native american, blood, revenge, female nudity, death, violence, sex, lake, forest, nudity
Place:
puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.
Style:
cult classic, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, medieval, ninja, ancient, handicapped, ronin, swordplay, murder, village, kidnapping ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Iceland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.
Style:
historical drama, cult classic, esoteric, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
viking, medieval, sword and shield, barbarian, revenge, knight, sword and sorcery, scandinavian culture, time machine, sorcery, ancient, murder ...
Time:
middle ages, 80s, 9th century
Place:
ireland, iceland, europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is ...
Style:
poliziottesco, independent film, psychotronic
Plot:
manhunt, vietnam war, explosions, serial killer, vengeance, murder, kidnapping, sadism, victim, hunting, veteran, torture ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Some punks go into a small town and start hassling the gas station owner; Billy Ray Dalton a friend of the owner pulls a shot gun on them and tells them to go away. Later they go back and force the owner to tell them where Dalton lives. Now, Dalton ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
kidnapping, kidnapped daughter, parent child relationship, pregnant wife, vigilantism, vigilante, missing daughter, massage, one man army, death of wife, rape and murder, cowboy ...
Place:
southern usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a drug baron's private army. At the same time, the Mafia's representative arrive to ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
rape, rape and revenge, voyeurism, drug, women in prison, mafia, drug lord, strong female lead, vigilante, vietnam war, woman with a gun, exploitation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
This is the story of Buford Pusser's final days; not only of his life, but also as Sheriff. It seems that times are changing, and the once adoring people of Pusser's town now fear him and feel like it's time to make a change. There ...
Style:
bad ending, grindhouse, southern gothic, independent film
Audience:
manly
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, sheriff, fistfight, revenge, shootout, cowboy, murder, deputy, deputy sheriff, irony of fate, warrior ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.
Style:
cult classic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot:
samurai, zatoichi, martial arts, ronin, swordplay, mafia, handicapped, katana, gangster, heroes, good versus evil, lone wolves ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
On their way to cover a sporting event in Argentina, reporter John Teller and photographer Bob Norton make a brief stop-off in a Latin America country and get entangled in a revolution.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
photographer, bare chested male, electric torture, camera, tied to a chair
Place:
argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Cellat, the Turkish version of Death Wish, sticks fairly close plot wise to the template of the American film, with some scenes and bits of dialogue being almost identical. However, it also deviates from its inspiration at times and is at its most ...
Plot:
rape and revenge, rape, vigilante, revenge, death wish, vigilantism, electrocution, prostitute, criminal, murder, bare breasts, nightclub ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
196
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jesus Christ is born again on Earth. But his father is a hardcore Southern Baptist, and during his teen years, Jesus rebels, joining a biker gang and leading an LSD-fueled pilgrimage to the West to fight the establishment. Anyone who adopts the ...
Plot:
biker, counterculture, hippie, motorcycle, bike, exploitation, christianity, drug, father, teenager, newspaper, death ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the ...
Style:
cult classic, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
zatoichi, martial arts, handicapped, swordplay, ronin, samurai, gangster, violent content, assassination attempt, escapades, master warrior, one man army ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, captivating, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
zatoichi, martial arts, ninja, ancient, handicapped, swordplay, samurai, gangster, violent content, escapades, moral dilemma, friendship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Movies like The Wild Bunch
767
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biker, tough heroes, small town, leadership, lone wolves, vigilantism, gang, fighting crime, rivalry, escapades, danger, chase ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A crooked sheriff in a small Southern town frames an ex-convict in a drug bust and takes his girlfriend.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, hicksploitation, sheriff, vengeance, small town, frame up, violent content, confined, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, chases and races ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Traveling from California to Houston, a martial arts expert suffers a motorcycle breakdown in a small Texas town. But his bad luck proves to be a blessing in disguise for the local townspeople when he discovers the corrupt sheriff and his KKK ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
ninja, revenge, martial arts, sexual content, violent content, nudity, small town, racism, master warrior, vengeance, society, heroes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a sick child. Meanwhile, his luck with dice is turning.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
zatoichi, chess, martial arts, ninja, handicapped, ancient, swordplay, sword, samurai, violent content, escapades, hopes ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
720
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
One hundred years after the Battle of Milk River, both sides agree to reenact it. The cavalry are supposed to shoot blanks & the Indians weren't supposed to fight back....
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
native american, redsploitation, violent content, injustice, battles, murder, alcohol abuse, racism, battle zone, rivalry, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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