Movies like Treasure of the Moon Goddess

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Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987)
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Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A minor jungle adventure in which a singer (Linnea Quigley) is held captive by whitewashed Central American natives who worship her because she looks like their idol. Or maybe it's because she also looks a little like Goldie Hawn. At any rate, she is rescued by her friends and they outleg the tribesmen and a horde of pirates to stumble across, what else, a lost treasure.
Style: independent film
Plot: lost treasure, jungle, island, kidnapping, goddess, tarantula, sword and sorcery, pop singer, sorcery, boat, gang, female nudity, singer, capture, happy ending, duel, ship captain, jewelry, peeping tom, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, woman in a bikini, concert tour, flashback, dungeon, musical performance ...
Place: central america
Keyword: challenge, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, independent film and semi serious films with plots about kidnapping, shootout, gangster, chase, female nudity, danger and jungle mostly in Comedy, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Treasure of the Moon Goddess: 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974), Killing Cabos (2004), Merchants of War (1989), Gunmen (1993), S.O.S. Operation Bikini (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
Style: neo noir, realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, 007, car chase, kidnapping, hitman, chase, godparent, psychopath, heroes, undercover, danger, chases and races ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Killing Cabos (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Oscar Cabos, a multimillionaire tycoon, is being held for ransom--only his captors have nabbed the wrong man. Now, to get their money, they must find the real Cabos--which could get tricky since he's been counter-kidnapped by his future ...
Style: talky, exciting, humorous, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, disorder, partner, gang, escapades, petty criminal, wrong place wrong time, twists and turns, criminal heroes, mistaken identity, cannibalism, dwarf ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: latin america, mexico, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Merchants of War (1989)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
Style: cult classic, independent film
Plot: dead boy, muslim, rescue mission, terrorism, conference, dead child, cia, vietnam veteran, female nudity, soldier, breasts, severed head ...
Place: angola
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.2
 4K
Gunmen (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Drug baron Peter Loomis (Patrick Stewart) has his $400 million dollar drug fortune stolen in South America. Loomis sends Armor O'Malley (Denis Leary), a ruthless killer to find his money. Cole Parker (Mario Van Peebles), a DEA Agent is on a ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, chase, gangster, partner, working undercover, jungle, buddies, dishonesty, rivalry, master criminal, partners against crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: latin america, usa, south america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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S.O.S. Operation Bikini (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Mexico, Ecuador
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Secret Organizational Service (S.O.S.) is an international crime syndicate, quite successful with their feminine agents operating under the guise of a fashion model agency led by Lady Bristol and her associate Luigi. The International Service is the ...
Style: parody, spoof, detective
Plot: espionage, cold war, spy spoof, camp, shootout, car crash, river, fashion show, spying, car chase, terrorism, boat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Feel the Motion (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tina Lehmann is an auto mechanic who dreams of becoming a pop star. One day after work she sneaks onto the set of the TV music program 'Formel Eins' with her demo tape, and lands a job as a go-fer. Her boyfriend Stevie Dromberger, who has ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, groupie, pop singer, music manager, tv station
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Sheroes (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a heart-pumping battle for survival.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, entertaining
Plot: girlfriend, weapons, handheld weapon, jungle, struggle for survival, friend, female friendship, jungle adventure, friendship, survival, woman with a gun, friends ...
Place: thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 4.6
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Bloodstone (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When an newlywed American couple goes to India on their honeymoon, little do they realize that they were about to go on the adventure of their life time. A ruby, back from the ages of the Indian Maharajas has been stolen and placed in the backpack ...
Style: cult classic, independent film
Plot: treasure hunt, kidnapping, honeymoon, archaeologist, treasure hunter, jewel theft, jewel thief, female nudity, ruby, princess, hotel, police inspector ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Welcome to the Jungle (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Puerto Rico, USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, feel good, perverse ...
Plot: island, jungle, rescue, danger, instructor, wilderness, workplace intrigue, isolation, castaway, stranded, shipwreck, satire ...
Time: year 2013, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Kilma, Queen of the Amazons (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A sailor escapes a mutiny on his ship and finds himself stranded on a jungle island--with a tribe of gorgeous amazon women.
Audience: adult
Plot: matriarchy, sword and sorcery, semi nudity, peplum, jungle, island, stranded, exploitation, female fight, cannon, sword fight, bare chested male ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross ...
Style: independent film, sexy, teen sex comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: on the run, nudity, gangster, chase, shootout, car crash, stripper, female nudity, strip club, misunderstanding, kidnapping, partner ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
Style: funny, exciting, humorous, feel good, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: crocodile, treasure hunt, jungle, gangster, culture clash, kidnapping, survival, adventurer, gang, beast, love affair, cowboy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, australia, colombia, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.0
 2K
Swashbuckler (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Style: epic, cult classic, slapstick comedy, fast, semi serious ...
Plot: pirate, swashbuckler, sword fight, sailing, sea, captain, sorcery, courage, ancient, seafaring, chivalry, sea adventure ...
Time: 18th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: caribbean, west indies, jamaica
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Thunder in Paradise (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Terry "Hulk" Hogan stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an ex-Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. In order to save his superboat THUNDER (and ultimately, his business) Spencer is forced into ...
Style: independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, surprise ending
Plot: ship, computer cracker, mercenary, heroism, escape, jet ski, punched in the face, ak 47, arms smuggling, swimming, sports car, eavesdropping ...
Time: 90s
Place: cuba, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
Style: retro, suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, cannon, jungle, village, island, soldier, revolution, village life, against the odds, political conspiracy, friendship, missing person ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: singapore, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.6
 1K
High Risk (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American drug lord's compound.
Style: cult classic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, bandit, mercenary, crime wave, drug dealing, chase, jungle, horse, dog, friends, chases and races, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.7
 11K
Next Day Air (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
Style: hood, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, urban, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, drug dealing, danger, disorder, black, escapades, criminal heroes, goofy hero, profanity ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It begins as a contest of strength the challenge of competition luring fighters from far away to a hilltop castle. Deathstalker leads the combatants but only to discover that the winners are disappearing one by one. Now, in his last and greatest ...
Style: sexy, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, barbarian, female warrior, sword, wizards and magicians, ancient, exploitation, woman with a gun, castle, duel, infiltration ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Snatched (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When these two very different women are trapped on this wild journey, their bond as mother and daughter ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, exciting, light ...
Plot: kidnapping, vacation, women, parent child relationship, tourist, misunderstanding, mother daughter relationship, threat, rescue, escape, struggle for survival, adult filmmaking ...
Time: year 2017
Place: ecuador
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: private detective, violence, showbiz, heavy metal, law enforcement, rock star, partner, goofy hero, boss and employee, investigation, conspiracy, death ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Money Money Money (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
Style: semi serious, realistic, biting, cynical, clever ...
Plot: hostage, kidnapping, pope, dark humor, disorder, buddies, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, criminal's revenge, politics, goofy hero, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: france, europe, paris france, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, action adventure ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, journalist, drug dealer, kung fu, escapades, cooking, fight scenes, wuxia, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: china, australia, usa, new york, melbourne
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.5
 10K
Volunteers (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Lawrence is a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out, Lawrence escapes his angry debtors by jumping on a Peace Corp flight to Southeast Asia, where he is assigned to build a bridge for the local ...
Style: humorous, cult classic, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: brainwashing, culture clash, gambling, chase, tiger, american abroad, jungle, gangster, cold war, rescue, village, fall in love ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: thailand, asia, yale university, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A man with a bazooka helps defend air-freighters Donna and Taryn against drug smugglers and a snake.
Style: psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue, erotica, drug dealing, danger, working undercover, snake, tough girl, special agent, law enforcement, rivalry, espionage, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania, honolulu hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.2
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Sound of Noise (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
Style: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot: gang, music, rebelliousness, police detective, law enforcement, rebellion, music band, police investigation, brother brother relationship, musician, drummer, drums ...
Time: year 2010
Place: scandinavia, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
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Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, gangster, organized crime, mafia, robbery, caper, fbi, brutality, comedy of errors, gang, partner, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: chicago, usa, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Style: action comedy, spy comedy, action adventure, funny, scenic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: agent, spy, secret government organization, one against many, technology, mission, espionage, tough guy, female agent, good versus evil, chase, memory loss ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, europe, kentucky, italy, cambodia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
You Move You Die (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mike has the girl, the time and the place.The problem is he doesn't have the ring, Before Mike has an opportunity to propose his engagement ring is stolen.Mike is desperate to recover it. He and his friends have one hour to get the ring back ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, obsessive quest, partner, criminal heroes, chase, gang, chases and races, buddies, fight, engagement, tough heroes, shootout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Style: slapstick, realistic, not serious, exciting, humorous ...
Plot: assassination attempt, female nudity, female terrorist, nudity, danger, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, fall in love, goofy hero, escapades, chases and races, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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