Movies like Ride in a Pink Car

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Ride in a Pink Car (1974)
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Ride in a Pink Car (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A man, thought to be dead, returns to his hometown in Florida. He finds his wife re-married and the town now ruled by corrupt forces.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, wife, vietnam veteran, awol, corruption, accidental killing, stealing a car, town, native american, return, stolen car, vietnam war veteran

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out independent film, grindhouse, realistic and serious films with plots about vietnam war, vietnam veteran, murder, gang, gangster, biker and motorcycle mostly in Action, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Ride in a Pink Car: The No Mercy Man (1973), Killer Instinct (1987), Primary Target (1989), The Black Six (1973), Vietnam Texas (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The No Mercy Man (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A decorated Vietnam Vet returns to his father's ranch in Arizona just as criminally minded carnies begin to cause trouble.
Style: grindhouse, anamorphic, juvenile, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, motorcyclist, rage, biker, gang, torment, small town, teenager, soldier, murder, violence
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Killer Instinct (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For America, the Vietnam War is over. Johnny doesn't see it that way. This Special Forces soldier battles vicious Vietcong, a sadistic Russian advisor and his own peacenik girlfriend as he embarks on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, special forces, revolt, vietnam veteran, mission, group, boyfriend girlfriend relationship
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Primary Target (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Action movie directed by Clark Henderson.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, wife, golden triangle, death, massacre, murder, corpse, smuggling, river, execution, child murder, atrocity ...
Place: laos, usa, thailand, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.1
 626
The Black Six (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his ...
Style: absurd, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, biker, motorcycle, vietnam war, bike, urban, hooker, bar fight, lynching, prostitute, student, avenge ...
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 4.5
 159
Vietnam Texas (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the ...
Style: political, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, aftermath, veteran, vietnam veteran, priest, fishing, prejudice, racism
Place: houston texas, saigon
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style: independent film
Plot: police officer, sheriff, kidnapping, corruption, daughter, town, wife, police
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Coach of the Year (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
Plot: american football, vietnam war, coach, vietnam veteran, juvenile detention, wheelchair
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.1
 246
Cease Fire (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly destroy his marriage and his family. Only after joining a veterans' therapy group does Tim ...
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, love, nightmare, support group, vietnam veteran, ptsd, house, combat
Time: year 1985
Place: vietnam, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 4.8
 729
Cage (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, martial arts, competition, fight, friendship, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, gangster, confined ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.3
 361
The Hard Ride (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biker, vietnam war, motorcycle, bike, stoner, motorcycle gang, best friend, gangster, war, military, misfit, society ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: vietnam, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Executioner Part II (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film
Plot: vigilante, murder, rape, revenge, vietnam war, ptsd, prostitution, city, execution, assault, police, violence ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.0
 180
Clay Pigeon (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An ex-soldier is recruited by the FBI to go undercover in L.A. and find other ex-soldiers who are part of a drug-dealing gang.
Style: neo noir, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, buddy cop, mercenary, self discovery, female nudity, ex soldier, fbi, two man army, gunfight, drug dealer, heroin addict, hippie ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
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 ⇓
38%
American Commandos (1985)
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Chris Mitchum plays Dean Mitchell (I know, quite a stretch), the one gas station attendant you don't wanna mess with. He's a taciturn Vietnam vet who doesn't say very much. When some stupid baddies DO decide to mess with him, they end ...
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, mercenary, nudity, group, drug, rape, revenge, suicide, armored car, commando, fictional war, jungle ...
Time: year 1986
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Woman Inside (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Vietnam vet decides to undergo a sex change operation in the 1970's. Canadian / American production.
Plot: transgender, vietnam war, vietnam veteran, gender bender, transgender woman, gender bending, gender, sexual identity, surgery, transsexual, new identity, shower
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Captain Milkshake (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Marine on leave from Vietnam becomes involved with hippies, communes and drug-running.
Style: psychedelic, psychotronic, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, hippie, stoner, marine, vietnam veteran, lsd, cigar, army captain, morality, anti war, marijuana, drug ...
Time: 60s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.3
 236
Coyote Run (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A traumatized Vietnam veteran crosses paths with a mobster on the run with $15 million, and takes it as an opportunity to play the hero and heal in the process.
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, redemption, vietnam veteran, mobster, town, gangster, murder, pursuit, small town, police officer
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, mafia, black, vietnam war, urban, vietnam veteran, veteran, gang, mobster, murder, machine gun ...
Time: year 1976
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Search and Destroy (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the murders of his former Army pals.
Style: suspense, independent film
Plot: vietnam war, vendetta, niagara falls, murder, vietnam veteran, war buddy, police investigation, gunfight, fistfight, machine gun, kidnapping, multiple murder ...
Time: year 1979
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Mission to Kill (1992)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Story: His activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
Plot: vietnam war, drug, vietnam veteran, green beret, cocaine, sports car, handgun, veteran, pistol, military, psychiatrist, soldier ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.1
 814
Savage Dawn (1985)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A motorcycle gang take over a small city in Arizona.
Style: hood, action adventure, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: biker, gang, biker gang, gangster, bike, exploitation, ghetto, outlaw, gang leader, vietnam veteran, heroes, small town ...
Time: 80s
Place: vietnam, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.1
 248
Commando Squad (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An American narcotics agent takes her squad to Mexico, where she must break up a drug-smuggling gang that has also kidnapped her boyfriend.
Style: action adventure, independent film
Plot: drug, narcotics, vietnam war, woman with a gun, woman, commando, smuggling, gang, kidnapping, sex, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female nudity ...
Time: year 1987
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.7
 79
Hangup (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
Style: grindhouse
Plot: blaxploitation, rookie, junkie, narcotics, overdose, gangster, drug dealer, prostitution, drug, inner city
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Ruckus (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to chase him out of the city. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Hanson is a former Vietnam elite soldier and ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, small town, manhunt, one man army, harassment, revolt, exploitation, war veteran, vietnam veteran, tough heroes, rivalry, vengeance ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: vietnam, asia, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Angkor: Cambodia Express (1982)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Thailand, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal reign of Pol Pot). Cameron has to smuggle out his girlfriend Mieng (Nit Alisa) before she is killed ...
Style: independent film
Plot: vietnam war, intrigue, cambodian civil war, death of girlfriend, american abroad, black american, journalist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, massacre, african american, vietnam veteran, khmer rouge ...
Place: cambodia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.2
 110
Devil Rider! (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: A young rebellious girl hooks up with a biker gang. Her mother hires a private detective to find her and bring her back. The detective goes undercover as a biker to search for her.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, detective
Plot: biker, karate, outlaw, private detective, rape and revenge, bike, prostitute, private investigator, motorcycle gang, beer, rape, mother ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Ride The Hot Wind (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Captain Shank is an outcast officer and gets dishonorably discharged. He tries to get back on his feet, but his reputation keeps following him around ruining everything. When he meets some bikers he gets caught up in a life he tries desperately to ...
Plot: biker, motorcycle, bike, nudity, female nudity, escape, rape, police, vietnam veteran, map, reporter, motel ...
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.1
 353
Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed
Style: grindhouse, independent film
Plot: hicksploitation, revenge, strong female lead, redneck, foreclosure, car chase, small town, corrupt cop, motocross, motorcycle, explosives expert, father ...
Time: year 1976
Place: southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
Style: hood, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: biker, motorcycle, gang, black bra, vietnam war, bike, vigilante, vengeance, exploitation, green beret, gangster, ghetto ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Poseidon Explosion (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A group of firefighters discover explosives on an abandoned ship which threatens the local city
Style: grindhouse
Plot: wedding, knife fight, disaster, punched in the stomach, thermometer, water hose, explosion
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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