Movies like Asero

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Asero (1995)
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Asero (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Childhood friends Victor and Narding built their friendship in the street. At a very young age, they were partners performing dangerous activities. However, Narding heeds his foster parents’ request for him to enter the seminary to become a priest. Victor is left alone without any parental support. Later on, he grows up to be a criminal. His wayward ways eventually got him imprisoned. Meanwhile, Narding became a good priest. He visits his old friend Victor in the prison and supported him until he finished his term. Narding accompanies Victor to their hometown where Narding works as a parish priest. Albeit their friendship has rekindled, Victor and Narding argue because of their different ways of raising homeless kids. Victor trains them the rough and dangerous ways, while Narding wants them to settle everything in a peaceful manner.
Style: neo noir
Plot: police officer, train, death, murder, criminal, priest, railway, church, death of protagonist, chase, shooting, store, child, electric chair, friend, execution, shootout, gangster, car crash, gunfight, car accident, shot to death
Place: the philippines
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to Asero

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, suspenseful, exciting and realistic films with plots about murder, gangster, police officer, death, violence, police and chase mostly in Action, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Asero: Utol (1996), Shaft's Big Score! (1972), In My Own Hands (1996), Violent Cop (1989), Toro (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Utol (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Filipino crime drama film directed by Toto Natividad.
Plot: hooligan, firefight, shootout, reformed criminal, little brother, police officer, worker, brother vs brother, salesman, toys, betrayal, police ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Style: epic, neo noir, hood, grim, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, murder, gangster, private detective, chase, exploitation, police investigation, undercover, black, investigation, racism, gunfight ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, harlem, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
In My Own Hands (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Joven dela Rosa is an NBI officer who investigates The Catleya Killer case perpetrated by a man who preys married women. The killer tortures his victim to death and disposes the body at the sidewalk during night time. However, as Joven gets busy ...
Style: slasher, suspense
Plot: affair, serial killer, adultery, adulteress, wife, child abuse, pistol, beach, party, revenge, violence, government agent ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Violent Cop (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style: neo noir, bloody, detective, bleak, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police corruption, violence, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, mafia, gangster, vigilante, drug, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 3K
Toro (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, fight, police, mob boss, niece, chase, heroes, crime family, society, criminal heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Birador (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mike Santana is technically as person for he uses his position as a policeman to savagely murder people; he also manhandles his wife Gina. His partner in service is Frankie, a young loyal police who sticks with him through thick and thin. But in end ...
Plot: labor leader, police officer, womanizer, emergency room, bank robbery, fight, labor strike, assassin, bank robber, religious faith, church, mistress ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Permanent (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Six unrelated people must push through their past and the mob underworld to discover what has controlled each of them all these years. Sex, Drugs, Guns and God have created a series of events which will leave each of them changed forever.
Style: independent film
Plot: murderer, police officer, redemption, sex scene, drug addict, money, murder, fire, priest, police, corpse, death ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Maria (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel ...
Style: exciting, tense, brutal, captivating
Plot: one woman army, drug cartel, sniper, torture, hitman, revenge, female secret agent, murder, vengeance, chase, anger, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dead Bang (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack ...
Style: cult classic, neo noir, detective, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, fbi, murder, investigation, chase, police corruption, xmas, police officer, violence, cop, killer, teenager ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: los angeles, california, colorado, usa, oklahoma city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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On the Job (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story: On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, corruption, danger, corrupt law enforcer, honest law enforcer, assassination, politics, criminal heroes, dishonesty, asian, prison, contract killer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Batas Ng Lansangan (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Army Major RUBEN MEDRANO was once a part of an elite anti-kidnapping task force. An unfortunate incident during an operation got him suspended and sent back to Manila. There he tries to renew ties with his daughter MARISSA who has been living with ...
Plot: assassin, military officer, murder, father daughter relationship, gangster, revenge, drug dealer
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Over the next 72 days, Detective Woo will push his skills to the limits and his team of cops to the edge as they conduct a manhunt for an elusive criminal. Woo takes the law into his own hands as the hunt becomes personal, and as his target may get ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, fast, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, kung fu, gangster, chase, police, cop, police detective, manhunt, partner, law enforcement, vengeance, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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No Way Out (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.
Style: poliziottesco, neo noir, noir, perverse
Plot: mafia, police, hitman, car chase, mobster, italian mafia, police officer, vigilante, lgbt, revenge, killer, birthday party ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, copenhagen, sicily, milan italy, hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Wala Ka Nang Puwang Sa Mundo (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Story: After many years of imprisonment, Miguel is finally freed. On the day of his liberation, Miguel promises himself a clean and honest life to win back the family he has lost during his incarceration. However, nobody wants to take in an ex-convict, his ...
Plot: old age, car crash, kidnapping, pistol, violence, gangster, prison, elderly, death, blood, driver, ex convict ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Crew (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: It’s bad men versus worse men as thieves face off against dealers in this super slick French heist thriller from the director of Chrysalis and The Assault.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, bank robber, robbery, armed robbery, gang of thieves, violence, murder, death, criminal heroes, mafia ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Truth (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
Style: cult classic, experimental, dark, black comedy, neo noir ...
Plot: underworld, gangster, mafia, revenge, anti hero, death of protagonist, crime boss, indian mafia, hindu, gang, rivalry, criminal underworld ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Manila Kingpin (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, tagalog ...
Plot: betrayal, murder, raid, police brutality, police raid, jail, rivalry, danger, love and romance, society, hired killer, true crime ...
Place: manila philippines, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
American Night (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, car chase, fight, art, criminal heroes, betrayal, violence, revenge, brutality, death, crime boss ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Fence (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Having served 12 years in prison for assaulting a corrections officer, Terry Griff is let out of prison early and embarks on a downward spiral.
Style: independent film, neo noir, semi autobiographical
Plot: prison, interracial relations, fear, juvenile detention, released from prison, urban setting, security guard, brother in law sister in law relationship, parole officer, self defense, overdose, parole ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Night of the Juggler (1980)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Style: neo noir, detective, grim, hood
Plot: kidnapped, hostage, psychopath, ransom, urban, gang, ghetto, big city, gangster, abduction, child kidnapping, corrupt cop ...
Time: year 1980
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Cop's Honour (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) is a 1985 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as retired police officer Daniel Pratt. His teenager daughter was killed by a gang of mysterious hooded killers so Pratt began his own ...
Style: neo noir, fast, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: guy, bad guy, vigilantism, police corruption, murder, violent content, heroes, law enforcement, violence spree, one man army, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, africa, europe, congo
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 8.0
 12K
Wall (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. ...
Style: inspirational, realistic, serious, poliziottesco
Plot: anti hero, death of protagonist, mother son relationship, heroic bloodshed, indians, underworld, rebel, revenge, gangster, sibling relationship, criminal, police ...
Time: 70s
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Style: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, investigation, murder, vengeance, police investigation, law enforcement, cop, male pubic hair, chase, hitman, organized crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their misdeeds. Police inspector Grindel (Delon) understands the ...
Style: neo noir
Plot: guy, bad guy, cop, vigilante, neo fascism, ambush, massacre, suicide, torture, bazooka, police officer, death squad ...
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Aadhi, a smart and suave smuggler in Bangkok, falls in love with a waitress. However, he finds himself in trouble when she frames him for all the crimes committed by his look-alike, Bhagavan.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting
Plot: mafia, gangster, revenge, criminal, chase, brother sister relationship, murder, betrayal, dual role, gunfight, twists and turns, lookalikes ...
Place: mumbai india, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, perverse, psychotronic
Plot: police, buddy cop, police brutality, cop, spy, undercover agent, undercover police officer, mafia, violence, rape, corrupt cop, prostitute ...
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Turbulence (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Philippines
Story: A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night Junior, a taxi driver, makes love to a prostitute...
Plot: domestic servant, serial murder, murder, spider, prostitute, serial killer, police investigation, ex soldier, taxi driver, shotgun
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.8
 155
Ronde de nuit (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Saudi Arabia, Aruba, Brazil
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With the help of journalist Diane Castelain, Parisian police inspectors Leo Gorce and Gu Arenas are trying to solve the murder of a member of the French Parliament, but some dangerous powerful people try to make sure that doesn't happen.
Plot: shootout, deception, partner, fight, police officer, murder, police, death, real estate, bar
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Stone Killer (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style: retro, hood, detective, grindhouse, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, mafia, tough guy, war veteran, surveillance, showdown, vigilante, ghetto, cosa nostra, gang, brainwashing, gunfight ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york, usa, vietnam, asia, mojave desert ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.6
 19K
Judgment Night (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: While racing to a boxing match, Frank, Mike, John and Rey get more than they bargained for. A wrong turn lands them directly in the path of Fallon, a vicious, wise-cracking drug lord. After accidentally witnessing Fallon murder a disloyal henchman, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, gangster, hip hop, police investigation, on the run, ghetto, friendship, chases and races, crime gone awry, buddies, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: chicago, seattle, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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