Movies like Jalwa

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Jalwa (1987)
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Jalwa (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom. One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa.
Plot: dancing, fight, drug addict, police officer, heroes, police, drug lord, friendship, truck, murder, tough guy, beach, undercover, wrestling, drug dealer, taxi driver, dancer, best friend, beer, anger, brother sister relationship, drunkenness, drug smuggling, grave, death of friend ...
Place: goa india

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, humorous and suspenseful films with plots about murder, police, police officer, shootout, gangster, shot to death and tough guy mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Jalwa: Takkar (1995), Garv: Pride and Honour (2004), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017), Dabangg (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Takkar (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A convict studies law in prison and becomes a lawyer to seek revenge against the corrupt police officer who framed him on the very day of his marriage.
Plot: bad cop, obsession, lawyer, arrest, police officer, sexual harassment, drug deal, justice, jail, murder, beach, gangster ...
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Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, captivating
Plot: criminal underworld, police corruption, police, gangster, friendship, fight, love, crime boss, murder, police officer, blood, brother sister relationship ...
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Style: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, police, gangster, buddy cop, drug lord, undercover cop, undercover, heroes, police detective, law enforcement, working undercover ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, malaysia, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: murder, violence, police investigation, bandit, one man army, brutality, fight, chase, police, shooting, danger, righteous rage ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Dabangg (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, stylized, masala ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, police corruption, fall in love, corrupt officer, fighting crime, love affair, tough heroes, law enforcement, dishonesty, family relations, favoritism among siblings, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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Pokkiri (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Tamil is a killer for hire, and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only ...
Style: entertaining, feel good
Plot: police, exploitation, killer, gang war, cop, love, father, disguise, job, shootout, harassment, woman in jeopardy ...
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The Perfect Murder (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Action, Crime
Country: UK, India
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary ...
Style: multicultural, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Plot: police, melancholy, mysticism, middle class, religions or cults, private detective, mind game, society, uncover truth, police investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s
Place: india, europe, bombay india
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 8.1
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Martyr (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ...
Style: inspirational, patriotic, entertaining, political, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, terrorist, terrorism, muslim, fall in love, police officer, islam, perfectionist, war on terror, patriot, cop, politics ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, india, middle east, pakistan
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76%
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, car chase, fish out of water, buddy cop, buddy, reluctant partners, undercover, investigation, death of friend, law enforcement, damsel in distress, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, detroit, beverly hills, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.5
 15K
Running Scared (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Style: action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, cop, chase, police investigation, violence, police officer, partner, undercover, lawyer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Chuck Norris vs. the Karate Cop (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
Style: independent film, detective, poliziottesco
Plot: martial arts, cop, criminal gang, police officer, frame up, police corruption, weapons, heroes, showdown, police partner, duel, hitman ...
Place: san francisco
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One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, entertaining ...
Plot: drug lord, investigation, vengeance, police investigation, fighting crime, partner, danger, dishonesty, uncover truth, law enforcement, dysfunctional family, loss of partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up ...
Style: feel good, humorous, action comedy, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, martial artist, kung fu, gang, gangster, fight, fight scenes, street life, supermarket, righting the wronged, revenge, karate ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, 20th century
Place: china, new york, bronx new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Don (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang ...
Style: fast, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
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Time: 70s
Place: india, asia, bombay india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Gen-X Cops (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Time: 90s
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Footpath (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: gangster, friendship, murder, undercover, police investigation, gang, vengeance, working undercover, on the run, going straight, siblings relations, false identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new delhi, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.6
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Bad Boys II (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of ...
Style: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy cop, police, drug lord, car chase, gunfight, chase, partner, gangster, law enforcement, friendship between men, foul language, buddy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, iran, usa, puerto rico ...
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55%
Hackney's Finest (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, independent film
Plot: drug, drug dealing, drug dealer, fight, death, friendship, corruption, corrupt cop, murder, police corruption, violence, criminal ...
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55%
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Police Story (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
Style: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight scenes, car chase, murder, drug lord, chases and races, police officer, gangster, justice, wuxia, tough guy ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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54%
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Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.9
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Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Donnie Yen Chi-Tan, a hair-trigger cop, goes on the lam with Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lum, a prim lawyer, after they witness a botched robbery attempt. The police think they're the perpetrators, while the real crooks (including Mortal Kombat star ...
Style: cult classic, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, lawyer, heroic bloodshed, fight scenes, murder, gangster, mistaken identity, heist, wrongfully committed, wooing ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, brutality, murder, twists and turns, fighting crime, witnessing a crime, cons and scams, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop, christmas ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.1
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The Big 4 (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A by-the-book female detective teams up with four down-on-their-luck assassins to investigate her father's murder.
Style: psychological, satirical, captivating, semi serious, action comedy ...
Plot: martial arts, assassin, murder, investigation, target, criminal, gang, gangster, fight, satire, escapades, threat ...
Time: 2020s
Place: indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Red Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: cold war, buddy cop, culture clash, drug dealer, police brutality, buddy, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, russian abroad, drug lord ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: chicago, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, tense, captivating ...
Plot: buddy cop, police, police detective, police partner, chase, buddy, police chase, investigation, tough guy, murder, friendship between men, drug lord ...
Time: 2020s, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, north america, mexico city, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.8
 2K
Aankhen (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story: A 1993 Bollywood Comedy starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey. This movie kick started a long line of Comedy movies for Govinda.
Style: funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: dual role, prank, fugitive, con man, impostor, framed for murder, father son conflict, plastic surgery, corrupt cop, father son relationship, liar, on the run ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.2
 51K
Stuber (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's ...
Style: action comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: buddy cop, police officer, lapd, investigation, murder, father daughter relationship, danger, partner, friendship, taxi driver, driver, drug lord ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Ride Along 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddy, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, police investigation, chase, wedding, drug, buddy cop, partner, escapades ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Collision Course (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tony Costas, a brash, obnoxious, sexist and racist Detroit cop who has long since stopped following the rules, gets told that he will have to work with Inspector Fuji, a straightlaced policeman from Japan. Fuji is in Detroit searching for a Japanese ...
Style: detective, action comedy, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, murder, car chase, crime boss, shootout, two man army, villain, tough cop, investigation, interracial friendship, fight, hitman ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: michigan, detroit, asia, usa, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 6.9
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Singam (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The story, set in the backdrop of Nallore, a small town in Thoothukudi District, revolves around Sub-Inspector Durai Singam (Surya), a brave and just policeman who serves in his hometown primarily to fulfill his father’s (Radha Ravi) wish. Durai ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: chase, police investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, fall in love, danger, police officer, crime boss, police, murder, abduction, exploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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