Movies like Cops and Robbers 1979

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Cops and Robbers (1979)
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Cops and Robbers (1979)
Original name: 點指兵兵
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today. "Can't even look after their own guys," a man grumbles in a roast shop after the bank shooting. The main witness for that crime refuses to speak to the police on principle and even an Old Master Cute comic strip is raised to depict the public opinion. The portrayal of the policemen is decidedly heroic against this background, strengthened by a rousing rock number sung by producer Teddy Robin and coverage of their social lives. The guy they're up against has to be the creepiest villain I've ever seen in film, and his being cross-eyed is only part of the sensation. As he gets more and more screen time, Cops and Robbers builds into a strong and disturbing movie experience.
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, cop, bank robbery, police officer, police officer killed, police shootout, bloodbath, police funeral, stolen gun, police officer shot in the chest, police officer stabbed, police officer shot, police officer shot in the head, police officer shot in the back, police officer shot through the heart

Most similar movies to Cops and Robbers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out poliziottesco, heroic, crime drama and suspense films with plots about police officer shot, police officer, police officer killed, police officer shot in the chest, police shootout, police and police officer shot in the back mostly in Crime, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Cops and Robbers: The Moss (2008), The Warning (1980), Sworn Brothers (1987), Trivisa (2016), Order to Assassinate (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Moss (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Hong Kong cop is struggling for his survival in the underground world, a place filled with criminals and low life people like moss in rotting hell.
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, shootout, cop, accidental killing, police officer, gangster, undercover cop, brothel, emerald, bloodbath, shot in the chest, noodles ...
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95%
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The Warning (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: It is a law police officials obey out of fear. A rule chilling in its simplicity. Accept corruption...or die! They have sealed an unholy alliance. The great banks of Europe. And the blackhearted underworld empire. Together, with their matchless ...
Style: neo noir, poliziottesco
Plot: police officer, funeral, violence, murder, bare breasts, disguise, organized crime, drowning, car accident, police officer killed, blood, italian police ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Sworn Brothers (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Superstar Andy Lau and Cheung Kwok Keung are heroic bloodshed brothers in the riveting triad saga Sworn Brothers! Lau (Andy Lau) is a fast-rising enforcer with the triads, but beneath his "bad" exterior is the sworn brother of Cheung ...
Style: heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, shootout, gun fu, drug, police officer killed, hostage, police station, brutality, hospital, violence, courtroom, blood ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Trivisa (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The film is set in Hong Kong before its handover to China in 1997, when the city’s booming economy inadvertently attracts three infamous criminals from Mainland China to cross the border and make their fortune in Hong Kong. Although unknown to one ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, heroic, crime thriller
Plot: criminal underworld, criminal, mafioso, chinese mafia, organized crime, bandit, outlaw gang, teamwork, japanese mafia, unlikely criminals, gang, criminal gang ...
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Order to Assassinate (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story concerns a mob family, headed by gambling czar Jose Ferrer. When one of family's hit men (Helmut Berger) fails to come up to expectations, Ferrer orders the man's execution.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: assassin, murderer, shooting, police, police officer killed, murder, female nudity, organized crime, truck, police shootout, assassination, training ...
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87%
Saai sau kwong lung (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The theme of the film is ethics. Sammo Hung is a retired cop who trains assassins to do the jobs of cops, whom Sammo sees as unable to do the right things. He sends his four students to assassinate drug dealers. They more than complete the job when ...
Plot: police officer killed, police officer, police shootout, police officer shot through the heart, police officer shot in the back, police officer shot in the chest, killed in police car, police officer shot
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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The Hired Gun (1975)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police officer, police shootout, police officer killed, bodyguard, police officer shot, shootout at a train station, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer kicked, police lineup
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 4.6
 99
China Dolls (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Tong catches Chiu attempting to rape his wife May (Amy Yip). They scuffle and Tong shoots Chiu dead with Chiu's gun. They flee but Tong is killed in a shootout with police. May begs an officer to take her child, since if he is repatriated ...
Plot: prostitution, prostitute, female nudity, sex scene, baby, murder, husband, mother, nudity, female pubic hair, bare breasts, police chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
La Legge Violenta Della Squadra Anticrimine (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: italian police, police chase, police officer killed, security guard, traffic policeman, armored truck, police shootout, police officer, street shootout, security guard killed, police officer shot, armored vehicle ...
Place: italy
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68%
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Double Game (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Drugs, murders, robberies. In Turin, violence is an everyday fact of life, but a mysterious vigilante starts cleaning up the streets. In fact, the killer is a cop, Moretti, who went undercover to do the dirty work he couldn't do in cop's ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, police officer, vigilante, italian police, exploding airplane, corrupt cop, violence, brutality, rape, betrayal, police officer killed, police corruption ...
Time: 70s
Place: turin italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Milano Violenta (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gang of thieves decides to hit the headquarters of Aspex. The police intervened and only two of the robbers managed to escape with the loot, while the other two are forced to take hostages to escape. The police started investigations but also the ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, erotica, robbery, police raid, police officer killed, police shootout, carabinieri, street shootout, police officer shot in the chest, police officer shot, killed in police car, police escort ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Robbery (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An anarcho-absurdist blood-soaked grand guignol indie flick with attitude to burn, this is the pitch perfect youth movie from Hong Kong. A twenty-something punk fancies himself a total player, but the best job he can find is overnight clerk at a ...
Style: dark comedy
Plot: police officer taken hostage, dirty cop, corrupt cop, police shootout, police officer, police officer killed, police officer shot in the head, police officer shot through the heart, police uniform stolen, police officer shot in the chest, police officer shot, police officer stabbed
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Gangland Odyssey (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Chinese drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, prison guard, prison life, police shootout, police officer, escape from custody, police officer killed, murder, fugitive, police lineup, police officer shot in the chest, police officer knocked unconscious ...
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65%
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Canne mozze (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Giovanni Molet is sent to jail for the murder of two of the Carraro family over a feud over land. While incarcerated, a vendetta is carried out on Molet's brother who is killed by the Carraros. While being transferred to another prison, Molet ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: murder, italian police, train station, police shootout, police officer, carabinieri, police officer killed, police officer shot in the chest, police officer shot through the heart, police officer shot
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Walk on Fire (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick sends Hung (Cherie Chung) as a bait to kill Ho Lung. Swore to take revenge for his best friend, Kwok ...
Style: crime drama, heroic, poliziottesco
Plot: heroic bloodshed, kung fu, triad, gun fu, violence, police officer killed, brutality, blood, police, fistfight, gunfight, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Danger Has Two Faces (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Martial art film standout Liang Chia-jen brings the same animalistic intensity from his early heroic bloodshed films to his Danger Has Two Faces tough, ex-cop character now relegated to becoming a pet store owner. The stern Police Superintendent Liu ...
Style: heroic
Plot: heroic bloodshed, martial arts, child hostage, blood, death, little boy, violence, hostage, handgun, asian, friend, bloodbath ...
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58%
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Wo Hu (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot: gang, working undercover, undercover, rivalry, hidden identity, law enforcement, partner, police officer killed, secret police, fighting crime, mafia, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Crime Boss (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the organization and the more he gets to know Vincenzo the more he wants his job but Mancurso will learn that ...
Style: suspense, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, police officer, hitman, police officer killed, police chase, impersonating a police officer, police officer bombed, police uniform stolen, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer shot
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Blazing Flowers (1978)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: traffic policeman, drug, police officer, sicilian, prostitute, female nudity, police officer killed, female full frontal nudity, police officer shot in the head, police officer shot
Place: milan italy
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55%
The Mafia Triangle (1981)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: camorra, mafia, wife, business, mafia don, police officer, police officer shot, police officer knocked unconscious, police officer shot in the chest, italian american
Place: napoli italy, italy, naples italy
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54%
Jail in Burning Island (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies.
Plot: prison, shootout, suicide by cop, police officer, prison guard, massacre, prison warden, police officer killed, police, friend, prison escape, police officer kicked ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Masked Prosecutor (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two cops, one young and tough, the other nearing retirement, are after a ruthless vigilante who kidnaps and tortures acquitted criminals.
Plot: police protection, police officer, vigilante, monk, undercover cop, martial arts, masked man, nightclub, person on fire, car chase, sadism, torture ...
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53%
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The triangular relationship between Lap (Joey Wang). Rick (Kenny Bee) and Cheung (Tony Leung) is the backbone of this film. Lap's father was once a triad; he retired and opened a bar near seashore. Rick worked there and was a couple with Lap. ...
Style: heroic, crime drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, police, asian gangster, gun fu, loyalty, assassination, gunfight, rescue, tragedy, mexican standoff, tragic event ...
Place: hong kong, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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I Am Afraid (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, police officer, mafia, agent, conspiracy, police corruption, paranoia, police officer killed, judge, police raid, years of lead, carabinieri ...
Place: italy
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51%
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Lee Rock II (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The second part of the trilogy chronicling the rise and fall of Hong Kong's top corrupt official. During this time period, Lee Rock enjoys his sucess and has found a new love. But jealousy within the ranks and a new departmrnt designed to clean ...
Style: crime drama, neo noir
Plot: dirty cop, triad, gun fu, gunfight, impersonating a police officer, police officer, martial arts, violence, police officer killed, blood, police corruption, cop ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Final Option (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationships between SDU members and their friends and the pressures they face.
Plot: swat team, swat, army life, impersonating a police officer, police shootout, police officer, police officer killed, police, police officer shot in the back, police uniform stolen, police officer shot in the chest, killed in police car ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Big Family (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style: noir, poliziottesco
Plot: mafia, organized crime, police shootout, police officer, police raid, mob boss, sicilian, corruption, police, police uniform stolen, police officer shot, italian american
Time: 70s
Place: sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
A Judge of Honor (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 180 min.
Story: In 1980 Paolo Borsellino was appointed with the preliminary investigations and the task of setting up a team which would later become the famous anti-mafia pool, investigating into the criminal activities of various mafia bands, in particular the ...
Plot: judge, mafia, true crime, carabinieri, police officer, italian mafia, cosa nostra, sicilian mafia, mob hit, stubbornness, bravery, man killed ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: italy, sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Professor (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style: poliziottesco, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, police, female nudity, nazi, mobster, gulag, criminal, organized crime, murder ...
Time: year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.0
 431
People's Hero (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ex-gangster Sonny Koo finds himself in the middle of a bank holdup by two inexperienced crooks. The robbery goes awry, but before order can be restored, Sonny assumes control. He proceeds to turn the hostage situation to his advantage, and uses the ...
Style: heroic, detective
Plot: heroic bloodshed, gunfight, escape, bank, hostage, brutality, bank clerk, bloodbath, arrest, media, violent death, bank vault ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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