Movies like Dead Aim 1987

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Dead Aim (1987)
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Dead Aim (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suicidal heroin overdoses of four beautiful exotic dancers, Mace puts together the pieces of a deadly puzzle, infiltrating a violent ring of shadowy drug and weapons dealers, Mace methodically tracks a serial killer (Rick Washburn) with murderous ties to a ruthless foreign diplomat (Harry Goz). Mace won't stop until he gets some answers. The FBI and KGB have them, but now they're talking back with bullets.
Style: neo noir, suspense, independent film, cult film
Plot: law enforcement, serial killer, airplane, revenge, prostitute, con artists, police officer, train, cia, gang, violence, female nudity, sex scene, kgb, murder, tough guy, stripper, restaurant, hospital, gunfight, suicide, justice, african american, brutality, heroin ...
Place: atlanta georgia
Keyword: russian, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Dead Aim

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, suspenseful, realistic and serious films with plots about shootout, violence, blood splatter, murder, blood, tough guy and pistol mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Dead Aim: Nails (1992), Point Doom (2000), Murphy's Law (1986), Out for Justice (1991), Kill Switch (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Nails (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective
Plot: ex wife, drug, automobile, shootout, heroes, con artists, showdown, male female relationship, urban setting, pistol, chase, car chase ...
Time: year 1992
Place: los angeles
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Point Doom (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Hollywood talent agent's girlfriend thrusts him into a world of strip clubs, drugs and deadly motorcycle gangs.
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, neo noir ...
Plot: stripper, motorcycle gang, strip club, drug dealing, tough guy, gangster, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gunfight, brutality, biker, shootout ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
 5.9
 6K
Murphy's Law (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, police investigation, vigilantism, mafia, false accusation, stalking, femme fatale, revenge, danger, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquent ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Out for Justice (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
Style: detective, suspense, neo noir, cult classic, bloody ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, martial arts, gangster, psychopath, organized crime, aikido, revenge, car chase, shootout, violence, hitman, serial killer ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Kill Switch (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, psychopath, murder, mind game, race against time, law enforcement, rivalry, martial arts, serial killer, vigilante, tough law enforcer, chases and races ...
Place: memphis, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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One Man Force (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
Style: independent film
Plot: shootout, drug, vigilante justice, revenge, murder, pistol, police officer killed, chase, strangulation, brutality, violence, car chase ...
Time: year 1989
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters
Style: suspense, neo noir, slasher, cult classic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, psychopath, violence, gangster, sadomasochism, woman in jeopardy, murder, fashion show, fashion, betrayal ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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 6K
McQ (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, murder, police detective, police corruption, fighting crime, uncover truth, law enforcement, rivalry, investigation, twists and turns, urban, criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Code of Silence (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style: exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police officer, one man army, revenge, explosions, police, mafia, gangster, chase, hitman, police investigation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.1
 10K
Stone Cold (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked ...
Style: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: biker, motorcycle, gang, fbi, drug dealing, undercover cop, bike, law enforcement, investigation, partner, tough heroes, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: mississippi, new orleans, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.0
 34K
Above the Law (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, corruption, brutality, vengeance, drug dealing, cia, police, kung fu, police officer, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, vietnam, usa, las vegas, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 7.2
 66K
Magnum Force (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, intense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: police corruption, serial killer, vigilante, vigilantism, police, female nudity, police investigation, violent, police detective, murder, machismo, revenge ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Streets of Blood (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A police officer's partner has died during Hurricane Katrina, but he later discovers that his partner may have been murdered. An investigation follows, taking the officer and his new partner into the depths of the criminal underworld.
Style: serious, realistic, bleak, rough, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ghetto, murder, investigation, police detective, undercover, law enforcement, chaos and mayhem, gunfight, cop, urban, gangster, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.0
 18K
Death Wish II (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Style: detective, cult classic, grindhouse, neo noir, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, rape, rape and revenge, one man army, female nudity, prostitute, street gang, interracial rape, woman in jeopardy, violence, vigilantism, revenge ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: los angeles, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The French Connection (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style: detective, neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroin, gangster, drug dealer, organized crime, car chase, investigation, chase, smuggling, drug lord, drug smuggling, police, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, israel, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.0
 49K
A Man Apart (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style: suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, drug cartel, vigilante, drug, lone hero, justice, gang, gangster, violence, corruption, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Marked for Death (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, gangster, murder, violence, good versus evil, revenge, voodoo, jamaican, drug lord, car chase, sword fight ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: jamaica, usa, chicago, colombia, caribbean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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The Big Racket (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, grindhouse
Plot: rape, police, police officer, revenge, organized crime, shootout, suicide, fight, gunfight, machine gun, violent, dirty harry ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
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42%
Hero and the Terror (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style: suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, martial arts, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, chase, death, hospital, investigation, psychopath ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.4
 4K
Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.4
 25K
The Gauntlet (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, hitman, on the road, bus, attempted rape, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona, las vegas, usa
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40%
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Until Death (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style: rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot: addiction, vengeance, life is a bitch, police, violence, brutality, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge, martial artist, gory ...
Time: year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place: new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.8
 17K
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, neo noir, hood, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: violence, vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, shootout, woman in jeopardy, gang rape, rape victim, sniper, cannon ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.7
 6K
Army of One (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, revenge, shootout, on the run, hostage, chase, one against many, fugitives, organized crime, frame up, criminal heroes, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style: neo noir, controversial, intense, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: chinese mafia, triad, organized crime, culture clash, racism, gangster, sexually frustrated woman, murder, violence, police detective, police corruption, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: new york, china, vietnam, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.4
 396
Maximum Force (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Sharky's Machine (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky's new "machine" gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prostitute, corruption, murder, gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, police, fighting crime, partner, shootout, assassin, investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.3
 49K
The Dead Pool (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, vigilante, corruption, reporter, prison, mafia, gangster, against the rules ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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