Movies like My Hero 1990

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My Hero (1990)
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My Hero (1990)
Original name: 一本漫畫闖天涯
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and makes a friend of Wai's adopted son, Chun. The series of successes made by Sing and Chun breed contempt in Wai's heart. Wai plans to get rid of them so as to pave the way for his son to succeed to his own business. Still, his son kills him..
Style: crime drama, hood, comic
Plot: triad, basketball, killer, gang, torture, murder, billiards, sword fight, job, dwarf, friendship between men, drug trade, skating, female singer, sauna, immolation, rolls royce, buddy, gangster, comic book, golden triangle, jeep, guitar playing, cigarette lighter, cigar smoking ...
Keyword: chinese, vietnamese, gangsters

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Most similar movies to My Hero

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, exciting and semi serious films with plots about gangster, gang, triad, murder, martial arts, shot in the chest and violence mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like My Hero: Gangster Payday (2014), Those Were the Days (2000), Jerry Cotton (2010), The Green Hornet (2011), Look Out, Officer! (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gangster Payday (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating
Plot: triad, gang, gang war, tea, criminal gang, group of friends, satire, moll, gang member, competitor, crime boss, gangster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Those Were the Days (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Those Were the Days... is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Raymond Yip. The film is a spin-off/prequel of the Young and Dangerous film series, as it follows the life of Chicken Chiu (Jordan Chan) before he joined the triads with the boss Chan Ho ...
Style: crime drama
Plot: gang, true love, childhood sweetheart, childhood memory, childhood friend, triad, flashback, gangster, wedding, murder, urban setting, fishing village ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.2
 979
Jerry Cotton (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: law enforcement, gangster, murder, fbi agent, stripper, danger, escapades, justice, comic book, monkey, buddy cop, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Green Hornet (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company ...
Style: funny, stylized, entertaining, satirical, clever ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, comic book, vigilante, martial arts, masked vigilante, partners against crime, buddy, violence, gunfight, car chase, justice, fight scenes ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Look Out, Officer! (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After police officer Paio is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Hsing, a ...
Style: buddy comedy, spoof, slapstick comedy, freeze frame
Plot: ghost, buddy cop, magic, police, charm, job, shootout, henchman, crush, disapproving father, rookie, sword ...
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sung (Chow) is by far the best lawyer in Guangdong and the outlying areas of Southeast China. His skills have earned his family an excellent living, albeit his habit of winning all his cases by whatever means necessary. Because of his shyster ways, ...
Style: crying, slapstick, slapstick comedy
Plot: qing dynasty, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, justice, false accusation, corruption, lawyer, dead child, corrupt official, crooked lawyer, reform, pregnancy ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Days of Being Dumb (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.
Plot: bare chested male, friendship between men, friend, lesbian, organized crime, friendship, loser, childhood friend, triad, erection, stewardess, criminal gang ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
Genre: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A hired killer pairs up with an amateur filmmaker to provide clients with satisfying footage of enemies getting whacked in this black comedy. Business is down, so hit man Bart is thrilled when Mrs. Ma hires him to kill her enemies -- and film the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partner, hitman, assassination, criminal heroes, danger, blind ambition, unlikely partners, revenge, filmmaking, husband wife relationship, money, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Paper Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style: semi serious, humorous, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: african american, hip hop, gangster, partner, drug dealing, dishonesty, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, ambition, unlikely criminals, disorder, urban ...
Place: usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Century of the Dragon (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rookie policeman Shing (Louis Koo) grapples with right and wrong in this action-packed story about Hong Kong gangsters. Assigned to go undercover, Shing is so successful in playing the part of a gang member that he becomes right-hand man to gang ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, spy, organized crime, fight club, undercover agent, undercover police officer, criminal heroes, rivalry, law enforcement, hidden identity, unlikely partners ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business.
Style: humorous, stylized, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: martial arts, gangster, gang, memory loss, danger, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, loan, asian, violent content, strong female presence, boss and employee ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.7
 237K
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, exciting, action comedy, funny ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: martial arts, buddy, kung fu, buddy cop, kick-butt women, police investigation, partner, culture clash, chase, odd couple, gang, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, las vegas, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 ⇓
50%
 7.0
 9K
Crows Zero (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, manga ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: gang, gang war, teenage life, youth, high school, yakuza, teenage gang, high school life, friendship, street fight, juvenile delinquent, rivalry ...
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.7
 11K
Next Day Air (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten people's lives forever.
Style: hood, realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, urban, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, drug dealing, danger, disorder, black, escapades, criminal heroes, goofy hero, profanity ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Dragon Family (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rival Triad gangs go to war...
Style: heroic, crime drama
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, kung fu, hospital, corrupt cop, funeral, robbery, person on fire, murder, death, suicide, mass murder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.1
 4K
Royal Tramp (1992)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story of Wilson Bond, a pimp who after saving Chan, the leader of the Heaven and Earth society, a revolutionary group, is made a member. After a botched first assignment for the group, he is made a servant to the Prince, the very person the ...
Style: not serious, parody, humorous, epic, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, eunuch, queen, emperor, silly humor, dishonesty, state affairs, master and servant, escapades, power relations, disorder ...
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Black Panther Warriors (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A group of specialists are recruited to steal from a police station.
Style: crime drama
Plot: martial arts, triad, wuxia, revenge, computer, sword, superpower, secret, group, police officer killed, money, female nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Once a Gangster (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Roast Pork joins the triad as a young man and ends up becoming a trusted lieutenant of boss Kerosene. However, his true passion is in his successful chain of restaurants, his loving wife, and his two children. So when Kerosene wants to promote his ...
Style: humorous, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot: life turned upside down, blind ambition, prison, dishonesty, university, gang, gangster, working undercover, friends, criminal heroes, college, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This arty triad flick from Wai Ka-Fai and Johnnie To is as good as genre pictures get in this era. Lau Ching-Wan is Kau, a small potato in the triad world who must make a fateful decision to discover who he is. With that decision, his life can ...
Style: neo noir, allegory, surprise ending
Plot: triad, parallel world, gangster, death, corpse, robbery, bus, boss, brutality, violence, grief, drowning ...
Place: taiwan, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.9
 63K
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%
 5.5
 298
Family (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, master criminal, betrayal, organized crime, mafia, rape, assassin, nurse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.7
 150K
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. ...
Style: humorous, stylized, surreal, parody, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, gangster, kung fu fighting, master warrior, heroes, mob boss, wuxia, gang, murder, contests and competitions, tough guy ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 2004, 20th century
Place: china, east asia, shanghai, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 6.4
 6K
Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, gangster, organized crime, mafia, robbery, caper, fbi, brutality, comedy of errors, gang, partner, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: chicago, usa, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.5
 90K
Cop Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his ...
Style: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, law enforcement, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, robbery, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.3
 12K
City Hunter (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Extremely silly comedy about a self-indulgent private investigator who winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.
Style: semi serious, realistic, spoof, freeze frame, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, terrorist, one man army, womanizer, cruise, hostage, private detective, heroes, spy spoof, ocean liner, danger, fight ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 651
Two Thumbs Up (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A criminal fresh out of prison who seeks out his former partners in crime for another heist. And they make a very elaborate plan to carry out the criminal intent, but things turn awry when another gang of criminals hit the same target.
Style: captivating, satirical, entertaining, crime drama
Plot: escapades, criminal, robbery, criminal gang, armed robbery, burglar, bandit, stealing money, crime boss, gang, theft, attempted robbery ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Nutty Kickbox Cops (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves on the outs with their boss when they accidentally ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, slapstick, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, partner, kung fu, fight, wedding, cop, vacation, working undercover, kidnapping, police detective, friends, hitman ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 6.5
 5K
City Hunter (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, colorful, stylized ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, gangster, murder, womanizer, presumed dead, partner, gang, sex, fistfight, psychotherapist, chase ...
Place: france, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 6.5
 7K
Vengeance (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Style: neo noir, realistic, stylized, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, heroic bloodshed, gangster, danger, murder, chef, gunfight, violence, triad, gun fu, mafia, martial arts ...
Place: hong kong, china, asia, macau
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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