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Gringo (2018)
 6.1
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Gringo (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
Style: funny, dark comedy, exciting, feel good, semi serious, action comedy, absurd, entertaining, independent film, anamorphic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: kidnapping, police officer, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, interracial friendship, fake kidnapping, dark humor, car chase, american abroad, business, organized crime, danger, pharmacist, love, mafia, winter, subculture, shootout, mobster, drug, cop, marijuana, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, hotel room ...
Time: contemporary
Place: mexico
Keyword: gangsters, challenge

Most similar movies to Gringo

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, exciting and action comedy films with plots about shootout, gangster, partner, cop, shot to death, violence and police officer mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like Gringo: Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015), Hot Pursuit (2015), Pineapple Express (2008), 48 Hrs. (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, partner, vigilantism, rivalry, danger, elderly, partners against crime, aging, heroes, vigilante, superhero, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 54K
Hot Pursuit (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
Style: humorous, not serious, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: chase, police, odd couple, on the run, friendship, shooting, policewoman, organized crime, corruption, danger, cop, witness protection ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, san antonio texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Pineapple Express (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, offbeat, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: stoner, marijuana, friendship, weed, drug, buddies, buddy, cannabis, chase, drug trip, witnessing a crime, immature ...
Time: year 2008, 1930s, year 1937, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.9
 85K
48 Hrs. (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style: exciting, detective, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot: prison, buddy cop, reluctant partners, cop, tough cop, violence, revenge, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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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 ⇓
53%
 6.2
 78K
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Norway, China, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Nels Coxman's quiet life comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge as he seeks coldblooded justice against a drug lord and his inner circle.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, harsh, action comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, snow, winter, one man army, snowstorm, vigilante justice, vigilante, vigilantism, skiing, drug cartel, final showdown, life turned upside down ...
Time: 2010s
Place: colorado, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.8
 40K
Bulletproof (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style: funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, buddy, drug lord, betrayal, buddy cop, justice, police, unlikely friendships, adaptation, criminal heroes, working undercover, hidden identity ...
Time: 90s
Place: arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 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 ⇓
53%
Movie in collections
 7.6
 12K
Hell (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and ...
Style: dark comedy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot: drug cartel, organized crime, gangster, violence, u.s. mexico border, politics, gang war, social relations, society, mafia, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.7
 7K
Crime Story (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A special agent assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kidnapping, police corruption, police investigation, kung fu, corruption, rescue, heroes, chases and races, rivalry, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia, taiwan
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 6.2
 52K
Keanu (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
Style: funny, buddy comedy, absurd, satirical, parody ...
Plot: kitten, gunfight, cat, african american, car chase, brothers, dumb, fight scenes, gangster, gang, hitman, chase ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and ...
Style: intense, humorous, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, gangster, mafia, police corruption, friendship, safecracker, partner, disorder, law enforcement, gambling, crime boss, crime gone awry ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new jersey, europe, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.6
 266K
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
In Order of Disappearance (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of ...
Style: psychological, dark comedy, noir, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, gangster, revenge, kidnapping, vigilantism, murder, snow, betrayal, justice, loss of son, kidnapped boy, winter ...
Time: year 2014, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.5
 94K
Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style: road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, buddy, organized crime, hitman, gangster, chase, bounty hunter, train, car chase, race against time, police surveillance ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, arizona, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
 140K
Let's Be Cops (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in ...
Style: funny, light, entertaining, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: impersonating a police officer, buddy cop, partners against crime, corruption, friendship between men, police, investigation, happy ending, partner, fighting crime, disorder, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, witty, cynical ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, dark humor, organized crime, twists and turns, crime gone awry, disorder, gang, nothing goes right, debt, violent, friends ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: england, united kingdom, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
Style: black comedy, action comedy, neo noir, fast, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, buddy cop, buddy, law enforcement, police, hitman, mobster, kickass, dirty harry, cop, car crash, police chase ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Montana (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, female assassin, boss, fugitives, murder, cancer, female fight, killer, strong female lead, shootout, on the run, attempted rape ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 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 ⇓
49%
 6.0
 51K
CHiPS (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style: buddy comedy, intense, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, investigation, corruption, chase, partner, car chase, motorcycle cop, female nudity, police corruption ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 5.5
 65K
Showtime (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
Style: humorous, melancholic, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: chase, reluctant partners, police dog, buddy cop, buddy, justice, law enforcement, police, partners against crime, gangster, fish out of water, mentor ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
49%
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After the Sunset (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two master thieves (Brosnan and Hayek) are finally retiring after one last succesful mission. Residing in their own tropical paradise, their old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is an ...
Style: humorous, sexy, feel good, exciting, light ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: heist, island, one last job, fbi, robbery, voyeur, caper, cons and scams, chase, 007, relationships, diamond ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: bahamas, caribbean, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 7.6
 590K
Kick-Ass (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Style: stylized, funny, entertaining, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, vigilante, young heroes, vigilantism, double life, lifestyle, youth, teenager, friends, courage, misfit ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.3
 51K
The 51st State (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style: humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, chemist, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, culture clash, drug, golf, drug dealing, car chase, gang war, partner ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 70s
Place: england, los angeles, liverpool, northern england, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 7.0
 404K
22 Jump Street (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the ...
Style: parody, buddy comedy, funny, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: college, undercover cop, police, high school, buddy cop, dimwit, youth, undercover, buddy, friendship, police investigation, campus ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.8
 54K
Life (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, hilarious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: prison, twists and turns, life sentence, prison escape, prison life, redemption, african american, friendship, black, adaptation, criminal, escape attempt ...
Time: 1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1932
Place: mississippi, new york, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 7.2
 595K
21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, buddy, drug, police, partners against crime, youth, buddy cop, working undercover, high school student, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Hard Word (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad ...
Style: suspense, stylized, tense, cynical, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, chase, vengeance, lawyer, twists and turns, robbery, greed, cons and scams, criminal heroes, dishonesty, frame up, siblings relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: australia, melbourne, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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