Movies like Shoot on Sight
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Shoot on Sight (2007)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of Scotland Yard. On the other hand, Tariq - a British citizen is himself a suspect in the eyes of his boss, despite his long service in the Scotland Yard
Style:
rough, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
Plot:
terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, culture clash, religions or cults, investigation, husband wife relationship, politics, death, murder, terrorist, gang, society, police officer, police, subway, muslim, computer, profanity, racist, interracial marriage, radical, victim, suicide bomber, suspect ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
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Most similar movies to Shoot on Sight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, law enforcement, investigation, police investigation, police and life is a bitch mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Shoot on Sight: Caliphate (2020), In Bar (2007), Resurrection Man (1998), The Innocent Sleep (1995), Out of the Darkness (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
isis, terrorist, hijab, suicide bomber, islamic terrorism, islam, terrorism, conspiracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency, muslim, rape ...
Place:
syria, middle east, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, art house ...
Plot:
gang, captivity, vigilantism, sexual abuse, vengeance, life is a bitch, injustice, confined, murder, rivalry, gory, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, violent, dark hero, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge across the River Thames, the story follows Alan, a man from Northern England who is homeless after the loss of his wife and job. One night while ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, mind bending, tense ...
Plot:
freemason, police, witness, reporter, chase, murder, homeless, best friend, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, journalism, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe, tower bridge london
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
Style:
psychological, detective, serious, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, killer, killing spree, parent child relationship, fighting crime, chases and races, tough law enforcer, danger, obsessive quest, terrorism, stalking ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, interesting
Plot:
terrorism, conspiracy, investigation, state affairs, escapades, ocean, uncover truth, fighting the system, politics, journalism, dishonesty, media ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, russia, estonia, pentagon
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
murder, white supremacy, religion, robbery, hostage, working undercover, down on your luck, interracial relations, police corruption, injustice, terrorism, investigation ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, murder, strong violent content, rape and murder, who done it, life is a bitch, physical appearance, mentally unstable, stalking, law enforcement, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Independent writer-director Leigh Slawner helms this chilling dramatization of the findings laid out in the best-selling 9/11 Commission Report, a document that sought to analyze the circumstances surrounding coordinated terrorist attacks against ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world trade center manhattan new york city, investigation, uncover truth, danger, politics, state affairs, chaos, society, fbi agent, 9/11, terrorist, islam ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
new york, london, pakistan, washington d.c., israel ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, danger, couples, psychopath, husband wife relationship, investigation, rivalry, death, skinny dipping, true crime, mother in law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rise and fall, gang, rivalry, partner, gangster, dishonesty, betrayal, drug dealing, ambition, vengeance, criminal heroes, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, profiler, true crime, mind game, police detective, woman in danger, killer, murder, violence, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, florida, washington d.c.
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Après quinze ans passés derrière les barreaux, Bruno, qui prône la révolution prolétarienne, s'évade. Ce dernier veut continuer la lutte, faire sortir ses camarades de prison, libérer les masses du joug capitaliste. Tous ses anciens ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, art house ...
Plot:
betrayal, drug dealing, police investigation, on the run, terrorism, confined, manhunt, crime boss, prison, terrorist, manhood, anti fascism ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Small-town detective Noah Cordin is called to solve a juvenile homicide that occurred during a home burglary in his affluent town of Hilliard. The dead boy's mother, Allison Connor, is a member of the Meskada County Board of Commissioners, and ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, dark ...
Plot:
murder, law enforcement, police investigation, social differences, small town, working class, friend, investigation, crime scene, home invasion, burglar, dead boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
amish, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, forbidden love, murder, pregnancy, police investigation, life is a bitch, police detective, culture clash, teenage life, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
20%
29K
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, political, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, police, terrorism, muslim, fall in love, islam, police officer, patriot, cop, war on terror, counter terrorism, politics ...
Time:
90s
Place:
delhi, asia, india, middle east, pakistan
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bobby O'Grady a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one of Bobby's buddies, Teddy, Bobby and others have to keep it an absolute secret, even ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, murder, vengeance, police investigation, criminal's revenge, investigation, best friend, police corruption, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
boston, ireland, massachusetts, connecticut, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, serial killer, racial discrimination, interracial, corruption, police, investigation, police corruption, violent content, special agent, juvenile delinquency, society ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch now than during Bush's presidency, ...
Style:
controversial, mockumentary, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, assassination, sniper, brutality, investigation, conspiracy, president, culture clash, danger, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, near future, september 11 2001, 70s ...
Place:
iraq, chicago, middle east, syria, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, vengeance, investigation, police detective, haunted by the past, serial killer, danger, law enforcement, psychopath, murder, who done it ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true chilling story of the "two of a kind", killing cousins Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers, is told in this TV drama.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, two killers, serial killer, true crime, psychopath, cousin, strangler, homicide, killing spree, killer, criminal, violent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, erotic, suspense ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, media, minister, female nudity, politics, dishonesty, violence, society, writers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thriller charting the moral collapse of a police family. Two cop brothers, smothered by the shadow of their former police chief father, must investigate a crime they themselves have committed.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological, visually stunning ...
Plot:
investigation, sea, murder, guilt, secret, suspect, police brutality, lie, moral dilemma, law enforcement, haunted by the past, island ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, recruitment, hidden identity, danger, introspection, society, police, bomb, working undercover, rivalry, escapades, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india, asia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
In this made-for-television thriller, Roselyn Tyler (Eve Best) awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will ...
Style:
tense, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, sexual abuse, uncover truth, murder, lie, love, memory loss, danger, blackmail, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Style:
slasher, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
wannabe, murder, police detective, police investigation, mind game, psychopath, obsession, danger, master criminal, rivalry, woman in danger, gory ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bay area, los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A friendship between two young mothers results in murder when one develops an attraction to the other's boyfriend.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot:
true crime, murder, police investigation, uncover truth, murder mystery, mysterious man, who done it, heroes, murderer, friends, escapades, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.
Style:
rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, hitman, investigation, police, police investigation, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, snitch, danger, swamp, informant ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
Similarity:
19%
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