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The Stool Pigeon (2010)
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The Stool Pigeon (2010)
Original name: 綫人
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him to send another informant to spy on the criminal operations of Barbarian, a vicious gangster plotting a jewelry heist. He seeks ex-convict Ghost, who agrees to work for Don despite vowing to go straight since he's desperately in need of money to repay a debt and save his sister. Ghost's driving skills help him infiltrate Barbarian's gang and earn his trust, but by feeding information to Don and hooking up with Barbarian's girlfriend Dee, Ghost is pushing himself into a tight and deadly corner...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, heroic, fast, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, undercover, danger, working undercover, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, estrangement, dishonesty, gangster, spy, fight, undercover agent, organized crime, triad, fight club, heroic bloodshed, undercover police officer, urban, redemption, hopes, violent content, bloodbath, graphic violence, deadly ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: hong kong, china, asia
Keyword: gangsters, chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about law enforcement, gangster, rivalry, heroic bloodshed, dishonesty, danger and bloodbath mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Stool Pigeon: Exiled (2006), Eye in the Sky (2007), Colour of the Truth (2003), Century of the Dragon (1999), Moving Targets (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Exiled (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A friendship is formed between an ex-gangster, and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, hitman, friendship, starting over, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, dishonesty, danger, frame up, babies and infants, crime boss, triad ...
Time: year 2006
Place: east asia, china, macau
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Eye in the Sky (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: master criminal, undercover, fighting crime, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder, found footage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Colour of the Truth (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, gangster, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, police corruption, snitch, law enforcement, police, police shootout, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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 ⇓
36%
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Moving Targets (2004)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Kit comes from a very fortunate family, with an outstanding police officer father When the family starts to break up, Man impulsively shot Kit's mother. After Kit's parents divorced, Kit viewed Man his father as an enemy. As an adult, he ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, partner, gangster, betrayal, partners against crime, fall in love, undercover, police corruption, working undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Black Ransom (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A powerful triad boss has been kidnapped, and the new police superintendent Koo (Fala Chen) decides to recruit the help of Mann (Simon Yam), a former supercop who has since been relegated to back-up duty. Mann has his work cut out for him when he ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, rivalry, confined, vengeance, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Drug War (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The taciturn police commander Zhang leads an undercover drugs team and in his continuous battle against the ubiquitous drug barons, takes up arms against his arch enemy, Timmy Choi. When he gets hold of Choi, he makes a deal with him: in exchange ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war on drugs, drug cartel, whistleblower, mole, criminal, recruit, law enforcement, betrayal, dishonesty, triad, gang, shooting ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: china, asia
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32%
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Full Alert (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Police Inspector Pao is trying to catch Mak Kwan, a gang member who is first arrested, but then escapes from the prison. By chance, Pao realizes that the target of Kwan's gang is the H.K. Jockey Club
Style: heroic, neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, car chase, cop, triad, heist, battles, chases and races, gang, law enforcement, danger, confined, on the run ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Protégé (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Undercover officer Nick had spent the last seven years penetrating into the core of a drug ring working his way up from a street dealer post to the managerial position handling cargo deliveries for Kwan - the biggest player in the local heroin ...
Style: serious, bleak, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: drug dealing, mole, undercover, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, tragic hero, moral dilemma, organized crime, triad ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Time and Tide (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who's had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. He secretly fantasizes about living the good life in South America. After a while, he is forced to deal with the reality of ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, gangster, gang war, friendship, race against time, danger, drug dealing, working undercover, fight, shootout, violence, triad ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, japan, china, asia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Double Tap (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Leslie Cheung plays Rick Pang, an IPSC champion who is also a gun expert who modifies his pistols to perfect his technique known as 'double tap', placing two shots in the same exact spot. In the 1996 IPSC Hong Kong shooting competition, ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, police detective, murder, police investigation, vengeance, law enforcement, master criminal, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, heroic bloodshed, triad ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Infernal Affairs III (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Infernal Affairs III is a 2003 Hong Kong crime thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is the third installment in the Infernal Affairs film series, and is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film, as it intercuts events ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, triad, police, mob boss, spy, gang war, working undercover, twists and turns, mole, police detective, police investigation, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Dead Drop (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, betrayal, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, master criminal, working undercover, revenge, car chase, spy, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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Beast Stalker (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sergeant Tong is wracked with guilt after he unwittingly kills a young girl whilst capuring a criminal named Cheung. When the girl's sister is later kidnapped in a ploy to get Cheung released, Sergeant Tong vows to find and rescue her before ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: kidnapping, criminal, fighting crime, guilty conscience, police detective, accidental killing, child abduction, blackmail, murder, escapades, freak accident, tragic event ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The White Storm (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 140 min.
Story: An operation against the notorious druglord in Thailand changed the destiny of a HK narcotic team- the workaholic captain lost his men and bright career; the loyal officer was abandoned and went missing; the undercover cop who was salvaged chose to ...
Style: crime drama, suspense, rough, brutal, suspenseful ...
Plot: gunfight, undercover cop, drug, police officer, police shootout, police officer killed, police, swat team, heroic bloodshed, survival, fight, undercover agent ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Crash and Burn (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins (Erik Palladino, E.R.) agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss (Michael Madsen, ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: gangster, secret agent, gang, law enforcement, undercover, secret identity, danger, dishonesty, friends, undercover agent, speed, automobile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic
Plot: gangster, robbery, danger, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, lifesaver, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, partner, nordic, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Return to a Better Tomorrow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An adventure that delves into the dark caverns of the underworld and tells the tale of three chivalrous gangsters who attempt to escape the powerful clutch of their gang leader.
Style: heroic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: triad, heroic bloodshed, gunfight, martial arts, gangster, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, gang, betrayal, life is a bitch, fighting crime, criminal heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Billa (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: law enforcement, rivalry, working undercover, twists and turns, danger, disorder, hidden identity, criminal heroes, master criminal, chases and races, gangster, switching roles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, malaysia
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27%
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Big Bullet (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, bloody, neo noir, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, swat team, heist, police, violent content, law enforcement, workplace, chases and races, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, hong kong, united kingdom, china, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Infernal Affairs II (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In this prequel to Mou gaan dou (2002), Chan Wing Yan has just become an undercover cop in the triads while Lau Kin Ming joins the police force. Both the triads and the police find an enemy in a rival crime boss.
Style: suspense, neo noir, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chinese mafia, gangster, triad, organized crime, spy, murder, police, police investigation, survival, recruit, police detective, mind game ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1991, year 1997 ...
Place: hong kong, asia, china, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
That Demon Within (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another crime, Dan is determined to put an end to their activities. He works with the leader, whom the ...
Style: psychological, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: redemption, tough law enforcer, gang, law enforcement, police officer, police officer killed, guilt, obsession, heroic bloodshed, urban, police shootout, self mutilation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
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26%
The Viral Factor (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: International Security Affairs agent Jon is on a dangerous mission to escort a criminal scientist to another country. En route, a member of his team turns out to be a traitor and shoots Jon in the head while kidnapping the scientist. When Jon wakes ...
Style: exciting, serious, tense, suspense, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rivalry, fighting crime, partner, betrayal, danger, law enforcement, terrorism, master criminal, dangerous mission, fight, gunfight, spy ...
Time: 21st century
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26%
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Assassins' Code (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, working undercover, hitman, rivalry, undercover, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, woman with a gun, spy, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Den of Lions (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, prodigy, leadership, undercover, danger, law enforcement, gangster, spy, dishonesty, criminal heroes, prostitute, rivalry ...
Place: hungary, europe, budapest
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25%
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The Sniper (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: sniper, vengeance, partner, law enforcement, rivalry, disagreement, moral dilemma, chase, murder, police, hostage situation, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Hit Team (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being paralyzed form the waist down, and doctors tell him that if he doesn't have an operation ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, vengeance, fighting crime, gang, partners against crime, danger, rivalry, disability, partner, law enforcement, undercover, paralysis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The First Shot (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During a period of widespread police corruption, Ti Lung is a stubborn cop who takes on both the mob and the political establishment.
Style: heroic, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, law enforcement, kung fu, gunfight, dirty cop, martial arts, undercover cop, corruption, murder, gangster, police detective, betrayal ...
Time: 70s
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Invisible Target (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Three cops team up to bring down a criminal gang of seven, who have their own hidden agenda.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, car chase, vigilantism, partners against crime, hostage, master criminal, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, fighting crime, law enforcement ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Extraordinary Mission (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An undercover police officer attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate from the inside.
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, heroic
Plot: undercover, master criminal, crime boss, gain trust, war on drugs, working undercover, drug dealing, gang, drug bust, fighting crime, rivalry, mob boss ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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