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Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver (1977)
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Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver (1977)
Original name: 搏命
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story: To free his girlfriend from her contract with a greedy madam, Shang Li (Don Wong) teams up with a cold-blooded thief called the Sparrow (Chiang-lung Wen) to hijack a large shipment of silver. But when the heist suddenly goes bad, Shang Li finds himself with blood on his hands and a price on his head. Martial arts superstars Angela Mao and Lieh Lo also star in this kung fu classic from writer-director Pao-Shu Kao.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heist, shaolin kung fu, kung fu, prostitute, heroes, gang, battles, hijacking, master warrior, master criminal, fall in love, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, danger, confined, one man army, death row, dishonesty, criminal heroes, daring rescue, wrongfully committed, tough heroes, bandit ...
Time: 70s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, master warrior, heroes, rivalry, kung fu, fight and danger mostly in Action, Drama and Western genres. Some movies like Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver: Brothers Five (1970), The Protector 2 (2013), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Challenge of the Masters (1976), Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Brothers Five (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
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The Protector 2 (2013)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: thailand
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Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, exciting ...
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Place: asia, china
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Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes ...
Style: fast, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, wong fei hung, kung fu classic, fight, violent content, best friend, hopes, ambition, heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
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Fists of Bruce Lee (1978)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Fighters ally with each other and fight for no apparent reason. The plot is meaningless, just a vehicle to see fight scenes.
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Plot: martial arts, kung fu, secret agent, secret organization, battles, righting the wronged, drug abuse, kidnapping, working undercover, rivalry, dishonesty, drug dealing ...
Time: 70s
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5 Masters of Death (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, rough
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The Invincible Armour (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, exciting
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The Shadow Boxer (1974)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Kill and Kill Again (1981)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before ...
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Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: south africa
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Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!
Style: independent film, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
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Audience: boys' night
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Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
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Double Blast (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, rough ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
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Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Fury of the Shaolin Master (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A government law officer is dispatched to bring his brother's killers to justice. On his bloody mission, untold assassins are thrown at him, but to no avail. One by one they are done away with in a most militant style.
Style: exciting, rough, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min.
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The Deadly Duo (1971)
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Country: Hong Kong
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
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The Sanctuary (2009)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
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Country: Hong Kong
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Breathing Fire (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Michael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, so that the hiding place for the loot can only be ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Small Tiger (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.1
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Christmas Rush (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Bangkok Revenge (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Shaolin Temple (1976)
Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min.
Story: There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting
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Time: 18th century
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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