Movies like Switch 2013

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Switch (2013)
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Switch (2013)
Original name: 天机:富春山居图
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In search of an ancient Chinese scroll, a Chinese agent battles against Japanese Yakuzas and British mercenaries.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fighting crime, heroic mission, undercover, secret identity, secret agent, chase, escapades, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, gangster, woman with a gun, yakuza, twists and turns, heroes, chases and races, couple relations, special agent, violent content, agent, kurd, graphic violence, tape over mouth, secret agents, crimes ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: china
Keyword: gangsters, chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, chases and races, rivalry, undercover, violent content, heroes and law enforcement mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Switch: Firestorm (2013), Crash and Burn (2008), Eye in the Sky (2007), The Stool Pigeon (2010), The Vanquisher (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Firestorm (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A crew of seasoned criminals led by the notorious Nam, armed with high-powered weapons, pulls off another smooth and violent armored car heist in broad daylight in a crowded street. Whoever tries to get in their way, they will show no mercy. This ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, hood ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police investigation, master criminal, undercover, gain trust, chase, law enforcement, rivalry, gunfight, organized crime, gang, triad, armed forces ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china
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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 ⇓
94%
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 ⇓
87%
The Stool Pigeon (2010)
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 ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, heroic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, law enforcement, undercover, working undercover, danger, fighting crime, police detective, estrangement, dishonesty, gangster, spy, undercover police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot: police investigation, tough law enforcer, danger, law enforcement, chase, gangster, police procedural, organized crime, nordic, swedish, criminal, urban ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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The Vanquisher (2009)
Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After completing a covert mission in southern Thailand, CIA agent Gunja finds herself forced to fight off operatives who've been ordered to take her out at all costs. She survives and after two years of laying low, re-emerges in Bangkok to face ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, hitman, secret agent, save the day, escapades, danger, law enforcement, undercover, heroes, women, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and numerous mercenaries and clandestine agents tries to steal a new Russian stealth fighter. Murdock is ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, military, daring rescue, save the day, betrayal, escapades, danger, rivalry, arms dealing, heroic mission, aerial combat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Getting Even (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed. A greedy millionaire rancher finds out about it and sets out to steal it.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic mission, heroes, rivalry, confined, chases and races, escapades, danger, race against time, chase, terrorism, psychopath, disaster ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: usa, texas, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Crossfire (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, small town, chase, police corruption, fighting crime, danger, teamwork, gang, rivalry, cop, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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 636
Countdown (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: terrorism, hostage, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, murder, conflict, circus, confined, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Disguised as a travel agent, “Su-ji” is a government spy with six years’ experience who can’t reveal her career to her boyfriend “Jae-joon.” After she lies again, her boyfriend breaks up with her and leaves without notice, leaving her ...
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, partner, love and romance, secret identity, undercover, disorder, chases and races, couple relations, hidden identity, save the world, danger, reluctant partners ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Johan Falk: Leo Gaut (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A car explodes outside a primary school where GSI's Chief Patrick Agrell has just left his children.The event reconnects Johan Falk to Leo Gaut, a former criminal restaurant owner Johan put behind bars a decade ago.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, danger, chase, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, revenge, husband wife relationship, infidelity, nordic, criminal, swedish, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 2.4
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3 Musketeers (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Alexandra D'Artagnan, junior member of NSA uncovers a conspiracy that the goal is to assassinate the American president. Alexandra has secured the support of three famous and notorious international spies in order to stop the assassination.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mockbuster
Plot: undercover, save the day, government agency, escapades, rivalry, danger, martial arts, female fighter, female fight, woman with a gun, shootout, cavalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Caribe (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: smuggling, canuxploitation, heroes, on the run, chases and races, stalking, undercover, espionage, chase, rivalry, danger, embezzlement ...
Time: 80s
Place: central america
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45%
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Madame Sin (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Style: fast, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, spy, cold war, old woman, kidnapping, heroes, undercover, rivalry, chases and races, state affairs, terrorism, espionage ...
Time: 70s
Place: china, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Maximum Velocity (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: save the world, heroic mission, escapades, heroes, danger, environmentalism, chaos, forces of nature, chases and races, weatherman, disaster, natural disaster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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44%
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Muscle Heat (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vengeance, contests and competitions, danger, law enforcement, tough heroes, fighting crime, rivalry, master warrior, master criminal, drug dealing, heroes ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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A Lonely Place for Dying (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 20th century, 70s
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43%
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The Lookout (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A major police operation to take down a notorious gang of bank robbers goes horribly wrong when a rooftop sniper opens fire, killing several police officers and causing an explosive distraction in which the robbers make their getaway. Commissioner ...
Style: serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france
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42%
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Matador (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Story: Matador chronicles the unlikely rise of Tony "Matador" Bravo, a popular soccer star who comes to be known as much for his playboy antics off the field as his dynamic moves on it. But what his fans and family don't realize is that ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, secret agent, secret identity, rivalry, ambition, sport team, athlete's life, contests and competitions, woman with a gun, megalomaniac, female nudity, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, rivalry, terrorism, heroic mission, confined, chases and races, escapades, heroes, danger, hijacking, bomb, boat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 2.8
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Scavengers (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A team of space scavengers discovers superior alien technology that threatens the balance of the known universe. Hotly pursued by a rival crew of intergalactic mercenaries, the Revelator crew must fight through the deepest reaches of space to locate ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: outer space, good versus evil, save the world, danger, chase, space wars, technology gone awry, chaos, rivalry, escapades, heroes, alien invasion ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Saviour of the Soul (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman blinds a martial arts master and his pupil vows revenge on her. She is forced to abandon her loved ones without explanation in order to protect them from her ill-intentioned pursuer.
Style: fast, semi serious, stylized, futuristic
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, two worlds meeting, swashbuckler, mistaken identity, working undercover, heroic mission, vengeance, vigilantism, superhero, undercover, criminal's revenge ...
Time: future
Place: hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Rebellion (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over ...
Style: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, assassination attempt, tough heroes, danger, save the day, murder, politics, car chase, couple relations, heroes, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Once a Thief (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong ...
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, gangster, renegade, rivalry, manhunt, haunted by the past, vengeance, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, master criminal, going straight, love triangle ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, canada, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Cast into a violent and bloody world of murder, Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne - a book of great beauty and power - to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell- bent on ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot: viking, monk, medieval, heroic mission, heroes, chase, escapades, danger, monastery, master warrior, sword, nordic ...
Time: middle ages, 8th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Vector File (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A geo-political thriller where Gerry Anderson finds that sometimes, everybody really is out to get you. Gerry's daughter, Mattie, accidentally prints out a DNA code that in the wrong hands can end the human race. The chase is on - the Russians, ...
Style: bleak, futuristic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, terrorism, undercover, introspection, danger, estrangement, save the world, heroes, law enforcement, on the run, race against time, heroic mission ...
Place: new zealand
⇓ 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 ⇓
35%
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