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Colour of the Truth (2003)
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Original name: 黑白森林
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, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, gangster, rivalry, danger, undercover, law enforcement, police corruption, snitch, dishonesty, police, police shootout, revenge, investigation, fighting crime, police officer killed, chinese mafia, organized crime, triad, family relations, vengeance, siblings relations, mole, law enforcer killer, violent content, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
hong kong, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about law enforcement, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, undercover, gang and working undercover mostly in Crime, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Colour of the Truth: Infernal Affairs II (2003), Bad Country (2014), Shool (1999), Infernal Affairs (2002), Hidden Tiger (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, year 1997, year 1995 ...
Place:
hong kong, asia, china, thailand
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100%
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:
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Time:
80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent ...
Style:
dark, exciting, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police officer, vigilante, cop, revenge, fighting the system, vigilantism, loss of daughter, profanity, injustice, unsupportive coworkers, society ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, police, working undercover, mole, undercover, triad, mob boss, mafia, double life, cop, violent ...
Time:
future, y2k, year 2004, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia, india
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Hong Kong Police placed 1000 undercover officers in the various Triad groups in their efforts to bring down the criminal organization in Hong Kong. After one undercover officer's identity is discovered and he is killed, the pressure is put ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, heroic ...
Plot:
gang, working undercover, hidden identity, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, partner, police officer killed, secret police, fighting crime, mafia, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
46%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
34%
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, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, vengeance, confined, murder, blackmail, hostage, police brutality, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
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, working undercover, undercover, law enforcement, danger, fighting crime, dishonesty, police detective, estrangement, gangster, spy, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
33%
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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, fighting crime, rivalry, partners against crime, undercover, betrayal, working undercover, police corruption, fall in love, partner, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
32%
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, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, master criminal, police detective, police investigation, fighting crime, found footage, law enforcement, heist, rivalry, working undercover, agent, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Set in Shanghais Gangster era of the early 1900s, THE LAST TYCOON tells the tale of CHENG (Chow Yun-Fat), a young man who is set up by the chief of police (Sammo Hung) and must leave the life he knows and QIU (Monica Mok), the woman he loves, to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangster, rivalry, betrayal, dishonesty, heroic bloodshed, love triangle, danger, fight club, triad, violent content, gang ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, 90s
Place:
china, shanghai, asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
drug dealing, police corruption, police investigation, money laundering, gang, rivalry, society, cop, dishonesty, strong violent content, profanity, scapegoat ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
hong kong, asia, east asia, china, united kingdom
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling ...
Plot:
police, police investigation, vengeance, fighting crime, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, law enforcement, self discovery, murder, danger, genius, villain ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A gorgeous lethal killer, brainwashed by the villain, makes a startling discovery in a mission to eliminate a person she can in no way imagine.
Style:
rough, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female martial artist, martial arts, kung fu, female killer, femdom, revenge, heroes, danger, master villain, serial killer, gang ...
Time:
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Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Professional baduk (go) player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, murder, rivalry, dishonesty, gambling, prison, casino, violence, asian, monster, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, bleak, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
undercover, drug dealing, mole, working undercover, drug abuse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, tragic hero, moral dilemma, organized crime, triad ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, asia
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23%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A low-life scumbag gets kidnapped by a mysterious gang and put through inhumane training to become a mole inside the police force.
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, police detective, rivalry, working undercover, undercover, law enforcement, mole, dishonesty, criminal heroes, human nature, misfit, anti hero ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, korea
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23%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cop, triad, heroic bloodshed, organized crime, kung fu, street crime, chinese mafia, martial arts, murder, gang, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, asia, hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
heroic, realistic, serious, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
asia, hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, bleak, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
showdown, covert operation, undercover cop, gang warfare, gang of outlaws, police, peril, gang, trapped, bandit, danger, adventure hero ...
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
china, asia
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22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Taiwan
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 ...
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Audience:
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Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, antwerp, europe, albania
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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21%
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