Movies like The Underground 1997

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The Underground (1997)
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The Underground (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A cop must stop the killings of rap stars. But, he gets in too deep after his partner is killed.
Style: crime drama, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: black, buddy cop, die hard, cop, investigation, murder, car chase, hip hop, life is a bitch, profanity, chase, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, partner, hotshot hero, performer's life, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, gangster, violent content, police officer, police ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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Most similar movies to The Underground

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about rivalry, law enforcement, murder, gangster, police, dishonesty and police officer mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Underground: Rage and Honor (1992), The Last of the Finest (1990), Hot Boyz (2000), The Sweeper (1996), A Time to Die (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rage and Honor (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Witnessing a drug deal involving local gang members and cops, an Australian police officer feels he can no longer be just an observer. He joins forces with a local teacher who just happens to be a karate expert and together they try to take back the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspense, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, female fighter, good versus evil, female fight, woman with a gun, righting the wronged, fighting crime, chases and races, on the run, witnessing a crime, gang, drug dealing ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia
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100%
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug, die hard, car chase, police, cop, drug dealer, police shootout, conspiracy, police corruption, illegal drugs, partner, rebellion ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Hot Boyz (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style: hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, murder, social decay, police corruption, false accusation, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Sweeper (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those ...
Style: independent film, fast, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, working undercover, home invasion, police shootout, police officer, police detective, car chase, murder, special agent, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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A Time to Die (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A female photographer teams up with a policeman to try to bring down a corrupt police officer who framed her for drug possession and during her investigation, finds that not everything, or everyone, is what they appear to be.
Style: independent film, detective, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: frame up, police corruption, custody, murder, woman with a gun, photographer, parole, chases and races, witnessing a crime, society, rivalry, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Wrecking Crew (2000)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, rival gang, working undercover, undercover, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, partners against crime, danger, rivalry, partner, hip hop, gang war ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Big Score (1983)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gang, strong violent content, profanity, nudity, partner, violent content, vengeance, drug dealing, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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New York Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman with a gun, cop, yakuza, police detective, friends, betrayal, gang, rivalry, undercover, law enforcement, vengeance, fighting crime ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Freelancers (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, ...
Style: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, revenge, nypd, uncover truth, law enforcement, vigilantism, teaching the ways of the world, partner, betrayal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Last Man Standing (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police corruption, martial arts, chase, partner, bank, master criminal, law enforcement, police investigation, vengeance, friendship, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Gang in Blue (1996)
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: tense, captivating, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: racism, serial killer, interracial, police, corruption, investigation, police corruption, special agent, violent content, dishonesty, rivalry, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Go Fast (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, law enforcement, drug dealing, rivalry, gang, working undercover, marijuana, loss of partner, car chase, undercover, police procedural, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
Style: fast, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cop, buddy cop, murder, trauma, guy, bad guy, nypd, gunfight, hitman, police, mafia, corruption ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Cartel War (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: working undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, law enforcement, criminal's revenge, revenge, male female relationship, police, murder, friendship, war on drugs, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Decisions (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: crime gone awry, urban ghetto, disorder, law enforcement, police corruption, gangster, friendship, danger, rivalry, criminal heroes, dishonesty, heist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Relentless 3 (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
Style: slasher, independent film, scary, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, police detective, die hard, serial murder, police investigation, police officer, psychopath, who done it, woman in danger, murder, mind game, investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Motorway (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police detective, police investigation, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, heist, law enforcer killer, car, police shootout, gunfight, fast car, racing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Nowhere to Hide (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Over the next 72 days, Detective Woo will push his skills to the limits and his team of cops to the edge as they conduct a manhunt for an elusive criminal. Woo takes the law into his own hands as the hunt becomes personal, and as his target may get ...
Style: stylized, neo noir, fast, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, kung fu, gangster, chase, police, cop, police detective, manhunt, partner, law enforcement, vengeance, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: seoul, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Breaking Point (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: "Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep seeded conspiracy and his own lingering past in order to gain the redemption he desires.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, conspiracy, uncover truth, dishonesty, law enforcement, partner, legal, redemption, legal investigation, unlikely partners, strong violent content, gang leader ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Badge 373 (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the ...
Style: grim, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: urban, car chase, sociopath, police officer, gangster, profanity, violent content, police detective, tough heroes, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Snitch'd (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, gangster, police detective, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, police corruption, urban ghetto life, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 3K
Swelter (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal heroes, betrayal, uncover truth, dishonesty, small town, twists and turns, police shootout, chases and races, memory loss, violent content, profanity, police officer killed ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Merchant of Death (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jim Rendall is 6 when his family gets killed. 25 years later he finds out why.
Style: independent film, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: strong violent content, law enforcement, dishonesty, injustice, obsession, vengeance, frame up, chase, family life, chases and races, rivalry, police detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Mafia (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, and Robert Patrick headline this throwback action thriller set in 1975, and following a renegade cop who skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, vengeance, tough heroes, criminal heroes, murder, police officer, love, drug dealer, graphic violence, black, profanity ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1975
Place: pittsburgh, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.3
 64
Two Coyotes (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A drug runner takes over a lucrative drug business only to find his new found empire crumble when a deal goes bad.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, betrayal, rivalry, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, addiction, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.3
 282
Men with Guns (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets out of hand, ends with a bloodbath and they are left with a ...
Style: independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, violence, farm, drug dealing, stash, stoner, partner, tough heroes, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, rivalry, on the run ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The City Is Mine (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, rivalry, gang, criminal's revenge, gangster, drug dealing, urban ghetto, buddies, ego clash, police, love, prison ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Loner (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
Style: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, loss of partner, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police chase, revenge, guy, boy, police officer, bad guy, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Seven-Ups (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Style: detective, action thriller, grim, crime drama, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, police, car, cop, chase, undercover police officer, driving, police officer, organized crime, murder, urban, classic car ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.7
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Chance (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: robbery, police shootout, police detective, chases and races, rivalry, law enforcement, vengeance, criminal heroes, investigation, dishonesty, gang, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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