Movies like The Outlaws 2017
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The Outlaws (2017)
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Original name: 범죄도시
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ma Seok-do works as a detective squad chief. His team struggles to bust a criminal ring who originally came from Yanbian, China and led by Jang Chen.
Style:
tense, brutal, suspense, crime drama, harsh, intense, detective, neo noir, interesting
Plot:
tough cop, brutality, organized crime, street gang, strong violent content, cruelty, tough law enforcer, police, crime boss, police investigation, korean gangster, extortion, police arrest, peril, mafia, samurai, parasite, mafioso, secret service, chinese mafia, murder mystery, triad, asian, survival horror, cop ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Most similar movies to The Outlaws
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and serious films with plots about organized crime, gang, gangster, revenge, police, mafia and murder mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Outlaws: The Roundup (2022), Flash Point (2007), Street Kings (2008), New World (2013), The Roundup: Punishment (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The ‘Beast Cop’ Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, crime drama, detective ...
Plot:
teamwork, police partner, police detective, crime investigation, forensics, murder mystery, crime solving, secret mission, korean gangster, martial arts, homicide detective, murder investigation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
seoul, vietnam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked ...
Style:
suspense, tense, twisted, factual, bloody ...
Plot:
gang, serial killer, murder mystery, korean gangster, gangster, police, mafia, revenge, vengeance, investigation, forensics, homicide detective ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, aesthetic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, drug lord, kung fu, fighting crime, fight, gang, police investigation, smuggling, rivalry, danger, working undercover, epic battle ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 90s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style:
captivating, brutal, neo noir, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal gang, gang war, gang leader, mole, gangster, moral dilemma, working undercover, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, twists and turns, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, east asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cybercrime, investigation, police, illegal gambling, criminal, gambling, martial arts, cybersecurity, crime solving, sleuth, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul, manila philippines
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Dong-chul and Ji-soo are a happily married couple. One day, Dong-chul comes home to find his house in disarray and his wife missing.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gangster, kidnapping, house, revenge, human trafficking, organized crime, bandit, gang, abduction, gang of outlaws, kidnapped woman, kidnapped wife ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, touching, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time:
year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on ...
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, gangster, asian gangster, hitman, gunfight, fall in love, organized crime, brutality, vengeance, violent, betrayal, character study ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
corruption, buddy cop, police chase, police corruption, investigation, crime investigation, criminal, police investigation, police detective, organized crime, fighting crime, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, east asia, china, seoul
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Style:
tense, exciting, brutal, suspense, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, assassin, chinese mafia, lone hero, violent, fight, triad, one against many, massacre, one man army, hardcore, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia, asia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, organized crime, vengeance, revenge, murder, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, danger, gang, partner, buddies, police investigation ...
Place:
east asia, south korea, korea
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
Style:
bleak, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
corrupt cop, yakuza, police, drug crime, drug, drug traffic, fighting crime, criminal, illegal drugs, bandit, gang, crime fighter ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
betrayal, conspiracy, crime boss, gangster, ambition, organized crime, power struggle, gang war, gangster boss, blind ambition, criminal gang, greed ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss ...
Style:
captivating, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
gangster, gang, financial problem, right hand man, rivalry, murder, debt, criminal heroes, gang war, rise and fall, ambition, director ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
seoul, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Inspector Lam investigates the brutal murder of Tsui, a famous musician. Wong, the designated suspect, just spent 20 years in jail for the murder of Tsui's daughter but has always claimed his innocence.
Style:
tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, crying ...
Plot:
brutality, revenge, police investigation, child abuse, unwanted pregnancy, betrayal, murder, cruelty, chase, falling from height, violence, father daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, 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, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, gangster, kung fu, chase, police, manhunt, police detective, cop, partner, criminal's revenge, chases and races, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seoul, south korea, paris france, hong kong
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy -- before it's too late.
Style:
suspense, rough, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, corruption, law enforcement, police corruption, shooting, criminal, lie, rivalry, mole, deception, snitch, corrupt cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Eun-a, who was living a happy life with her family, loses everything to a psychopath serial killer. After the tragic incident, she gathers four people with different talents who are in need of organ transplants to achieve her revenge.
Style:
bloody, crime thriller, dark, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, vengeance, loss of family, vigilante justice, vigilante, organ transplant, moral ambiguity, psychopath, female protagonist, trauma, desperation, violent ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
32%
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, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
gunfight, undercover cop, drug, police officer, police shootout, police officer killed, police, heroic bloodshed, fight, survival, chinese mafia, armed forces ...
Place:
china, thailand
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, goon, kidnapping, swashbuckler, murder investigation, criminal, gang, criminal underworld, bandit, organized crime, murder mystery, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
138K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA, Malaysia
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover ...
Style:
brutal, bloody, grindhouse, breathtaking, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, violence, fight, organized crime, fistfight, brutality, mafia, warrior, gangster, gunfight, police, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indonesia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
32%
229K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, fight, swat, violent, gang, fistfight, trapped, violence, survival, death, kung fu, warrior ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
east asia, middle east, asia, indonesia, hong kong ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
After the murder of his girlfriend, a gang enforcer sets out to find out who perpetrated the killing.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
murder, respect, betrayal, revenge, investigation, who done it, chase, name calling, uncover truth, organized crime, violence, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In-nam (HWANG Jung-min) is a Korean hitman living in Japan who completes what he has decided will be his final job. But soon after, he learns that the daughter of a woman from his past (CHOI Hee-seo), who now lives in Thailand, has been kidnapped. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, rough, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, hitman, revenge, kidnapping, fight, rivals, brutality, haunted by the past, nothing goes right, tough heroes, bloody violence, murder ...
Place:
asia, thailand, tokyo, bangkok thailand, japan ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
HA Yoon-ju becomes the newest member to a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high profile criminals. She teams up with HWANG Sang-Jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, espionage, police investigation, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement, heist, gang, surveillance, police, bank robbery, police officer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
east asia, south korea, asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
police, criminal underworld, mafia, organized crime, murder, police officer killed, torture, police procedural, nordic, gangster, gunfight, crime family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A cop and his team of comrades go undercover in one of China's most ruthless underworld organizations to stop a gang leader, only to put themselves in great danger after being exposed one by one.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, working undercover, tough law enforcer, police investigation, law enforcement, rivalry, gang, undercover, shaolin, sniper, fight, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Style:
stylized, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, gangster, police investigation, triad, murder, police corruption, buddy cop, organized crime, law enforcement, violent, chinese mafia, police ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, hong kong, san francisco
Similarity:
31%
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