Movies like American Night

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American Night (2021)
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American Night (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame
Plot: mafia, gangster, fight, art, car chase, criminal heroes, revenge, violence, death, betrayal, murder, crime boss, taxi driver, brutality, organized crime, mob boss, modern art, death of father, heroes, friendship, youth, family relations, chase, escapades, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, asia, manhattan new york city
Keyword: gangsters, chinese, bruce lee

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Most similar movies to American Night

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out neo noir, suspense, surprise ending and suspenseful films with plots about violence, death, murder, gangster, revenge, betrayal and blood mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like American Night: Mahaan (2022), Toro (2016), Proud Mary (2018), Live by Night (2016), Slaughter (1972). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mahaan (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a ...
Style: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece
Plot: violence, friendship, gangster, mafia, revenge, father son relationship, fight, gang, mob boss, crime family, patriarch, brutality ...
Time: 2020s, 90s
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Toro (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, ...
Style: neo noir, captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, fight, police, mob boss, niece, chase, heroes, crime family, society, criminal heroes, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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38%
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Proud Mary (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, retro ...
Audience: adult
Plot: female warrior, female assassin, gangster, revenge, female killer, female protagonist, murder, death, one woman army, black, violence, strong female lead ...
Time: 2010s
Place: massachusetts, boston
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33%
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 60K
Live by Night (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style: neo noir, stylized, period piece, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: organized crime, prohibition, chase, mafia, revenge, betrayal, criminal, friendship, murder, police, gangster, death ...
Time: 1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 1930s
Place: florida, boston, massachusetts, america, miami ...
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33%
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Slaughter (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, gangster, vietnam war, organized crime, murder, black, profanity, heroes, vigilantism, mobster, male nudity, black hero ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, south america
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33%
The Asian Connection (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, tense, exciting, touching ...
Plot: drug lord, vengeance, murder, car chase, attempted murder, police, violence, organized crime, death, crime boss, betrayal, arms dealer ...
Place: bangkok thailand, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Back in Action (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
Style: erotic, suspense, detective, independent film, neo noir
Plot: organized crime, martial arts, mobster, wrestling, making love, sex scene, green beret, unrequited love, vigilante, buddy cop, gun fu, thug ...
Time: 90s
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31%
Force of Nature (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a disgraced cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, disturbing, heroic ...
Plot: natural disaster, art theft, police, cop, retired cop, race against time, robbery, police investigation, police raid, fight scenes, good versus evil, reluctant hero ...
Time: 2020s
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 5.3
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Centaur (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: motorcycle race, organized crime, chase, drug lord, car chase, drug cartel, fight, criminal, drug dealer, criminal underworld, deal, money problems ...
Time: 2020s
Place: spain, marseille, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.0
 341
Deadly Target (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, triad, cop, gangster, gang, chinese mafia, heroes, law enforcement, missing person, chases and races, rivalry, tough heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Tax Collector (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to ...
Style: ambiguous ending, tense, suspenseful, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: sadism, drug smuggler, tax collector, hitman, family relations, female psychopath, violence, drug dealer, danger, drug, taxes, male objectification ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.4
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Maximum Force (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, renegade, gangster, police detective, prostitute, chase, undercover, computer cracker, cop, partner, against the odds, working undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.4
 14K
Crying Freeman (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in ...
Style: emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, yakuza, martial arts, police investigation, assassin, danger, murder, rivalry, transformation, violence, revenge, redemption ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, china, san francisco, vancouver, new york ...
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28%
All Things To All Men (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: corruption, law enforcement, cons and scams, rivals, life is a bitch, dishonesty, crime boss, danger, criminal, police, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, scotland yard
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27%
 5.9
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Black Luck (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
Style: bloody, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot: mafia, hitman, torture, brother brother relationship, revenge, fight scenes, blood, violence, society, organized crime, rivalry, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
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26%
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Until Death (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style: rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot: addiction, vengeance, life is a bitch, police, violence, brutality, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge, martial artist, gory ...
Time: year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place: new orleans
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26%
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Time to Hunt (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Wanting to leave their dystopian world behind for a faraway paradise, three outlaws plot a money heist — and draw the attention of a vicious killer.
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: manhunt, heist, dystopian future, group of friends, friendship, friendship between men, armed robbery, male male relationship, violence, teenager, survival, urban setting ...
Time: 2040s, near future
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Recoil (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, gang, death of wife, rivalry, vigilantism, murder, gangster, organized crime, violence, anger, good versus evil, revenge ...
Time: 2000s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Code of Silence (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Style: exciting, cult classic, suspense, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police officer, one man army, revenge, explosions, police, mafia, gangster, chase, hitman, police investigation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Cartels (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Plot: drug lord, female warrior, battles, violence, organized crime, betrayal, witness protection, crime boss, chase, deception, soldier, government agent ...
Place: eastern europe, romania, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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New Jack City (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style: hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, gang war, ghetto, gangster, drug, hip hop, mafia, gang, chase, betrayal, urban, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: harlem, new york, usa, america, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Never Die Alone (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Style: hood, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, manhunt, addiction, ghetto, redemption, murder, interracial relations, journalism, criminal heroes, rise and fall, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: usa, detroit, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Exterminator 2 (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
Style: slasher, cult classic, grim, independent film, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, exploitation, vigilante, revenge, cannon, anti hero, drug, guy, superhero, truck, automobile, vietnam war ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gambling, spy, aikido, downfall, danger, introspection, life is a bitch, dishonesty, redemption, father daughter relationship, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.4
 4K
Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Boiling Point (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover cop, murder, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, tough heroes, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
One in the Chamber (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, rivalry, danger, criminal heroes, violence spree, chases and races, murder, mob boss, gangster, corruption, mob hit, stalking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Avenge the Crows (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense, crime drama
Plot: revenge, murder, gangster, gang war, youth, criminal heroes, crime family, vengeance, heroes, death, society, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.8
 5K
Xtreme (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two years after the murder of his son and father, a retired hitman sets in motion a carefully crafted revenge plan against the killer: his own brother.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, perverse, thrilling ...
Plot: hitman, sword fight, murder, vengeance, revenge, gang, female warrior, criminal gang, criminal, showdown, killer, murderer ...
Time: 2020s
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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