Movies like Ip Man: The Awakening
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Ip Man: The Awakening (2021)
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Original name: 叶问宗师觉醒
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When a young Master Ip stops a kidnapping, he ignites a turf war with a ruthless human trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps one of Ip Man’s close friends, forcing him to face the group’s brutal boxing champion head-on.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
wing chun, martial arts, fighting crime, bandit, revenge, fight, gang, kidnapping, warrior, criminal, battles, master warrior, criminal gang, competitor, gangster, kung fu, young, crimes
Place:
china, hong kong
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Ip Man: The Awakening
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films with plots about fight, battles, gang, criminal, bandit, criminal gang and organized crime mostly in Action, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Ip Man: The Awakening: Drunken Monkey (2003), Raging Phoenix (2009), Iron Protector (2016), Blind War (2022), Pogaru (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku (Akira). The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
Plot:
gang war, street gang, battles, competitor, power struggle, fight, bandit, criminal gang, gang leader, gang
Place:
japan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
China, the early 1930's: martial arts master Wen Biao discovers that his brother has been using their security company for illegal activities. A confrontation between the brothers leaves Web Biao missing and presumed dead.
Style:
humorous, exciting, captivating, tense
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, medieval, fighting crime, battles, master warrior, smuggling, gang, warrior, criminal, fight, organized crime ...
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Genre: Action, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female wrestler, fight, rivalry, gang, danger, kidnapping, righting the wronged, vengeance, confined, kung fu, kickass women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, asia
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100%
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Wu-Lin is the successor of an ancient, once powerful Chinese clan, the "Iron Feet." After the death of his master, Wu-Lin leaves his rural village for the City of Stone-Cold looking for his fellow apprentice Jiang Li. Along the way, he ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
martial arts, fight, medieval, love, kung fu, male female relationship, battles, warrior, conspiracy, showdown, kung fu fighting, master warrior ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
china
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of the former SWAT captain Dong Gu, permanently injured during a failed mission for which he took responsibility. After gradually getting out of the haze, his old enemy reappeared and threat his daughter.
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
mission, ex special forces, special agent, criminal, battles, family in danger, swat team, fighting crime, fight, threat
Place:
china
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Shiva, a ruffian, is the terror of his area in many ways, but still has a heart of gold. He has just one wish, for his mother to love him wholly like the way he does.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
fight, injustice, criminal, highwayman, battles, criminal gang, society, gang, fighting crime, bandit, anti hero, tamil ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of young Muay Thai experts led by David are forced to use their deadly training to protect themselves when the local extortionist threatens to kill their mentors daughter if he doesn't give up his bar
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating
Plot:
martial arts, muay thai, criminal gang, fight, showdown, gang, outlaw gang, fighting crime, master warrior, fight for supremacy, bandit, organized crime ...
Place:
thailand
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39%
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Genre: Action
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When three young martial artists embark on a relentless treasure hunt in order to free their friend from the grasp of a ruthless gangster, they get entangled in a complex conspiracy staged to dethrone Berlin's underworld kingpin.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, conspiracy, gangster, treasure, treasure hunt, hidden treasure, treasure hunter, master warrior, money problems, fight
Place:
berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
martial arts, kung fu, fight, treasure hunt, treasure map, medieval, master warrior, treasure, treasure hunter, hidden treasure, father daughter relationship, rivalry ...
Time:
1910s
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37%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Horse thief Luk Ching-Yang and his wife Liu Lu-Yian. After Luk was betrayed by his brother Kiu Hung, Lu-Yian left him. They reunite 20 years later, along with Liu Lu-Yian's adopted daughter Liu Wan-Long and the young warrior Pak Suk-Fu, in ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Zakir is a retired underworld don who is forced to come out of retirement and fight against creepy cops, corrupt politicians and crazy rivals.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense
Plot:
gangster, fighting crime, battles, fight, corrupt cop, life is a bitch, corrupt official, corruption, political corruption, political conspiracy, female police officer, murder ...
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
With the local police force unwilling to deal with crime, a college student and his gang take it upon themselves to mete out justice in their own way.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
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Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice.
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suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
bounty hunter, drug, organized crime, fighting crime, fight, crime boss, price of justice, fight for justice, bandit, criminal, drug dealer, criminal gang ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, tense, captivating
Plot:
fight, bandit, criminal gang, police, drug, battles, criminal, fistfight, police officer, gang war, gang
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mercenary Nick Boon is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer for a ruthless syndicate. Running from his past, Boon moves to a remote area in the pacific northwest where he meets a struggling widow and her son. When he finds the pair living in ...
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Plot:
criminal, widow, organized crime, threat, bandit, gang, criminal gang, fight, gang member, battles, gangster
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The peerless swordsmith, Meng Yezi, suffered the calamity of family extermination from the traitor Zhao Han served in the court for casting the famous Hanguang Sword. He desperately saved his son Meng Yang and left him the unforged Chengying Sword. ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Natee became a killer for one reason- to discover who killed his parents. As he gets closer to uncovering a secret network of power and corruption, he's double-crossed on a job, making him a target and putting everyone he loves in danger. ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by ...
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captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
mafia, fight, small town, gang, battles, bandit, organized crime, mob hit, criminal gang, fighting crime
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to honor and glory, or succumbing to a brutal future ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot:
mixed martial arts, athlete's life, militant, criminal underworld, choice, mafia, criminal, athlete and trainer, gang, street fighter, fight, martial arts ...
Place:
los angeles
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31%
Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Story:
Jeric Raval is Dias Del Fuego. An anti-organized crime cop who does the beat with a dark side of the law demeanor. The kind that loves to fight fire with fire and that which keeps the violent underworld under check. After being meted an indefinite ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense
Plot:
police officer, syndicate, extortion, organized crime, tough cop, criminal gang, partners against crime, bandit, crime boss, gang, forensics, criminal ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
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A town once dominated by Mugen has been split into 5 districts dominated by S.W.O.R.D., the 5 gangs: Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka. Mugen's grip on the town ended after the legendary Amamiya Brothers ...
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disturbing, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
revenge, murderer, female fighter, one woman army, vengeance, female gunfighter, murder, criminal, female protagonist, human trafficking, female vigilante, fight ...
Place:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four adventurous friends find 50M in cash at a remote island only to discover it was left by the DEA for the Cartel in a rogue deal.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
money falling through the air, organized crime, hidden money, cartel, fight, criminal, money, stolen money, escapades, battles, island
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Eeshwar Chandra Prasad (Prabhas) is the son of Ram Murthy (Chalapathi Rao) and Shantamma (Sharada Urvashi). Ram Murthy wants his son to do some job. However, Shantamma pampers Eeshwar very much and hence he doesn't want to leave the village. ...
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suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: Mexico
Story:
An aging and injured former MMA champ is forced back into a deadly Mexican underground fight circuit to save is girlfriend who is kidnapped by a mysterious cartel leader and criminal mastermind.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
underground fighting, combat, militant, battles, martial arts, saving a life, fight club, fight, martial artist, organized crime, underground tournament, girl
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
This dramatic tale of four women running the dope game in a big city is a familiar story that is as colorful as the characters they meet in the streets.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, hood
Plot:
criminal, drug dealer, criminal gang, drug, city life, partners in crime, gang, female protagonist, women, drug lord, drug traffic, organized crime ...
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Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the end of the Chino-Japanese War, a top military officer, Zhang Zhidong, is kidnapped in the middle of the night by a militant organisation called the White Lotus Society. When he overhears a sinister plot to overthrow the central government by ...
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
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30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
hitman, revenge, partners in crime, gang, criminal gang, gang leader, gangster, gang member, criminal's revenge, loss of father, murder, vengeance ...
Place:
hawaii
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